Some would argue that coming to a country illegally and working illegally in that country for years, is at the very least a sure sign of dishonesty and total lack of respect for the nation where you live.
That certainly depends on circumstance at times and in places, and laws are constantly changing. Back in the day, most European countries had very strict barriers to entry, yet many encouraged, say, English language teachers to come teach in their countries. This meant they would be under no contract and were paid under the table, with the police politely looking the other way.
In order to remedy that, it was often necessary to (1) marry a national, (2) return to your home country and apply there for a different visa (
big $$$ barrier), then (3) return to a
waiting position
held open for you with a formal contract offer, (4) once back, apply for legal residence and a work permit, with no guarantee of approval, and then (5) navigate the thorny issue of whether or not there are unemployed nationals who want that job, as mandated by law prior to any approvals, a thorny judgment call left up to bureaucrats without clear criteria and no access to objective data.
So, more often it is the case that immigration and asylum laws are complex, contradictory, and subject to the whims of petty officials holding sway in any gray areas of the law or regulation. Case files move at a glacial pace, while living, breathing humans need bread on the table to get through the waiting period.
Many, if not most, nationals really do look at immigrants as a threat, even when their particular expertise or will to work is in high demand. That's how you get so many immigrants working the fields in the USA; unprotected, subject to whim and abuse, yet absolutely necessary to the proper functioning of the US economy.
I have never said he deserves anything other than Due Process. That is the only thing he clearly deserves.
He also deserves, as does every human, the right to support himself and his family.
Unless, of course, you find a charity willing to finance every apple stolen by a starving immigrant waiting on slow bureaucracies mired in bias and legal uncertainty.
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