2006-10-04 09:23:15 · 13 answers · asked by Andreita 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Economics and Politics.
2006-10-04 09:24:45 · answer #1 · answered by Gable 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our immigration attorney said 9/11 is what made legal immigration near to impossible. Since that event immigration locked down and I don't think that the Pope could immigrate here!
Well, OK...maybe the Pope - but certainly not anyone else.
2006-10-04 10:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anne A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each country is different. If you are Mexican and have resources you can get a visa and passport -- just a tourist visa. I have been told that if you have $10,000 in the bank you can come here legally -- that's a lot of pesos. The banked money is assumed to be a reason to return. A friend from a successful Colombian family with property and investments came on a student visa and was here legally for years.
2006-10-04 09:33:12 · answer #3 · answered by murphy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US only permits 675,000 immigrants per year. There are so many more people who want to get into the United States than that number, so it takes a long time, maybe up to 20 or 30 years.
2006-10-04 09:28:47 · answer #4 · answered by Confused 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, getting the green card was a pain in the rear - it took forever & wasn't cheap - but after that, becoming a Naturalized citizen was relatively quick, cheap & easy.
I became a US citizen on 02/13/04. I feel sorry for US-born citizens - they don't get to CHOOSE to be a US citizen.
Now if I could only stop my software developer job going out to India for a THIRD time since 2001, I'd be real happy.
2006-10-04 09:30:56 · answer #5 · answered by dryheatdave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If coming to this country means a lot to you then some effort on coming here legally is not much to ask. Honest law abiding people do it every day.
2006-10-04 10:10:04 · answer #6 · answered by remmo16 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, as with every other country, there are limits on how many poor people are allowed, at all. Poor people pay less in taxes then they use in services, and we make up the cost of education and other services for them, here. That makes it a good deal for poor people who want to come, but since it is at our expense, and stretches our schools and services, we cap the number who can come. More want to come than we will allow to come, and those who do get to come have to stand in line, and satisfy screening requirements.
2006-10-04 09:42:40 · answer #7 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it takes time , a good education , a clean police record and some money for the fees..then it isnt that hard
2006-10-07 02:41:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you ever heard of big word hereTERRORRISM?? sit back and think of the images of 9-i11 long hard the images of the worlds trade center the dead, lost loved ones, and you ask why so hard for illegial imigrants- who do you realy really, trust?/
2006-10-04 09:25:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't hard, it just take long and its costly. But patience does have it's rewards! Do it the right way!
2006-10-04 09:25:31 · answer #10 · answered by proud mom ♥ 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋