To All Americans.........?

Question

I want to know your opinion on illegal immigrants from Mexico.
I want to know what you guys think about this whole issue of Immigration in America. Whether it's going to hurt the economy or not, what people will do about it, stuff like that.

Please, no incredibly racist sh** about how they suck and the should all go burn in heck.

Answer 1

i am not against it as long as they come to do better and not partake in the negativity that is going on here. (murder, robbery...etc) try to put yourself in other people's shoes for just a minute....(i'm dumbing it down a bit)
just suppose that you were in a room and you felt that what was going on in that room was unfair....there are no good jobs to support your family...and all kinds of other things were going on. now suppose you heard that the room next door was better and you could even get a better job in that room....all you had to do was walk out of that horrible room that you were in, avoid the hall monitor, and sneak into that other room. would you do it...for your future, your family's future.

Answer 2

I'm for legal immigration. I'm for restructuring immigration laws to make it easier for people to immigrate rather than the paranoic remnants we have from McCarthyism. I don't have a problem with people coming into this country. I like having neighbors with different ethnicities around. It's exciting.

Illegal immigration is a crime and it's not victimless. Illegal immigrants do more than burden a tax base that they don't pay into, they individually hurt people. I know too many people who have had the IRS all over them for not paying taxes in jobs they've never held. There are too many people who've had their social security accounts depleted because someone wanted SSDI at their expense.

It's not about the jobs, the language, sharing space, or the so-called impact on crime. It's about the complete disrespect. I'm not against immigration, I'm against people who think they should be exempted from the law.

People who are pro-immigration activists should alter their focus to changing current laws into something more humanitarian rather than try to get a group of people declared above the law. That's a slap in the face of every law abiding citizen in this country and it's a kick in the head of every person waiting to legally enter this country.

Answer 3

To say that this question is borderline racist is ridiculous. It's a weak-minded defense when you don't have a real answer. I get so sick of people pulling the race card the minute anything remotely controversial comes up.

There's not even a MENTION of race in this question. Mexican is not a race. It's a nationality. That's like calling someone a racist because they used to word German or Polish. C'mon...

As to the question, I've got to agree with the first respondent. I've got thousands of American brothers and sisters who came here from Mexico. LEGALLY. The more the merrier if they do it the right way.

The major arguments you see put forth on this topic revolve around economics and taxes, language, and possible separatism.

The economic arguments involve whether or not illegal immigrants are freeloading off of American taxpayers or not. One side argues that they get free healthcare and other bonuses, while the other side points to the fact that many illegal immigrants pay social security taxes on their false social security numbers, but can never lay claim to that money in the future like other American retirees. I'm at a loss to say whether it's a boon or a burden.

Language arguments revolve around whether the communities around illegal immigrants should be forced to use the language that the immigrants are familiar with. I have split feelings about this one. First and foremost, students in American schools should be taught to speak English. Principals and schoolteachers should not be forced to learn any other language in order to facilitate their teaching if is burdens other students. There should NOT be separate classes solely for students who do not speak English. There's a reason that we did away with "separate but equal" laws in this country. They WERE racist.
Now, that being said, if you live in an area where most of the people around you speak a language other than your own, you're better off learning the language that will benefit you! That goes for immigrants coming to America AND American business men and women who serve an immigrant clientele. The ability to serve a partiular segment of the population when no one else can is a distinct ADVANTAGE.

A third, and I think less common, concern is the thought of "nations within a nation." Will immigrants in large groups coming to this country form their own quasi-national boundries? I think of this one like a giant Chinatown in San Francisco or Greek Town in Chicago. Truth be told, I don't have an answer for this one. I'm sure that the ratio of immigrants that DO speak English and DO change their geographical location goes up through generations, but who's to say... I seriously have my doubts as to Texas becoming the American version of Quebec.

The bottom line on this for me is that I'm against anyone performing criminal acts in my country. I welcome, with open arms, immigrants who are processed through the American immigration system, be they Mexican, Korean, Russian or Canadian. I will NOT tolerate those who haven't got the real desire to be here that waiting (wading) through that system takes. If you really want to be here, do it the right way.

I just about ended it there, but it leads me into one final point, and a particular pet peeve. That would be amnesty and the concept of "anchor babies." If an American couple were to break the law, say they robbed a bank, and were sentenced to prison, their American child would go right into the American foster care system. Illegal immigrants are breaking the law. I don't care whether they've got a child who's an American citizen or not. That child should be placed in the custody of the American authorities and its parents sent home.

I can empathize with the plight of a child who's parents are deported in the same way that I can think it's a shame that another American child had to be be brought up in foster or orphanage care because of what his parents did. Does that mean that I think a couple of bank robbers should be allowed to remain out of prison to raise their child? No.

Answer 4

They come here for the same reason all of our ancestors did. To have a better life. However, they are forgetting, or don't care that others had to wait their turn. Because it's much easier for them to sneak in, they take a chance irregardless of the consequences. it is not right, but it's human nature. When people are desperate, they do desperate things. It's very difficult to stop it, wall & fences are a joke. As the saying goes, "when you build a better mousetrap, the mice get smarter". the only thing that would work is for employers to stop hiring them, and you know that won't happen as long as there's money to be made.

Answer 5

Well, for decades we sat back and let people sneak across the border. For decades large companies took advantage of this "hidden" resource of illegal people who they didn't have to pay taxes for and didn't have to give them health care at all, and they paid them pennies.

For decades everyone basically ignored this problem until one day we woke up to find 22 million illegal immigrants marching down our streets in protest. Who do we blame this problem on? Ourselves that's who. All of it is our fault. One thing this country isn't really keen on is taking responsibility.

Make the ones already here citizens. Kick out the bad elements that have demonstrated to cause trouble, and be done with it instead of blaming them, and making them the fault that our system failed .

If they were smart enough to make it here to the United States, they deserve their citizenship.

Answer 6

Are you Mexican? You sound as though you are familiar with the experience. I know that some ppl might say that they have no right to immigrate here illegally but the American economy is based on these ppl. Who does the dirty work in this country? they do.

Answer 7

Freedom, (we are all free, they came to the land we created in search of a better life, i commend them for that, anyone willing to make that journey, yes I agree it should be controlled but it should be controlled with a lottery or something for them on a yearly basis by language skills and etc, but then again we can justify helping them for the return of there work, after all, I do know they need to abide by the laws of our lands and regulations, it should be on a temporary basis to see how they fit in and no police records and etc after 6 years, you canc stay, other than that deport...)

It is a comprehensive topic with many things to consider but can be decided more quickly than in congress)

Answer 8

The USA must secure the border. I think a documented guest
worker program would be good. There are several being floated around.

Answer 9

your question is boarder line racist, you may have been born here but im sure your ancestors where not, unless they were indians