Is illegal immigration affecting your community?

Question

I would really like to know what people around the United States think.
I've heard of some small school systems that went from paying $1000 dollars a year for English as a second language support to $700,000 in a year or 2.
In my county, the sheriff's dept. was working with ICE( Immigration and customs enforcement) to deport convicted criminals who were also wanted for charges in Mexico. A local Hispanic alliance was quoted in the paper as saying they were outraged that they were not consulted!
Why would we consult a "support group" to uphold our laws? Why would anyone want the bad guys to stay around?
I have many friends and several family members from all over the world and I speak 3 languages. Diversity of cultures is a good thing, but some times we really clash. When my brother was married in Mexico city he had to pay bribes to 3 different government officials to get a marriage license. If that happened in the USA those 3 people would go to jail.
What do you think?

Answer 1

Maybe we should do something about all the Canadians crossing the border illegally.

Oh, wait, you meant Mexicans!

Racism doesn't become you.

Answer 2

A friend of mine came in 1983, he worked with a fake SSN from 1985 to 2004, From 2000 to 2004 he paid $60,000.00 of Taxes and never claim anything of it, since he was saving the rest of his money, he's still illegal but have a Construction company that Worth's $2 millions, in 2005 he got a tin# in IRS and that's how he pays taxes now. I believe all the illegal that work with a fake SSN pay taxes with it, but never claim a penny, because they are scared, I'm not pro-immigrants, I used to say "they come to **** our country but since I met this guy, I know how we got this roads and this power, do you think the government is going to do anything to stop immigrants, that's one of the best way to get more power, If Government gives work permits or something like that, IRS will have to give some money back to that people, and that's what they do not want to do. That's how we are getting all that money to put all the cable, power and telephone underground, so there will be no polls anymore and our cities will be much cleaner.

Answer 3

Is my community where I live impacted directly - not really because I live in an area where the property prices are so high that even us legal, hardworking Americans have a hard time paying to live here!
BUT - The surrounding area at large is impacted, and none of it is positive! For example, my daughter was having speech difficulties (annunciation issues) and I was referred to the intermediate unit in our county for early intervention. I had to wait three months just to get an evaluation and my daughter got ONE HALF HOUR session a week - yet there was a parade of non-english speaking kids through that building all day long as they got FREE preschool and intervention services because they didn't speak the language. I ended up paying out of pocket for a private speech therapist.
I work in health care and I know that a great deal of time, money, and rescources is spent searching for interpreters, providing information in multiple languages, and written off because of lack of insurance. All the while my families health care costs climb and climb and climb - and I HAVE to pay MY bills or they would be on me like white on rice.
I don't care where you come from - I am all for diversity - but immigration should be assimilation. You come here - LEGALLY - and assimilate, which means follow our laws and learn our language and pay our taxes!

Here's one that really chaps my *** - I worked with neurosurgeon who attended college and med school in the US, and works at a US hospital, BUT does not hold US citizenship (yet lives here 99.9% of the time and has for YEARS) so he pays NO taxes.......the man makes big bucks and pays no taxes - I make a fraction of what he does and the government pinches every penny out of me it can.
Love the illegals - **** the Americans.......how sad is that!

Answer 4

Yes, immigration is affecting your community. You and your neighbors can hire maids and yard workers at well below minimum wage. The restaurants you eat at charge you just a bit less because their kitchen workers don't require fair pay. The buildings you live and work in and the roads you drive on exist and are costing you less because those "illegal" workers aren't legally granted any benefits or fair pay. So, yes, I would say it's affecting everyone's community.

Answer 5

Yes In a negative way.Its very true we need them. But a lot of them are a burden on the economy will no health insurance,no car insurance,many tend to bring crime,and poverty.What about
cultural differences,gangs look what they bring.What about money that leaves the country and doesn't go back into it?

Answer 6

the illegal immigrants in my community pay their taxes and spend every extra cent they have. good for the economy and we have good roads

Answer 7

yes, there are