Do you think that Immigrants should have the right to be a US citizen?

Answer 1

Anybody has the right to be a US citizen.

Answer 2

Immigrants do have the right to be a citizen. That is, if they become a citizen. If they just want to come over illegally and sponge off of us without paying taxes or doing anything the right way, then they don't apply.

Answer 3

No. They should not be rewarded for breaking the law.

The illegals should have to go through the proper process inorder to become an american citizen just like every legal immigrant that currently lives here.

Jumping the border equal becoming a legal american citizen? I think not!

Answer 4

Some legal immigrants, yes. All illegal aliens, no. They have broken the law just to be here. How can anyone who has broken the law just being here, justify their claim of being a good citizen while being here. We have laws controlling coming into and becoming a citizen of this country. If they can't do it it by the law then they are outlaws and have no right being here at all, let alone being allowed citizenship.

Answer 5

Immigrants should go through the process legally and take the citizenship test. If they can pass all that, then yes they should have the right to be a US citizen.

Answer 6

Legal immigrants should of course have a chance to become citizens ... after all, that's what America is about .... ILLEGAL immigrants should stop their whining and go home ... there are millions of legal residents here who have done it the right way ... any reason why the present bunch of law breakers couldn't do the same thing??

Answer 7

Being a US citizen is a privelege, not a right. The US is under no obligation to grant anyone citizenship.

Although it sounds rather harsh, the US can and should consider how a particular individual will benefit or harm the US by granting him or her citizenship. We have never had a completely open door policy and hopefully we never will. Again, we are not under any obligation to let people into this country -- much less grant them citizenship -- unless it benefits the US, and we are under less obligation to allow people into this country if their presence here would be harmful in some way.

I'm sure this is not the answer you want, but unfortunately it is the answer that any sovereign country, including and perhaps especially the US, needs to have for your question.

Answer 8

immigrants=yes
illegal immigrants= NO NO NO!! because if we give them citizenship, it's like they are getting a reward for doing something illegal. I just don't understand how some people think that's right. If they apply for citizenship, then why yes, of course. But sneaking over the border, NO NO NO

Answer 9

Immigrants do have a right to become citizens. My husband is an immigrant. He came here, we married. He filed his paper work, waiting in long lines from hell and got his green card after two years. Now he awaits his citizenship.(7 years and counting)

People that come here ILLEGALLY, they aren't immigrants. You just made a common mistake.

They are criminals, and should be treated as such.They have clearly shown, in their illegality, their contempt for our laws and we don't need anyone here that doesn't abide by our laws.

Detain them and then ship them back to whence they came.

Answer 10

Yes, it is what the United States is made of... with the exception of Native American inhabitants. Maybe the Native Americans should decide who stays and who goes, it seems fair. This is not a biased suggestion in any way as my family comes from a small island somewhere between Scotland and Norway, I am only 1/8 Osage.

Answer 11

Depends on their situation and their reasoning for trying to become a citizen. If they're a dead beat that won't work and just mooch off the government, then no. But if they're hard working people trying to make a better life, then yes.