Enrico Fermi, Nikola Tesla, Werner Von Braun, Oppenheimer, Henry Kissinger, Albert Einstein George Gamow, Mario Molina (mexican Nobel winner), Bela Karolyi, Oscar de la Renta, Liz Claiborne, Madeleine Albright, Mikhail Barishnikov, Gloria Estefan, Carlos Santana, Ricardo Montalban, Eddie Van Halen, Isaac Stern, Isaac Asimov, Carl Sagan (immigrant's child), Frank Oz, Elie Wiesel, Jaime Escalante, Henry Kissinger, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Fernando Valenzuela, Sammy Sosa????
It seem immigrants have caused a great damage to America. They have built it.
2006-07-03 11:47:15 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Hellooo the realmsred!! MOST of them came to the US ILLEGALLY. I suggest you turn off the idiot box and read a book. Books don't bite.
2006-07-03 11:58:07 · update #1
Entertainers haven't done much??? Ever heard of a little place called Hollywood????
2006-07-03 12:02:25 · update #2
This is one of the best comments I've ever read. Good work.
2006-07-03 11:50:45 · answer #1 · answered by MED_SCHOOL 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Actually if you ask me Henry Kissinger did do a great deal of damage to this country. Get educated on the man that still has too much power. Also how do entertainers BUILD the country. Espically people as recent as Sosa. Come on we have plenty of baseball players. Tesla was a bit of a nut but that is another story. Why is Kissinger listed twice? Is one his evil side and the other his good side? Oh and an immigrants' child ISN'T an immigrant. Hell that means I am an immigrant since on one side I am only a 3rd generation American. No one is against LEGAL immigrants. We are against ILLEGAL immigrants who come here breaking the law and expect us to change the law to say that is ok. Not only that they think we are wrong to have "taken their land" by winning a war against their country over 150 years ago. These are the people we are against.
2006-07-03 18:55:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dubious list. Hell Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn, New York. Looks like most of the others were legal immigrants or at least not illegal. I don't think a Russian dancers looking for asylum constitutes the building of anything. If you are going to claim illegal immigrants built the country don't you think you should present some evidence or maybe a fact or two?
Hell I hope Med School isn't a real doctor or something, I wouldn't want him treating me for anything.
2006-07-03 21:04:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
shut the hell up those are all famous ones. What about Alberto Rodrigues? Dont know who he is. Hes the illegal immigrant that shot and killed a friend of mine over nothing. Go to any prison in america. Wetbacks are 40-55% of the inmates. 30-45% are illegal. Thats a fact. Is this a coincidence.
2006-07-03 19:27:54 · answer #4 · answered by mcskillins 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would doubt most of those folks were forced to rely on social services for their existence. I don't remember hearing of them working as undocumented laborers. I believe all of those immigrants spoke English, and did their best to become members of American society rather than clinging to their past. Several of the people listed were given sanctuary by the American government fleeing hostile political situations in their home country.
2006-07-03 19:41:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wanna Balloon,
You're forgetting the first batch of illegal aliens that came to the US. I believe they arrived in a ship called the Mayflower...
Consensus among americans at the time was that they did do some damage to their society.
2006-07-04 19:39:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure the sports figures helped build America,: ) but your list is valid and could be even longer. but aren't we all immigrants ,or at least our ancestors were,except for Native American Indians. The black slaves were forced immigrants . I don't dislike any "immigrants" but I do respect the word legal
2006-07-03 18:56:48 · answer #7 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about Christopher Columbus, John Alden, Miles Standish. To name a few.
2006-07-03 18:53:43 · answer #8 · answered by Joe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Until the laws are changed, illegal immigrants are committing a crime just as the people that you named did. If a murderer gets away with murder does it make it right? Should we let all the other murderers go free?
2006-07-03 19:07:26 · answer #9 · answered by edaem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These immigrants became American citizens unlike present-day immigrants who come here to take away from America and give nothing back in return.
2006-07-03 18:53:53 · answer #10 · answered by dmspartan2000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who said America wouldn't be here without immigrants? We wouldn't have muppets, or van halen! Great comment, it might make some think!
2006-07-03 18:50:54 · answer #11 · answered by crzyernie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋