Actually i think they do not "cross the border" they are actually "trespassing" the border. Cross the border means, when you go to another country and you pass by a "port of entry" where a border agent asks for your passport and information. Trespassing means to break the law and do something which it wasn't the correct thing to do.
2006-12-10 13:07:57 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
So if
"Cross the border" is colloquial for "trespassing" the border.
, how do you call it when a LEGAL immigrant or U.S. citizen "cross" the U.S. border?
2006-12-10 13:18:03 · update #1
i see your point here and this makes sense to me....
2006-12-10 13:15:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Don't care for your 'nic, but 'la linea', the borderline, is apparently fairly easily crossed, legally, or otherwise. You're right though in saying that it basically does amount to trespass, although being an illegal alien in america is still only a civil offense, and most police departments don't really care much about that.
But, seeing as how they keep talking more and more about people being used, abused, women raped, drugs being transported across the border, so forth and so on, maybe it's finally time to just get the border fence built and admit we live in a changed world...get US employers to hire US workers at living wages, get more americans out there involved in ag science and agricultural development, and it's going to be an adjustment, but I think a healthy one in the long run...I think there should also be some kind of work visa program, too, not 'path to citizenship' but 'a job for 6 months or a year', that kind of thing. I think we've come dangerously close to the point where people basically are almost able to 'buy' citizenship in our country, and that points to an ethical and moral deficit on the part of Congress as well as the individual states...there's 300 million people in the country, if growth rates continue as they have, it'll be 400 million by 2030-2040. That translates to one more person, one more car, for every 3 that you see now. So, if a classroom has 20 kids, divide that by 3 and add that number to the total. Since many classrooms are now already at 30 kids, that'll mean 10 more in 40 years, as an example.
Instead of tolerating runaway growth, I think the idea should be to promote more development in peoples' home countries. Build infrastructure, stop the violence, provide for their own people, pretty basic. And, best part is, infrastructure development is something you mainly do by finding a suitable local rock quarry, and mining out the material you need to make bricks and concrete, and going to work. Mexico, as one example, has a multi-billion dollar concrete company. It's not a 'mud' shortage they have, it's an honesty problem...and that is one shared in 'el norte' too, by some scruples-impaired, growth-oriented types who up until recently were still trying to claim to represent the american public...I think we'll see some good changes in the future, along with better border security. Bush signed the fence bill, the cornerstone has been laid for that baby, now it's up to the border states to get it laid in...
2006-12-10 14:10:14 · answer #2 · answered by gokart121 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you're a bit too quick there, declaring mexicans who go to the US illegals at point of entry. As you may be aware, there is free travel within the NAFTA mamber states, and when a Mexican goes to the US, he or she becomes an illegal immigrant only if they overstay their visitor's allotment. So, no, they aren't trespassing when they enter. But they are breaking immigration laws when they overstay.
2006-12-10 14:32:09 · answer #3 · answered by Tahini Classic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it order to get in a different country than the one you are in, you have to cross a border eventually. I'm not sure though, I may be wrong.
2006-12-11 00:43:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Way to go, you must be the reformer of the antis. First they were plainly racist anti immigrants, then they weren't racist. After that, they asked to be called anti-illegals, and finally now it is trespassing the border not crossing. Yay! What a bunch of losers, don't you have anything better to do that study terminology? By the way, for the guy who said something about not knowing History and disrespecting the confederate flag, the confederate flag will NEVER deserve respect from anyone, it represents an era of slavery. Cya.
2006-12-10 13:22:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 4⤋
you are assuming the border is just the booth where most people cross, the border is actually any where along the fence or imaginary line between any two counties states, properties, etc.
You can cross it anywhere.
As far as trespassing, didnt the first settlers trespass on Native American land?
2006-12-10 13:19:49 · answer #6 · answered by zorro1701e 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
They don't cross the border the border crossed them. Remember that the area in the southwest (NM,TX,AZ,CA,CO,UT,NV) belonged to the ancestors of those that we call illegal aliens. The United States signed a treaty with Mexico, when Mexico gave up these territories. Before the ink was dry the U.S. Government began to violate the treaty, which is why it is begining to cost the U.S. government a pretty penny to the decendents of the people who had their land stolen.
2006-12-10 13:26:28 · answer #7 · answered by dicksee87015 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋
"Cross the border" is colloquial for "trespassing" the border.
2006-12-10 13:16:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
They are still crossing the border even if it's illegally.
2006-12-10 13:48:09 · answer #9 · answered by Carol R 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe Trespassing sounds to illegal to them.
2006-12-10 13:39:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
they are trespassing by crossing. it's basic English
2006-12-10 13:10:14 · answer #11 · answered by HawkEye 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋