I also don't understand why they call them ALIENS? If you think about it we are all the same HUMAN.
2006-09-18 06:48:09 · 28 answers · asked by hazelshine 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
It's called ignorance. These are generally people who don't travel anywhere, do not have open-minds, and are easily influence by other bigots. The ironic thing is we were all ALIENS at one point or another once or ancestors arrived here. It is plain hypocrisy. I call this the high school syndrome...there are those that think they're popular and others follow them blindly. Then there are the loners who everyone thinks just are plain wierd. Although, usually later on in life the popular ones don't become so popular anymore and the followers are just middle-of-the-line and the loners usually prevail as they instill hard work to get ahead in life to not be where they were before. Prove everyone wrong.
2006-09-18 06:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by daff73 5 · 1⤊ 6⤋
It is a good question you have asked... once you understand the English language then you will have a better understanding of the word ALIENS. It is a term that means foreign to the country that you live in. If you are not born in the USA, and you immigrated to the USA then until you become a citizen of the USA you are an ALIEN of the USA. There is not negative meaning to this word. It doesn't mean you are not human it has been used for over 200 hundred years in the English language.
If you immigrate legally and hold a legal green card then you are a legal Alien. If you did not immigrate to the USA with the right papers and credentials then you are a Illegal Alien. You are a criminal and are breaking the USA immigration law and the law of the land of the USA.
It is not that people carry so much hate against another race it is that people carry resentment from other people who sneak or break into our county without the governments authority, then sponge off the tax payers, your parents, to get welfare, and medical assistance. They also work in this country and send their money home to their family but they don't pay taxes on the money they earn. Your parents pay taxes on everything they earn. Why should someone come in this country like a theif and not pay taxes and your parents who do work legally in this country pay taxes. How is that fair for you and your parents?
I have been through the legal process of getting my paper work legalized and it offends me to no end that I waited many years to be a LEGAL ALIEN in this country and someone from outside this country supersedes me as an Illegal criminal just because they stole from this country. Make no sense at all.
2006-09-18 14:22:03 · answer #2 · answered by NIck N 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's a legal status thing. If you're an immigrant, that means you're legally in the country, on your way to becoming a citizen. If you're an illegal alien, it means you dodged the law, faked your papers,
etc etc. If you faked your way into the country, what's your plan for an encore? Robbing banks? Murder? Dealing drugs? It's a Big Question Mark, entering our country illegally is a crime to begin with, failing to deal with the problem effectively and look at it clearly to begin with is another failure.
Not every illegal alien in america today is on a mission to spread mayhem. Yet, you have a lot of troubled people from troubled countries that come to our country and again start trouble, and move on to bigger and better things from emigrating illegally, such as grand larceny, human trafficking, rape, murder, drug dealing, etc etc etc. At some point, illegal immigration can and does become a public safety issue, as well as a quality of life issue for regular citizens.
Other countries need to do more for their own people. We can't do it all, just flat can't afford it. Our country spends good money each and every year trying to help them do just that, but somehow it mysteriously all gets spent without accomplishing much...which speaks poorly of the ethics of all concerned.
I think illegal immigration should be stopped, and replaced with foreign aid subject to disinterested 3rd-party oversight, checks and balances and standards, and all that. No more throwing good money after bad, or pretending that by leaving the doors unlocked, we're actually solving the problem...gotta be proactive, not reactive. Countries like Mexico gotta pull their socks up, and do what's right, here. We've done more than right by them, time for them to do right by us and get with the program...
2006-09-18 14:24:56 · answer #3 · answered by gokart121 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but I'll tell you something beautiful I saw recently. At a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses for the deaf community I saw an older white man who was blind and deaf having the meeting signed to him by a deaf black man. What a beautiful site showing how real love knows no bounds. Thank God for people who care enough to put race out of the picture and focus on love of all man.
2006-09-18 13:59:58 · answer #4 · answered by professor grey 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is generally a learned thing. However, if you are discussing illegal aliens from other countries - there is another whole issue. If you look at the illegal aliens here - they are not paying taxes, working earning money, collecting medicare/medicaid, and food stamps - and people who are citizens cannot afford basic items. That is a whole different issue.
2006-09-18 13:57:09 · answer #5 · answered by Been there 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because they hate themselves soo much that hating others comes naturally.......?? Or....
maybe because those same illegal immigrants live 20 to a house, all get Food Stamps, Welfare Checks, Medicaid, WIC, and share all household expenses so that they can save up to buy brand new automobiles, homes, etc.... Did I mention that the men carry around a wad as big as a fist of cash that is not reported? Sounds like a good plan though....maybe I will try it. Oh, forgot, if I do that, I am guilty of a crime...
FRAUD.......
2006-09-18 13:58:57 · answer #6 · answered by Diana 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Aliens means people from somewhere else. It can be from outter space, or from another country. There is nothing bad about the word, and calling someone this.
HOWEVER! People often do have alot of hate against people different than they are. I think it is because they do not feel they have enough self worth, so they have to find someone they can look down on-to build themselves up.
2006-09-18 13:53:32 · answer #7 · answered by Shossi 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Some hate others because they are unable to love themselves. The biggest problem with "aliens" today is that so many (by no means all) of the illegals are terrorists, thugs, or other forms of major trouble.
2006-09-18 13:52:59 · answer #8 · answered by Spirit Walker 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hispanics are (at least partly) of the White Race...so there is no inherent racism in requiring people to follow the law when they enter the country.
They are called aliens because they come from somewhere else...there are legal aliens and illegal aliens. All human...this does not refer to extraterrestrial...duh!
2006-09-18 13:51:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
Yes they are human, but they're illegal aliens if they come here without proper documentation. I don't hate anyone, I'm just against entering the USA illegally.
2006-09-18 13:53:52 · answer #10 · answered by bobemac 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋