Why do you want to come to America?

Question

If the US is so terrible, why do foreign citizens keep trying to immigrate here?

Also, should we continue to honor anchor babies?

Answer 1

America was built on immigration; people who were willing to work for a better life. On the base of the statue of liberty it says:

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

This doesnt mean people should enter illegally but I believe we should always allow the peope who are willing to build a better life for themselves to come and do so. Those immigrants who work for nothing so that their children can gain an education and be more than an apple picker make other Americans richer and better off.

Answer 2

Please for goodness sak have some sense!

This world should not be divided between terrorist and non terrorist, black or white, muslims or christians ( or vice versa ) but should be between good and bad. Time and again people have voiced concern. I say have a card for these people who have children there. The Chinese AND African and Middle eastern population shuld be controlled. Where i come from There is not a single Caucasion. All the mixed up races. Some are kind and other just sit around waiting for their Doll money. Its all prespective i say. After all we are in globalisation.

Answer 3

The people who crave America aren't that bright.
Evidence of that is that most get caught when trying to scramble over the Rio Grande.
Smart folk have higher aspirations. They know America can be a brutal country to live in.

Answer 4

Most of the immigrants, that came here by themselves (E.g, not with immigrating parents, not by brother/sister easy immigration), are way more patriotic (for america) than born americans. Lots of them join US army "To pay their dues", and they would never think of burning american flag. First californian marine killed in Iraq was adopted guatemalian, who lied his way into US.

However a lot of them later deceived into america hating state by leftists/communists.

Answer 5

I agree with you, and many times I ask myself those questions, and all I come up with is all the benefits at our expense, its almost like beating a dead horse, no one in the high chairs want to do anything. So what other options do we really have??? By the way Amy, you look nice........

Answer 6

It's the people who are so terrible, not the opportunities they have that they don't have in their own country.

Btw you're an ignorant racist ***** for calling little innocent children "anchor babies".

Answer 7

Who says its terrible? you? what a foolish question, you should have asked 3 diffrent ones, got it?

Answer 8

if you are addressing this question to illegals.... perhaps you should stop wasting your time..... they don't have time to sit here on yahoo to answer your racists, xenophobic, and myopic questions...... but i have the luxury so let me say:

the U.S. isn't terrible.... it's the best country in the world... unfortunately because of that.... we have arrogant ******* who live here who don't know that laws of the land and why immigrants would want to better themselves by coming here!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

We should deport all illegal aliens including their children
born in the USA who should not be given US citizenship.

Answer 10

Because their piss poor government can't do anything for them. They've used up their resources, and can't export anything to make their country any money.