Why family supports reform
Why family supports reform
By Devona Walker
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Published: November 4, 2007
Chip and Kathy Harrison had abandoned all hopes of having a child. Then, Kathy found out she was pregnant.
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"When I came back to Oklahoma, I thought things would be different. And they weren't. They were the same,” Harrison said.
In California, Chip Harrison worked with many Hispanic construction workers. They often came to the area seasonally on temporary work visas, sent every penny back home to their families, and left during the off-season. He said they always attempted to speak English. And he knows many Hispanics contributed to the economy and culture of the U.S.
"The problem that I have is when someone walks across the border illegally and then demand the same rights as a citizen,” said Kathy Harrison. "I've been to Mexico, I went there as a guest. I didn't go there demanding services and rights.”
The Harrisons say they support House Bill 1804 because it attempts to address the issue.
"If there is anyone who is here illegally and they say to me, ‘I am in the process of trying to become legal,' I would be the first person to find them a pen and a desk to sit down,” Chip Harrison said. "But it's people who want to come to America and have all the privileges of being an American and none of the responsibilities, those are the ones I have a problem with.”
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