2006-06-20 16:41:13 · 13 answers · asked by tiger 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
It not only takes long, it's also impossible, unless you marry for papers and lie to the INS. US laws encourage FRAUD.
The other way is to win a Green Card Lottery, which happens to very few people like with any lottery.
2006-06-20 16:55:38 · answer #1 · answered by bunt 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They want to make sure you really plan on becoming a citizen of the country, instead of carrying a US passport around because it is so convenient. If you're willing to live in the US for 5 years, waiting for citizenship, you're probably willing to stay here longer.
2006-06-20 16:46:40 · answer #2 · answered by diddlbiker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, didn't your mother ever tell you that anything worth having is worth waiting for? If it was too easy, we would get a lot of stupid, ignorant new citizens. If it was too easy, you wouldn't value your citizenship when you got it. Be proud of yourself for waiting, abiding by the laws, and going through the process legally! It will be worth it in the end!
2006-06-20 17:54:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The U.S. purposely makes the process for becoming a citizen, a long, difficult and arduous process, to discourage people from applying for U.S. citizenship.
2006-06-20 16:50:30 · answer #4 · answered by Kipper 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinion on immigration.
I have heard a lot of back and forth on the news and on the streets about this whole immigration issue. And really I just want to put my two cents out there for anyone who cares to read this. How dare you right wing bastards tell Hispanics to go home to their own country???? Home is where ever you choose to make it. And if I am not mistaken the entire South West section of our country used to belong to Mexico. (States such as California, Texas, and Arizona.) Those states were part of their country until they were robbed of their land. In addition the original Constitution of California was written in Spanish. Yet the right-wingers have a problem with the Star Spangled Banner being sung in Spanish. Why is that? What happened to freedom of speech? Does that not extend to the Hispanic Americans in this country? I have heard a lot of people very loose with their go back to your own country opinions and I am past sick if it. AMERICA IS A MELTING POT. IT IS PART OF WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY GREAT!
Let me just put this one more thought out there for you heartless pricks to ponder. I have heard comments such as, Why dont they come in legally? Let me answer that on behalf of one girl that I know can not answer it for herself Imagine being a young girl living in a country in Central America. Now it is very poor there. But that is okay because this innocent girl does not know any better. Now envision being way down there and your mother being in America. Put yourself in this girls shoes. She knows that her mother loves and misses her dearly. She calls and sends money. But there is no greater joy then a mother wrapping her arms around a child and giving them all the affection they can. This girl hears promises of how she will get to come to America to be with her mother, brother, sister, and new step-father. She waits years and years for the NIS to process her paperwork. And after years of waiting the NIS is no longer an agency post 9/11. It has been turned over to Homeland Security. In this transition they lost all and any paperwork that was in process for this child. Now stop and consider the heartbreak that she felt. All of these years she has longed to see her family; only to be told that she would have to go through the process all over again. Reach into her mothers soul and feel her heart break as she realizes it may be several years before she can obtain citizenship for her daughter.
Now this is a true story. I cant tell you how it ends; because it is far from over. However the reason that I put it out there is for people to realize that it is not simple to follow a flawed system. And in the meantime children are longing to be with their parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers..and anyone else that they love. So before you say Adios Amigos to all of the hardworking Hispanics in this countyjust try to open your mind to the fact that they are human beings who just came here to make a better life for themselves and their children. And as far as I am concerned..THAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM!
2006-06-21 10:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
to try and discourage lazy people from becomming us citizens. we already make enough lazy people here on our own. besides if it was just given to anyone it would not be special.
2006-06-20 16:45:33 · answer #6 · answered by Mike K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why shouldn't it take a long time?
There are steps that need to be followed and anyone who does not wish to follow them is more than welcome to stay out of the USA :)
2006-06-20 17:14:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do background and health checks on those that apply for citizenship,to check for any communicable diseases,and check for criminal records! The ILLEGALS expose us to many communicable diseases,that we have no cure for!
2006-06-20 17:13:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no idea. Maybe thats why people rather get in illegally then wait that long and pay all that money. I know I would!!!
2006-06-20 17:20:25 · answer #9 · answered by shasha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To give groups like The Minutemen something to do...
2006-06-20 16:48:10 · answer #10 · answered by Defender Of The Yahoo Faith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋