A Straight Path to Citizenship

When I met with couples about to be married, one of the questions that always had to be asked was about children. Did they want them?  How many did they want?  Often there was a little debate about having them, but the larger question would be how many, and when.  When would they want to start a family.  I was always comforted when I heard them give me a plan. "We intend to work five years, save our money, buy a house, and in year seven begin to try to have a family." That was definite and precise. Those who said they would have them when they could afford them were confused and too vague.  They would never get to the place where they would think they had enough money to have them.

I have the same concern about the plans for the path to citizenship for the immigrants in this country.  Those who suggest that the path to citizenship has a clause that the citizenship will not become real until the "borders are secure" give me and others the "willies."  They can always say that the borders are never secured enough. Now if the plans suggest that there will need to be so many new border guards, so much money in the border budget, or any other kind of precise definite number then it might work. I would rather see just a straight clean path to citizenship.  It may be high and hard, but it ought to be straight forward and honest.  I think it was Jesus who said your "Yes" ought to be "yes" and your "no's" no, and there is not even a need to swear because you are speaking truth. We need that in this plan.