Immigration - May 2007

You might as well wear your white sheets to the voting booth in 2008 as well.

http://www.denverpost.com/spencer/ci_4354511

2007-05-02 10:08:45 · 14 answers · asked by coqueto 3

it sickens me to read the solutions some of you want to use against iligals here,, it scares me, can anyone please give me a good reason to use violence to resolve this issue?

2007-05-02 10:07:37 · 27 answers · asked by Lola 2

What started as a peaceful march ended up into this.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UFdNkXJMH9A

Your views on this horrific event please.

2007-05-02 10:01:08 · 22 answers · asked by califas 3

Let's say we provide a path to amnesty for illegal immigrants. What does that say about the value we place on our immigration laws? Why, it shows that they don't really mean anything important. So, we might as well just open are borders -- outside of building a wall, they're just going to keep coming, ESPECIALLY if they know they can get amnesty.

Do you realize what that would do to us? Almost overnight we would have a huge, dirt-poor underclass to support. They don't speak our language, and have no skills or education to offer us. Do you realize that our system could not handle that? Our society could not cope with open borders, but that is exactly what amnesty means. America is not capable of supporting the world's poor. We are capable of helping them reform their own countries, slowly and steadilty, but if we open our borders, we will lose that ability. They will drag us down with them, and we will not have helped them. Is that what you want?

2007-05-02 09:41:29 · 20 answers · asked by Free Ranger 4

I got married in june 06, I didnt report it to the welfare office and now Im pregnant, I have been recieving welfare for my daughter and I. Will I still be elligiable for benifets?

2007-05-02 09:35:27 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

it will only hurt them, they still have to feed thier illegal kids so no work no pay,, go ahead you illegals, walk out, hurt yourself, no work no pay,

2007-05-02 09:26:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

BUT DID NOT DO THE SAME IN THIER OWN COUNTRY,

2007-05-02 09:24:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

maybe waive the inital fee for filing just to get everyone in the system, and to track them. IF they cannot pay the 2nd fee or the 3rd or 4th then there should be no excuse they get deported.. I understand that IF they didn't have enough money to come to this country and they did it illegally, they should have the money now to file from working here for years.

2007-05-02 08:59:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Given that most of our illegal alien problem comes from Mexico, and the Mexican government actually gives tips on how to avoid detection, who thinks we should avoid taking vacations in Mexico or otherwise spending money there?

2007-05-02 08:28:50 · 23 answers · asked by ? 6

For the people against illegal immigrants: What would you do if you lived in a country that did not have enough work at a living wage to keep your family in food? What would you do it another country had jobs where you could earn enough to live on (not necessarily well) and still send money home to your family

2007-05-02 08:22:17 · 31 answers · asked by ustoev 6

I looked at the Wikipedia entry for Mexico, and was surprised to find that it has so much to offer its citizens in terms of economy, education, culture and just about everything else. It seems like people who were born there would want to stay in their home country rather than risking life and limb coming to the U.S. illegally. I just don't get it.

Why do we never see this question addressed in the media?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico

2007-05-02 08:19:44 · 19 answers · asked by Nels 7

Some people have lived here 25 years because our government let them by not enforcing our laws. What is a good solution? Should we deport anyone with criminal records but allow people who have lived here over 5 years to stay? Should we kick them all out and build a wall? What do you think would be good solutions to this complex issue?

2007-05-02 08:18:58 · 21 answers · asked by Jasmine 5

OK, let's ASSUME that all of the illegals are paying taxes (unlikely, but I always give the benefit of the doubt). So, we will pay to, say, jail anyone who hires or rents to an illegal immigrant, and put all illegals either in jail (preferred) or back to their country. We will lose all of the taxes that they are "paying", and the price of produce and other goods will go up, but won't those price raises be insignificant?

After all, the minimum wage is being raised soon, so the prices will jump anyway.

Plus, along with jailing all illegal immigrants, we will have to (or we should, I believe) provide those who WANT to come here legally work visas that are easier to obtain. That is more paperwork to pay for, more people to enforce the laws, etc.

Now, technically, health care costs will go down, but I'm giving the benefit of the doubt, remember?

So, prices and taxes will go up when all of this goes down. Are you willing to pay extra for our laws to actually be enforced?

I AM!!!

2007-05-02 08:17:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know because I am building a home in Rosarito, Baja and my neighbors are (white) Americans. You don't see us mad. We encourage them.

2007-05-02 08:08:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

On their site at http://www.ice.gov/ they have a number anyone can call if you suspect suspicious activity. Yesterdays "marches" to demand amnesty and a stop to immigration raids looked rather suspicious to me, so I called. I didn't see a single arrest by ICE yesterday. It looks to me like we have a whole department within DHS that isn't doing their jobs. Your thoughts about this?

2007-05-02 08:05:38 · 6 answers · asked by chuck_junior 7

And, is every single of the 12-30 mil. ILLEGALS working?If not what could they be doing?...And when the U.S. soldiers come home from their duties are most of them going to be surprised to find out that an ILLEGAL has taken their job/would be job?

2007-05-02 07:58:05 · 15 answers · asked by Linda L 2

Open borders throughout the world coupled with a global labor movement is the only way that U.S. jobs, wages and the standard of living for the working class can be maintained. The working conditions and living standards of Americans depend not only upon our protecting Mexican workers but all of the world's workers. The old American union battle cry from several decades ago is now an international battle cry. "An injury to one is an injury to all." If they can screw over the workers in one part of the world, no worker's living standards are safe in any nation.

Global capital combined with provincial labor is a recipe for the impoverishment of the entire world's workforce. It is what rests at the foundation of the concept made famous by Ralph Nader of "the race to the bottom." That race cannot be contained politically as we have seen and labor unions have proven themselves impotent globally as they are national capitalisit institutions.

2007-05-02 07:31:34 · 28 answers · asked by AZ123 4

Do you think it's possible to do it? It will take a long time obviously, but what solutions would you give on this issue?

2007-05-02 07:31:29 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

The illegals come here for the jobs. They use or school systems and hospitals without paying taxes or insurance premiums. Builders and landscapers use illegals to perform their work but charge the US populace the same price for the home they had built at a reduced labor rate. Why not just do away with what is bringing them in the first place? The jobs.
If we punish those who hire them in the first place they wouldn't come here. No apartments rented, no jobs, no public schooling etc.

2007-05-02 06:41:08 · 18 answers · asked by drctrutops 3

2007-05-02 06:40:04 · 13 answers · asked by tea28 1

The French did it to keep the Germans out. It didn't work, but that was because they had tanks. Do we have the right as a sovereign country to do this to defend ourself from enemies without tanks?

2007-05-02 06:36:46 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My opinion on this particular subject:

No. And I don't think they deserve to magically become US citizens just because they're here in mass.

The ONLY point to the questions I've asked is to hopefully give another perspective to the misinformation that is circulating around.

No, illegal immigrants are probably not good for our country overall. And yes, something should probably be done.

And I'd also like to see them study American history and learn the same things that our country requires of all other immigrants.

2007-05-02 06:26:11 · 17 answers · asked by Josh 3

YES!

The fact that illegal immigrants pay taxes at all will come as news to many Americans. A stunning two-thirds of illegal immigrants pay Medicare, Social Security and personal income taxes. Yet, nativists like Congressman Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., have popularized the notion that illegal aliens are a colossal drain on the nation's hospitals, schools and welfare programs — consuming services that they don't pay for.


http://www.reason.org/commentaries/dalmia_20060501.shtml


Next ignorant and completely unfounded opinion! I'm on a roll.

2007-05-02 06:05:10 · 14 answers · asked by Josh 3

I shall be and proudly. No PC thug can claim me to be racist. A person hating on the basis of race is entirely different to a realist.

Any PC comments are welcomed to be said personally to my face- please email me for time, date and venue.

2007-05-02 05:49:22 · 35 answers · asked by ? 1

sometimes these crazy mexicans get on my nerves to but my dad is from mexico and he took the time to get papers. so now he is on the right path. but why are all the americans trying to say that they mexicans are taking the jobs away? do the americans really wanna work the crappy jobs for really little pay? like for example my husband hangs live chickens for a living. his brother pulls the insides out of the chickens. do you really wanna do that? the mexicans are the ones that are keeping this counrty going. and if you dont think what im saying is reasonable, then dont run you mouth with some foul words trying to anger me just tell me your opinion. not your foul language. thanks.
And im sorry in advance if i offended anyone. i really didnt mean to.

2007-05-02 05:48:09 · 50 answers · asked by toya 2

I heard it with my own ears time and time again at those demonstrations. How is this "Peaceful" like the news keep saying they were? Also what was up with LA and the rubber bullets getting shot at protesters?

2007-05-02 05:38:24 · 19 answers · asked by hera 4

Healthcare for illegal immigrants between the ages of 18 and 64 cost American taxpayers $1.1 billion in 2000, or about $11 per household, according to a study by the Rand Corp.

http://cbs2.com/health/local_story_319113720.html


Smokers:

Nationally it costs $72.7 billion a year to treat smokers who suffer from smokingrelated
diseases.

http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/downloads/hp/TrueCost.pdf


The obese:

Costs were translated into 1999 dollars using the Medical Consumer Price Index. The direct healthcare cost for treating the 15 co-morbid conditions in adults from all Body Mass Index (BMI) categories is $331 billion.

http://www.obesity.org/research/cost_report.shtml

2007-05-02 05:35:40 · 17 answers · asked by Josh 3

Folks I need UR help. On this subject (I A) I see the same ? over and over again and I feel some anger. If U R one of those please help me to gather some data.

1) Any problems that U personally had with (I A)?
2) Were about do U live? Just a city is good.
3) Very rough idea: UR type of Work?
4) approximate age like 20-30 or 40, ±!0.0
And if U want add some thing OK.

Thanks and best regards.

2007-05-02 05:17:25 · 21 answers · asked by ? 5

Why cant they work hard like the Filipino and Chinese?

2007-05-02 05:06:55 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

And do they also have a right to demand thst they be given the righ to citizenship...........

2007-05-02 04:53:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous