WHY is USA so strict on immigation laws?

Question

i have no intention to live there; but us in europe are making a better effort to accept immigrants;do not forget that america would not be america without immigrants

i like akablackb the rest of you are deploring they take your money.YOUR WARS are costing a lot more.THE problem is the same in europe but i INSIST we make more effort.AS FOR FRANCE to starve them you need a bit more research .AS for PEACHY the answers are all number 2 think. I NEED MORE CONSTRUCTIVES ANSWERS THANK U

Answer 1

In this day and age, until we can totally trust the population of the whole world (including us), all countries should be strict on immigration...we have to learn now, how to support, supply, educate, and work to perserve our own now...the question is, what do we do with the immigrants that are now here...most of them contribute to our society, but again, its all about trust.....

Answer 2

Our laws are very lax compared to many 1st world nations. Europe doesn't welcome people with open arms, only when we pressure the european nations in times of horror such as bosnia do we see europe step up

I am also sick of the phrase: America would not be America without immigrants. Neither would Germany, Mexico, Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Israel---nearly every western country is a product of immigration, whether it was more predominent in the past 100 years or 200 years or 500 years. So people need to quit saying we are a nation of immigrants; my family has been here well over 300 years, when do I get to say I am not an immigrant?.

Answer 3

We do welcome legal immigration.What we are protesting,complaining about is the illegal that comes across our borders and demonstrates in our streets,desecrating our flag,demanding rights that are reserved for only American legal citizens.They over crowd our schools,prisons,hospital Er's,work for substandard wages and lower the standard of the country they invade.We have many welcomed legal immigrants in this country .They have assimilated into the American way of life.We are being over run by illegals that want to make this country a bigger better where ever they left,they do not want to become a part of this nation.They only desire that we change for them.They refuse to learn our primary language and insist we instead learn theirs.
That's some of the reasons Illegals aren't wanted in the USA. I see a lot of European country's that are struggling with their own immigration problems so the USA is not alone on this issue.
Jack,how unhappy you must be with your lot in life,first of all your "facts " aren't correct.the Indian was not indigenous to this country,having migrated across the Bering Strait from other Continents.Mexico started the war and was beaten by the US and we aguired parts of the southwest as the spoils of war plus paid them a total of $18.250 million for the lands.My ancestors came to this New World in 1702,they were merchants from Germany looking to expand their holdings.They were NEVER illegal.The legal immigrants that are in this country are glad to be here and are welcomed by us,we will never accept the illegality of the people invading this country from the southern border.I live in Arizona and I see it every day .Find out what illegal really means,Before you make racists remarks against "red necks".

Answer 4

We have no problems with accepting LEGAL immigration. We welcome it. Our issue is with ILLEGAL immigration. Please ask yourself how you would feel if 12 to 20 million people were in your country taking the jobs that belong to you and your family. Not only do they take our jobs they are shutting down our hospitals (Women come here from all over the world to have their babies at tax payers expense) and their newborn child automatically becomes an American citizen. Most american citizens can't afford health care for themselves but we are having to pay for the illegals healthcare while we go untreated and uncared for. Our schools are over loaded and our childrens education is suffering. The illegals do not have to abide by the same laws that Americans are held to. They enter into our country illegally then they use fraudulent documentation to take our jobs, they steal our social security numbers and our identity for their own selfish needs. They don't pay taxes and they don't have drivers license or auto insurance. If an American was caught breaking any of these laws we would be immediately prosecuted.
Yes we are a free country meaning we have freedom of choice, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, FREEDOM. But it is not FREE to live in the USA. We pay highly to live here. We pay income tax, sales tax, property tax, school tax, death tax, tax and title, phone tax and any other tax our govenment can stick us with. The USA is the most charitable country in the world and we care about our fellow man but not to our own detriment.

Answer 5

USA has nothing against immigrants. Proper visas is not too much to ask. I doubt any European country allows people in the country illegally. The USA is trying to prevent the illegal immigration, not immigration in general. Country was built on legal immigration, but the illegal immigration leads to over crowding, lack of work for those who do it legally, etc.

Answer 6

America accepted more immigrants in the 1990s than in any other decade in its history. It was the single largest wave of migration into one nation, of any nation on earth, ever! Not to mention all the illegals that come in every day.

Answer 7

The USA is not strict enough. The laws are simple... see if you can wrap your atrophied little mind around this. Legal immigration... okay. Illegal immigration... not okay. Simple. If they were to be enforced better, 9/11 probably would not have happened because the muslim male extremists would not have had the opportunity to learn how to fly Boeing 757/767s right here on our soil. Think about this if you are competent enough:

1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by

a. Superman

b. Jay Leno

c. Harry Potter

d. a Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40


2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by

a. Olga Korbutt

b. Sitting Bull

c. Arnold Schwarzenegger

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:

a. Lost Norwegians

b. Elvis

c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:

a. John Dillinger

b. The King of Sweden

c. The Boy Scouts

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:

a. A pizza delivery boy

b. Pee Wee Herman

c. Geraldo Rivera

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:

a. The Smurfs

b. Davey Jones

c. The Little Mermaid

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:

a. Captain Kidd

b. Charles Lindberg

c. Mother Teresa

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:

a. Scooby Doo

b. The Tooth Fairy

c. The Sundance Kid

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:

a. Richard Simmons

b. Grandma Moses

c. Michael Jordan

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:

a. Mr. Rogers

b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems

c. The World Wrestling Federation

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by:

a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd

b. The Supreme Court of Florida

c. Mr. Bean

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:

a. Enron

b. The Lutheran Church

c. The NFL

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:

a. Bonnie and Clyde

b. Captain Kangaroo

c. Billy Graham

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


Nope, I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you? So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winning and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between the ages 17 and 40 alone lest they be guilty of profiling.

ANONYMOUS

Answer 8

Because the immigrants are tapping our resources for free, while the rest of us Legals must buy our own health insurance, car insurance, we work legally, and we don't poop out 15 kids just for welfare.

Answer 9

Yep Euorpe welcomes them in, and then like France starves them because they will not give them a job. Get real.

Answer 10

Good GOD here we go again, as if this question hasnt been asked enough already.

We ( United States) are so fed up with having to pay out of our pockets for all of their medical expenses, food, free money. The ILLEGALS are bankrupting our economy. If you like them so much, please feel free to take another 50 million.