why are they illegals?

Question

well, i just want to know why people from all other continents are illegal from coming into the USA? im mexican but im not illegal or anything. how can a person be illegal? whats wrong with being born somewhere else and not in the US? i dont think its fair. Cause if your born in the US you can go ANYWHERE you want. WHY cant others come to america?????

Answer 1

They are called illegals, because they came into the country illegally, and are here illegally, there laws regarding how to come into this country when a law is broken it is Illegal. Would you preffer the criminal, or invader instead?
People that are here and came into the U.S. legally are called immigrants. Immigrants in this country are here legally and are granted many rights.
I personally am getting tired of whining from Mexican immigrants that we do not do enough for them. We refuse to change our, language, our flag, and our national holidays.

Especially considering when the shoe is on the other foot.

U.S. citizens in Mexico still cannot own property within 50 kilometers of the coasts or within 100 kilometers of the border withOUT having to go through the mysterious and at times unpredictable bureaucracy involving fideicomisos (trusts).

Mexicans, and people of Mexican parentage can become dual citizens of Mexico and the USA. Nevertheless, U.S. citizens who are NOT of Mexican descent are still prohibited from becoming citizens of Mexico, unless they are willing to formally and fraudulently represent that they have renounced their U.S. citizenship.

A U.S. citizen who is not of Mexican descent and who therefore cannot simultaneously be legally recognized as a Mexican citizen cannot legally vote in Mexico. He or she also cannot be immuned from a sudden, abruptly imposed permanent deportation [without a hearing, in fact] for the opportunistically vague crime of getting involved somehow in political matters, or of being considered "inconvenient" for Mexico
Self-serving conflicts of interest exist with Mexico's immigration agency. Indeed, in November of 1998 a public protest among Immigration workers in Mexico City took place because fines ("multas") waged against Americans in Mexico were no longer getting shared with the employees who were SIMULTANEOUSLY supposed to offer RELIABLE advice to foreigners so that they could avoid being fined in the first place. We do not know how this labor dispute was resolved but we would not be surprised if the same conflict of interest endures there. In the U.S.A., do such fines paid not go directly to the U.S. Treasury instead of essentially directly to the immigration employees who are SUPPOSED to want U.S. citizens to know how to AVOID being fined?

Maybe we would not be so bitter about the illegals if we received some graditude for what you are given when you immigrate legally.

If you feel so mistreated by the U.S. please remember that you can always go back to Mexico where appearantly it is so perfect unless you are foreign, and if you claim to be illegal, our government will actually send you back there, unlike Mexico that will put me in Jail.

Answer 2

Because the U.S. Constitution (Art. I, s.8, cl. 4) gives to the Congress the power to "establish a uniform rule of Naturalization." This is a natural outgrowth of the basic notion of Sovereignty, which gives all national governments the right to include and exclude individuals from their territories.

The Congress has exercised this power to regulate to ensure that only a certain number or type of persons (i.e., those with marketable job skills) can enter into the U.S. Anyone entering into this country that does not comply with these federal laws has entered the country illegally. Thus, they are illegals.

The problem is not that people are entering the United States (keep in mind that we cannot go to any other country either - many countries require entry visas, just like the United States does), but that they are entering the United States with the intention to stay. I don't know of any country in the world that will just let you up and move there without imposing some regulations on you.

And why do we not simply open our doors to everyone? There's not enough space or resources here to sustainably support such a crowd.

Answer 3

No one is saying people from other countries can't come here. They have to go through a legal process to do so. Why do Mexican illegals think they are above the law?
Check the policy of Mexico on illegal aliens, and stop trying to make America look like racists.

Answer 4

People can come to America but they need certain papers so that the government knows what is going on with their country. Since America has the freedom thing that other countries don't, we need to keep track who is going in and out of the country. Also to let you know, certain countries like in Europe and Asia don't let Americans live there without certain paperwork. It's all about safety.

To answer your question about why are people illegal. The person isn't illegal, their staying in the US is.

There is nothing wrong in borning somewhere else. My mother wasn't born in the US but here we are. It's just like I said before, they are paperwork on everyone for safety and if they made a crime here. Also for tax paying...And yes, people can come to America to vist and to live...with the right paperwork of course...

Answer 5

Illegal becuase we have laws that say who can come to US to live. All countries have Immigration laws (yes, even Mexico). As an American I can visit alot of places with and w/out a visa. But I also have to get approval to LIVE and WORK in those countries if I choose to do so. That's seems fair. Why is it that people don't want to follow the rules? What's not fair is that people come here w/out following the rules and get in before those who follow the rules.

So you can't just decide to come here legally without getting the right paperwork and approvals done before you decide to live and work in the US.

btw- I'm an immigrant -- a Legal one. And a citizen. I came here LEGALY many years ago.

Answer 6

There are two (2) ways of coming here. The first one is the right and legal way. That is following the rules, getting the necessary paperwork, health reports, background checks, etc., done. The other way is the wrong way, the way of the criminals. You just come here and ignore the law. This then makes you ILLEGAL. You have broken the law to come here and are now a CRIMINAL. There in NOTHING that justifies a person breaking the law to come here, especially when so many others have been able to successfully come here the legal way.

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Answer 7

It is so scary that you are a legal citizen...I would double-check that if I were you. When you jump a fence into the country without a visa or passport, you're illegal. Even the great Americans have to have a passport and apply for visas when going abroad. And, Americans can't go everywhere we want, Cuba has been banned for many years. You say you're Mexican but you are legal, you should be saying you're American of Mexican heritage. If you were Mexican you'd live in Mexico. I'm American of Scotch/Irish/German heritage, good to meet you.

Answer 8

People who are born in other countries can come to America, but they need the proper paperwork, visa, etc. Illegal immigrants are people that try and get into America without any of these things.

Answer 9

If you come here in accordance with our laws which limit how many can come and who can come, and how, then you are legally here. If you break those laws, you are illegally here. In that case you are illegally working, illegally sending your children to schools we pay for for our own people, etc. Those people are illegal aliens under our law. They have committed a crime and take services we pay for for poor people even if those poor people are paying all applicable taxes. Because of the cost and strain on our own services, we limit how many poor people can come.

Why should we pay to educate people we don't want here? Their own countries often won't educate them, because it is expensive. Why do you expect us to?

And, no, we can't go ANYWHERE. For example, we can't immigrate to Mexico unless we have a lot of money, and even then can't buy oceanfront property or ever hold political office or ever become involved in political demonstrations.

Answer 10

Their presence is illegal, not their existance as a life-form!

our country, like a large version of our home, is under the legal control of the owner/renter/governing body. the government, like the home owner, can deny entry for any reason, good or bad, just or unjust.

no non-american has the RIGHT (it is a legal term, look it up) to come here without approval!

As far as quotas go (you didn't directly ask but when you said that Americans can go anywhere you hint at it), Why on earth would we LEGALLY allow more of any group in when we cannot control their influx of ILLEGAL entries?