Is any out there an Illegal Immigrant.................................................?

Question

I was wondering why you decided to come here illegally instead of legally? Why were you not willing to do it legally?

This is a serious question, I just want to hear your point of view regarding this matter.

Sassimama- None of my elders were ever"Illegal"Immigrants. The question is only open to serious answers, not ramblings from someone who answers questions about Justin Timberlake

Answer 1

First. If you are from latinamerica applying for a visa you have to prove that you don't need to come to work here. You have to provide bank statements , real estate titles etc. Why would you want to come here to work if you're loaded??? So, the poor don't have a chance for a visa, therefore they cross the border illegally.
Hundreds of people apply for visas daily in countries like Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador etc. Only a few get them and those are the ones with a nice bank account. Is not like going to DMV to get a driver license.Some people complaint about inmigrants not wanting to assimilate and become citizens. It took me almost 16 years to get a green card after i submitted my application. Now i got to wait another five years before I'm eligible for citizenship.Why i came to this country illegally? Because there was no way i could do it legally and i was hungry. Now you know the truth. Wanna know more? Contact me.

Answer 2

I'm not in USA, answering out of Italy, but I can give you some insight into why a person would choose to go to USA and remain illegally.

In my opinion, the problem starts at the Consulate or Embassies with the Visa Officers. Many are bias against applicants and won't be afraid so say so because there is little the applicant can do. So many people would rather take their chance and go illegally than waste hundreds of dollars trying to apply legally for a visa that they should have been given.

Once there, of course they are stuck between a rock and a hard place because they can't return to their country without being caught in the net and neither can they have a profitable and easy life since they always have to be aware of what they do.

To me if more Visa Officers but away their bias and prejudice and grant those who really qualify for tourist visa the same, there won't be such a big problem.

Answer 3

My grandparents were from Italy. They came to this country legally. However, that was a very different time. Back then immigration into the US was as easy as a background check, and a health statement. Today’s immigrants have to prove finances along with other things.

I currently live in Chula Vista (south San Diego). This area has many wealthy Hispanic immigrants. All of which are legal residents. However, next door to me is National City. That area has many illegal aliens. These people are poor and have a hard time living to the same standards that I enjoy. The difference between “legal’s” and “illegal’s” is predominantly only wealth.

The legal immigrants had larger amounts of money to work with – so they immigrate to the US to enjoy better living standards or sometimes lower crime rates. The illegal immigrants come to the US in order to “build an American dream.” They have very little money to work with, thus not allowing them to meet legal residency requirements. These people are also less educated, forcing them into similar working standards they had in there home countries. However the slightly increased American salary they earn, can be sent to there home country to support there often poor families. Being an Italian American, I admire there efforts to assist there family’s.

However, I am of course concerned with issues such as identity theft and economic strain. My stance on illegal immigrants is moderate. Those that obey the law "outside of immigration" should be allowed to become residents. This would remove the economic strain and the crime threat.

I hope this helped a bit.

Answer 4

Well let me tell you one thing for me it was not a matter of choice i came here with my parents when i was 16 years old in 1990. I came into the US legally with my father because he had a student Visa.
I Started attending High School
I learned that I could not attend college . I have always been a good student in grades in for me learning this was devastating
because I felt stuck. My parents were here and I had to continue doing what it was best for me. So I decided to drop out of high school went to California for a year and worked
doing landscaping. My Visa expired i married an US citizen in 1997. . She was very beautiful but also very troubled raised by an alcoholic father and not so stable mother she was into drugs
and partying too much. I fell into that circle she was a very bad influence in my life I left my high school sweetheart for 3 years just to be with her. My relationship got worse I could not take it anymore itwas either leaving her or destroy myself. She was very jealous very controlling. I cared more about my safety
that obtaining my green card.

like me there are many others that were brought here in The USA since they were little. . I have suffered a great deal, but that only makes me stronger.

America is my home now this is all I know this is where all my friends are and this is where I plan to raise my family.

I hope this answered your question!!!!

Answer 5

I don't think moving to the US illegally is a choice. You may move legally and then for some reasons find yourself living in the country illegally. You loose your job, or immigration services are a bit late in answering your visa request. Some folks would move to the US because it's their dream, no matter what it costs. I wouldn't make that choice. But some do. And there is no explanation for that!

Answer 6

Immigrants need to come to the front door to be greeted. Not to break in our house/country threw out back door. Come here legally please. We have laws we must obey, unlike illegals do.

Answer 7

Here's a serious answer...look at your heritage...go back to the elders in your family and ask them that. See if you dont get seriously smacked.