When thinking of an illegal/undocumented worker what is the first image that pops into your head?

Question

BE HONEST. I'm just curious to see the different and widespread images of illegals/undocumented workers.

I have not removed any comments

Thanks for all your responses. I was not looking for a particular one and it was intersesting (and for some, personally, sad) to see some of the responses. Thanks for being honest though...

Answer 1

by the way of some of what i have read on yahoo i see a very sad plight for humans. are being treated worse than animals just because they are branded by some as illegal, it is very sad to see those that have plenty crib and cringe at those who do not have a they do all the dirty work .that most americans will not do and instead of make life easier for the have nots people still try to trample on their human dignity, no one has the right to do this most of the americans are christians and believe in the bible does not the bible say ask and thou shall receive, seek and though shall find knock and the door shall be opened,man is worth his salt and considering they are doing the dirty work, why not give them at least respect, because from where i come from i was taught there is dignity in labour

Answer 2

I am honest to you here. Undocumented or illegal are from every country from my image that pop into my head.I was a foreign student and I knew what is like to be an outsider and living in fear.31 years ago it was very few that worked outside the campus and I had 3 jobs inside the campus and claimed my taxes every year.After that I am U.S. citizen so I see the problem of Immigration and Undocumented worker.Right now we are struck with 12 millions of undocumented that do take our benefits and quite a bit of them do not pay taxes.By the way State of California pays so much for undocumented workers and the money that our undocumented sent money to Mexico and Latin America 3 billion dollars.We should analyze who hire them in the first place and it is about time we overhaul the Immigration Naturalization Agency.Now we have to fix this problem,I urge you all write your Congressmen and Senators asking what is next for 12 millions undocumented workers.

Answer 3

The first image that pops into my head is a large sign pointing those low cost workers over here to my place where I need a bunch of help and can't find any locally that I can afford. .

Answer 4

I totally agree with WOW's answer, people are incredibly stereotypical, obviously most of the ones who say all those racist comments haven't traveled, haven't got an education, if you've ever been to any of those countries,(Latin American countries) you wouldn't be saying that, and if you ever went to a domestic agency, (to hire a housekeeper) you wouldn't be saying that either, lots of Europeans trying to work and are undocumented, and nobody wants to hire them because they think they are too white, or they wouldn't be good for the job, they're up to something or whatever,

No doubt it is all about the color of a person's skin, to most ignorant people, how sad this is, these people's mentalities belong in the dumpster.

Answer 5

You want he to bite and say a Latin.
But wait if you watch the show Rescue Me there was a illegal on that show who was a woman from the Caribbean.
And I am sure that if I go to San Francisco I will find people here illegally from Asia. There are even illegals that are white from Europe. If an illegal immigrant is from England or France, Canada, or Ireland does that make them more acceptable???

Answer 6

Honestly? I see the Mexican illegal because that is what I see the most of being north of a border state. I keep hearing they are doing the jobs we don't want to do, and I don't agree. I think they are taking jobs away from willing workers by doing it for less. I also see they are "Trying to better themselves, and escape Mexico" and yet where they congregate tends to start to look exactly like old Mexico. I try hard not to be prejudiced, but it becomes difficult at times.

Answer 7

I think of Team USA competing at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada

Answer 8

The twin towers falling, the people running for their lives, and the ones that didn't get out. Need I say more? I notice you keep poking the word worker into your question. Not all of them are workers, and we now have what is called the Mexican Mafia operating right here, right now! A Mexican Drug Cartel on this side of the border. Now, is this not what we work to prevent, but it don't happen the way it should, does it?

Answer 9

Someone so desperate to make a living for their families that they would risk coming here to this hotbed of democracy and freedom to work illegally for wages that couldnt support a single person, keep them clothed or a roof over their head and put up with stupid, ignorant racist a*******. Walk in their shoes for a few miles and sing a different song.

Answer 10

A friend of mine answered this question and told me his answer was removed because it was found to be offensive to all of the illegal aliens from mexico, So I'm gonna answer it for you just a little better and try not to make it so offensive. So here goes, Chicken bones laying on construction sites, Sump pits on same construction sites full of feces because they have too much disrespect for the Americans who are having the home built to walk to the porta-john Caulking tubes or drywall mud buckets full of feces because the house didn't have a sump pit Urine 3 inches deep in the bath tubs & showers on the same construction sites because they just want to show disrespect for the Americans that are having the home built. LESS THAN EXCEPTIBLE CRAFTSMANSHIP on drywall work, LESS THAN EXCEPTIBLE CRAFTSMANSHIP on brick work, LESS THAN EXCEPTIBLE CRAFTSMANSHIP on roof work, And the list just goes on and on and on, GIVE IT A BAD RATING IF YOU WISH, BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO THE JOB RIGHT FOR THE PRICES THEY ARE WORKING FOR. THEY HAVE TO GET IT DONE AS FAST AS THEY CAN AT THE COST OF QUALITY. BUT I SPEAK NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!!! AND THE TRUTH ABOUT THESE THINGS ARE WHAT OFFENDS THE ILLEGAL ALIENS, THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW IT'S THEM DOING THESE THINGS, THEY WANT YOU TO BLAME IT ON THE SORRY AMERICANS ON THE JOBSITE THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE CLAIM THAT DON'T WANT TO DO THE WORK. IF YOU HAVE A HOME BUILT AND WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE THAT YOUR CONSTRUCTION SITE MIGHT END UP LIKE THE ABOVE SAID, THEN HIRE A BUILDER THAT USES ILLEGAL ALIENS AS SUB-CONTRACTORS!!