Big deal if someone enters illegally.....?

Question

The questions is what they do after.
I entered USA illegally 10 years ago,took me 3 years to get my green card and all that time and after I have been paying taxes and work every single day.On the other hand I have a friend that came in legally and has been on welfare for over 2 years now and working under the table.Why should I feel that she is not the one breaking the law?

I guess my point is that in a way I did get amnesty and I think that most of you agree that I ma better citizen that she is.Amnesty for people that want to work hard is not such a bad idea.

I got my green card with humanitarian case.
And just to add - it is very hard to enter legally.In my case there wasn't such an option.My parents didn't have money to send me as a student and I was 17 years old at the time - too yong to apply under any program

Answer 1

That is the part americans dont understand... If I come in legally, I know I am entitled to lots of rights and will sit back and enjoy them.... on the other hand if I come in illegally, I know I am not entitled to any rights, there4 I work hard to to earn my living... It is some legals that are burdensome against themselves.....

I have seen laziness, panhandling, and many legal residents who dont contribute.....

Answer 2

Well, in the future, that won't be possible anymore, that is, if the issue is left up to the majority of the voters. Mexico and other countries have had their 'fun' at our expense, nailing down illegal immigration's been a big blind spot for our country for years.
Buu-uut, with any luck, this next couple of years will see some legislative 'enlightenment' on the subject, along with some good remedies to shut down illegal immigration.

Kind of picture a bucket, sitting on a board...in a rainstorm.
The bucket fills, 1 inch, 2 inches, 3 inches, and even though it's not perfectly balanced on the board, it doesn't fall...4, 5, 6 inches, still no fall, because the weight of the water in the part of the bucket NOT supported by the board hasn't yet become such that it can affect the rest. Just barely balanced, but still maintaining equilibrium. 7,8,9, board bends, little wobble there, but still holding. 10, 11, WOOPS! And, there it went, and it wouldn't have filled up with water and fallen over had someone had the foresight to put a lid on it. And, that's about what needs to happen with illegal immigration, they need to put a lid on it, 'cause it's raining out there. 6.6 billion people in the world, they can't all move to america. That's a 5.1 billion increase in just 100 years.
It took all of recorded human history to reach the first billion, 100 short years to multiply six-fold.

Now, the country's a little harder to tip over than a plastic bucket,
and illegal immigration probably isn't going to turn the lights off tomorrow, but, who knows what the future holds? What happens if Mexico had a famine next year? We live in 'interesting times',
when the good of the many depends on the decisions of a few,
and it's really hard to choose the right path in terms of trying to be a humanitarian, and looking at things from the perspective of protecting the goose that lays the golden eggs.

I think that instead of turning a blind eye to illegal immigration,
we should support building schools, not just in our own country, but around the world. People who know how to provide for themselves, having been taught what to do, and how to go about it, can turn bad situations into opportunities, situations that would have stymied more ignorant people and driven them to desperate acts.

I don't think your illegal emigration to our country is anything to brag about, but there's no use crying over spilled milk. I guess since you helped yourself to our country, the right thing for YOU to do would be to try and help your friend as a fellow immigrant.
Consider it the civic duty you assumed by becoming an american...

Answer 3

If you have a green card you are currently legal. However, she was allowed in and has a right to benefits (such as education and health care) by virtue of invitation that you didn't have when you were illegal.

It is the difference between sharing what you have and having someone steal it from you. Granted that in your friend we seem to have made a poor choice.

Poor people don't pay much in taxes and the rest of us cover their costs in education and services. That is why we limit how many poor people can come.

Answer 4

To answer your question, it's a big deal in *both* your cases - although you took the positive actions to work toward your own citizenship here.

I'll admit it: I was born here, and as such am an American by birth. But my Great-grandather was not, and the journey he went through, first to make it to the United States, then to be granted his citizenship, and all the while trying to become successful and start (then raise) a family....well, I just respect what he had to go through.

...and as for yourself, I respect you, too. It takes a lot of courage and determination to steer clear of the easy way out (as you're watching your friend go) and to join in this grand experiment called America.

But your friend really needs to get sent back to wherever she emigrated from.

Answer 5

Now that you are here, and now your a victem of rape, murder, kill, which part of illegally will you understand? I agree with you to a point, but illegal is just that. There must be a way. If I were that smart this e-mail would not be happening. If the U.S and Mexico had the same agreement that the U.S. and Canada have, I think everybody really could get along.

Answer 6

You are right coming here to make a better life for yourself and your family is what this country is about. How ever we should not have to bear the burden of someone coming here and being put on welfare. We have enough natural born Americans already on the system milking it dry.

Answer 7

If a someone enters the country illegally it's not a big deal ... if 20 million someones do it, it becomes a big deal ... and of course you should feel your friend is breaking the law, because she is!!

Answer 8

I don't know why would you feel that she is not the one breaking the law? It's people like her who will have to go. She needs to treasure her time that she has left.

Answer 9

I'm curious, if you came here illegally how on earth did you get a green card? Normally, the USCIS would not allow anyone that comes here illegally to get a green card...very curious
And, what part of illegal, do you not understand. Illegal is is illegal! That means breaking the law!!!!!

Answer 10

well, "legal" people have a right to sit on their as*es and get a check for it. On the other had, "people like us" are the ones getting blammed for it.