I grew up in a nice neighborhood in the city of Chicago but within the last six years I've seen a influx of illegal immigrants that have overcrowded the schools and hospitals in my area, increased crime significantly, don't keep up their homes, large increase in litter, increase in car accidents and they are putting up prison-like wrought iron fences around the front yard of their homes among many other things like graffiti and gangs. Have you seen this happen recently where you live? Is their anything I can do about it?
2006-06-29 19:48:31 · 14 answers · asked by 1776USA 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Chicago has always had that problem. Both the gang/crime problem and the dislike of the newcomers.
In my area nope. Many mexicans have moved in but from what I see they are all legal and keep up their houses nice and are productive citizens.
Some of the kids play their music too loud but I think all teens do that.
2006-06-29 19:53:07 · answer #1 · answered by Lupin IV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. there are cities that become ghettos because of the way the government deals with property. To give you on example of this, I'll try to explain.
I live in Santa Barbara California. About 8 years ago, property here was rather cheap (average home about 500,000). Nowadays, you can't get a condo for that much. The average house range starts at about 900,000 dollars. Those people that want to move here and buy a house have to be rich. You see; they will end up paying about 10,000 dollars a year just for property taxes. Not to mention the mortgage of about 4,000 dollars a month. Anyway, where I live is a nice suburban area. Here, you're either rich or poor. There are no more middle class. All the people that are in-between moved out of this area. So we need people, like imigrants, to work the jobs that nobody wants. They might not be vital to some people, but they do help the US economy.
2006-06-29 20:07:24 · answer #2 · answered by Juan Gabriel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are so fool of crab! Nice neighborhood in Chicago? If all this bs was true, you would have mentioned the name of the neighborhood and presented datashowing the incriease of immigrants in your neighborhood.Crminal's datas increased by their immigration and all the others records to base your statment. If all this were true, the police had already resolved the problem, and the immigration service too, because this is their work.One works to clean up the streets from criminals( I wish had organizations to clean up stupidy, and loosers too) the other one, Immigration's agents, takes care of those immigrants, ilegal r legals, whom are not conforming with the state's law.
If your neighborhood had been invaded by illigal immigrants responsable for all this crime, the immigration department and the police had already resloved as they resolve those done byamerican's citzens too, but instead of being on hands of the states, depending the category of their crime, they are kept on care of the immigration service.
Buddy, you change names here at Yahoo as you change shirts.
Instead of waist your time in accusatiosn, go get some education about the issue for you see if your own eyes, the stupid absurds shown on all of your statements. Internet its not just for fun, is for you get informations too. Pretend u are a smart person, and get informed by each department (immigration and police), about all yours acusation...Perhaps, you have done this and didn't get their support, because all of this is untrue, than as a revanche, decided to come in the net, to release your miserability, and see if can gain some supporters...after all, misery needs company.
You know this better than anyone else.
PS: I am sure if a neighborhood in Chicago had been invaded by illigal immigrants that had decided to commit crime, the whole world would be aware by now thrue the CNN, not by some miserable over Yahoo!Questions.
2006-06-29 20:22:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's happened everywhere and I live in L.A. and Chicago is a great city. Remember, ultimately, illegal immigrants aren't much of a threat because they are uneducated and own nothing.
Just keep voicing yourself as you have, that will help. Everyone wants to come to the USA because of what we have created. When they stop coming here, that's when we need to worry.
J
2006-06-29 19:54:56 · answer #4 · answered by filmjeff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well this seems to be happening in alot of areas. Just because they might have lived in slums in another country doesnt mean they have to have no pride in their homes and neighboorhoods. Maybe they really werent raised better than that. Theyre their own worst enemy and it really wouldnt be too hard for them to try and fix how they are viewed. Moving somewhere else would be a temporary fix.
2006-06-29 19:58:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sure have,they have built concrete jungles and cut down all my forrest.My rivers now run brown and my skies are polluted.They put fences everywhere they killed all the buffalo,,,,,,,.When someone does something that YOU europeans have not done yourselfs then you may Bit ch.
Before you came to this country there was not one fence from one end of this country to the other.The land was free FOR ALL TO WALK UPON!
2006-06-29 19:58:47 · answer #6 · answered by jgmafb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry I can't relate. I am in Sc and I think all the illegal people here have restaurants car shops clean hotels and buildings, all things I don't want to do. Too bad you are having such a bad experience. You could always move.
2006-06-29 19:55:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there is, you can move to another country our into the country to get away from people you dont like.
2006-06-29 19:52:38 · answer #8 · answered by Sleep Is For The Weak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Join stormfront.
Or complain to your local government officials.
2006-06-30 19:22:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is getting to be the biggest problem ever, why can't they stay in their vast lands!
2006-06-29 19:54:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋