Why is it that our government can help immigrants?

Question

I've heard all my poverty stricken life, that our government has always helped the people that immagrate to our country, to help them to have a better life than they had where ever they were running from.What about those of us who were born right here in the U.S.A. It's like pulling teeth to get OUR government to help it's OWN people to have a better life, and to have a chance. We were born here!!Why should it be so easy for them, and not for those of us that were born here? Isnt our rights first? Correct me if I'm wrong...

Answer 1

Amen, sister!!!
I can't even think of anything else to say - and that is saying something.

Okay I thought of something...

And what about all those single moms, workin and going to school that don't get a break from the government while single moms who don't have a job who aren't going to school and just keep having more and more kids get all the help in the world - WTF is up with that???

(I'm not in that situation, but I've known women who have been and it's messed up).

Answer 2

This question rocks! It's the question of the century! Girl it's not that our government can't help our own people they just choose not to. It's all part of the bigger agenda to rule the world. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. They're intentionally wiping out the middle class. The poor in this country will be at the same level as all the illegals and the rich in this country will just be richer. It's not about race or color or birth place, it's about $$$$$$. They wipe out the middle class, leave their poverty level Americans no better off than the illegals and BAM their bank account grows. Bring in more illegals, let them work and live here and the competition for our poverty level people increases, the struggle to survive grows and they get even poorer than they already are. It's the seeding of a Civil War. If they can get all the poor folks fighting to survive, they'll eventually start killing eachother off, thus decreasing the population and will eventually wipe out even the poverty class of people here. And woo-la, like magic they have the whole damn place to themselves. No more poor whites, poor blacks, poor browns, poor reds, poor yellows. Don't worry though, they have plenty of machines to replace us all with, LOL.

Answer 3

because we live in a "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" society where hard work is rewarded and competition is law, if we start giving out money to people for doing nothing or just having kids, people will soon be in the business of doing nothing or having kids, or at least they'll be doing it and living better, because people do it already. It's a tough situation to be in, I went through a time when my parents could barely put food on the table for many years and you start to think to yourself, "man, those people in Sweden and the Netherlands really have it figured out with the welfare state" but what we don't realize is that once you start giving, many people become dependent on the support and don't give it up, then the people who really need it end up not getting it. I'm half Swedish and we have a close family friend who lost her job about 5 years ago in the travel business because she was making too much moeny, she hasn't worked since because she hasn't needed to, every time she gets a job she doesn't like she quits and sais its too stressfull at her age to start a new job. She figures she'll retire in this way too, and in the meantime her fellow tax payers foot the bill for her downtown apartment and summer vacation. As far as the immigrant situation, don't forget you probably have entirely or mostly immigrant roots, thats what great about our country and what keeps us on top, we're everyone

Answer 4

There are a lot of American Born citizens getting help from the government. For an example, food stamps, WIC, medicaid, ADC and a lot more. But I think they make it a little harder to get because people abuse the programs. I used to work for a taxi company that took medicaid patients to the doctor for free. This one lady would take her cab to her appointment. Then she would probably skip the appointment, if she even had one, and then take a cab to the mall. Because it was cheaper to go to the mall from the doctor then her house. Then she would take a cab from the mall to the doctor. Finally she would take her free medicaid cab home. I'm glad they make it a little harder for people to go on the programs. I think there should be a limit. People should want to get out and try. I do. I might have a crappy job but I'm getting by on my own free will.

On to the immigrants coming to our country, they are new here. They don't know anyone. Usually they don't have a cent to their name. I know a lot of them after they receive the initial help, they go out there and work there behinds off. And a lot of them are the hardest workers you will ever find. Then you won't see them getting the help as much. Now, I'm not saying there isn't any of them sitting on welfare. I'm just saying there is not as much.

Answer 5

Immigrants rarely get anything and the illegals get much less than that. It is very difficult to immigrate legally to the US. The law is a Quota system. If your country's quota is filled you are out of luck.
Even if you are a refugee you will not necessarily be believed-only 20% or less are and even if you are you still could be sent back. Look at what happened to Elian Gonzalez, whose mother died to bring him out of a Communist dictatorship in an inner tube, yet our Federal agents sent him back- violating his and his family's individual rights.
Contrary to the propaganda on the Internet illegal aliens use less welfare than anyone, they do not have legal access to it., only emergency medical services. Legal immigrants are able to but they are limited until after 5 years residency.
It's just very difficult to enter legally, the process is impossible and if you do you must be and are self sufficient.
Immigration rights and property rights are fundamental individual rights and are unalienable- all foreigner and native born, equal under the law. See Thomas Jefferson.

Answer 6

You are right, and f*ck civil rights its all about making our government look better than other countrys. They need to stop trying to help the whole world and look @ how people who are citizens of this country and pay thier taxes are hurting.
Some people can't even afford to get to work because of high gas prices.
Some people need help with things like food for thier famlies but are turned away because they make slightly more than minium wage.
Getting CCAP and housing help is nearly impossible if you are white.
Yet they will help illegal immigrants who work under the table faster than they will help citizens who pay a great deal in taxes, I have even heard people defend it by saying that they pay sales tax...
So does everyone else.
It's crap and it needs to change.

Answer 7

No,you're right.America has always been a country for immigrants.And thats cool,but what about us born here?Sometimes I think that government is so jacked up about supporting everyone else and looking the hero that they forget about what keeps them going...people living here already.
The church my parents go to supported a family from Africa.They brought them here,gave them a car and an apartment.They recieved grants for college and free daycare for their children.They even got government help for medicaid and food too.***I don't think it's fare for stuff like that to happen,but I really like that family.It just bugs me that there are alot of americans who can't go to college b/c they can't afford it when the government is giving education away to other ppl.

Answer 8

My guess is that we have a ton of rule books created by the idiots we send to Washington which spells out all the freebie stuff to give new immigrants so they can cultivate the votes to keep themselves in office. They assume they have our vote and could care less about us.

Answer 9

It's called:

Civil Rights.

That is what gives them the power over citizens.

Medical? Civil Rights. Bilingual Ed? Civil Rights. Welfare? Civil Rights. And the list goes on...

Answer 10

You go girlfriend. And if your white, you're dicriminated against even more. I am a male by the way, so I lose all the way around.