Everyone seems to be talking about it & everyone has a different opinion. If a white person states an oppinion about illegal immagration, they're labled racist. What do you think the big difference is between the immigration my ancestors did & what yours are doing now?
2007-02-27 05:49:28 · 24 answers · asked by coffeevonhelle 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
My ancestors were from Ireland & they came through the port at Ellis Island. What I was trying to say in the last line is: What do you feel is the big difference between what my ancestors did to emigrate, as compared to what the Mexican immagrants are doing now?
2007-02-27 06:04:43 · update #1
It's a hot issue because the legal residents want one thing done and the illegal invaders want something else. I am a natural born citizen and my wife moved here from another country but she followed the rules.
If they truly want to solve the problem. Shut down the borders and basically make it impossible to do anything without being legal. You want a driver's license, you have to be a legal resident. You want a job, legal. Mexico doesn't put up with illegals in their country so why should we.
If you really want to remove the illegals, institute the fair tax and they will be forced to leave because they will not be able to afford to stay.
2007-02-27 07:05:07 · answer #1 · answered by az 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Could it be that yours did it legally and some of the others are jumping the line, preventing good people from entering the country? Could it be that Americans regardless of color are loosing their country by puppeteers, that are being paid through contribution to sell America out? Of course it is all very democratic...One should read the planks of Communism and compare it to what is currently going on! All of our ancestors paid taxes, served in every war, and worked for what we have...Also any country that cannot control it's borders is no longer a sovereign nation and has no national language! I'm 1/4th Irish and anybody that does not agree with their propaganda regardless of race, by the way is labeled a racist! All of us are still struggling!
2007-02-27 07:26:36 · answer #2 · answered by ShadowCat 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Immigration is a hot issue because over 15 million undocumented people have illegally entered into our nation and are changing the culture and demographics of the USA forever.
Along with those who came here illegally, there are those who would like to harm us, and because we don't know where anyone is, it will be difficult to measure the security of this nation until the problem of illegal immigration is addressed.
If your forefathers came to this country legally, they had to have health examinations to ensure that they did not import any communicable diseases into the general population, today those health guarantees are gone. Noone knows why there are so many outbreaks of e coli, salmonella, food poisoning, and food contamination at the field level (e.g. the unclean spinach issue a few months ago), but it is happening with regularity.
We have to look out for the protection of citizens of this nation above all.
2007-02-27 08:14:20 · answer #3 · answered by alwaysbombed 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because we are being invaded from the south by illegal aliens that think that they could come here and do what ever they want or take and we shouldn't complain because if we do we are all racist. Remember 9/11, well that was a hot issue then and now, this invasion and Teddy Kennedy have a surprise for all Americans next week in the Congress. He and his mafia are going to give over 12 + million of illegal aliens amnesty so they could stay here and vote for them. How do you like that?? What a liberal !!
2007-02-27 07:03:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The diference is many today cross without papers and/or authorization. In this day in time; especially after 9/11, poeple are realizing the need to protect our borders from those who wish to harm us. While most Mexicans wish no harm (let's face it roles reversed I'd prob take a swim across the river myself) there are also smugglers of various sorts including those of human traficing both free and slave.
At best this is a law enforcement issue. At worst this is a military one. I don't get involved much because I am neither.
2007-02-27 08:19:35 · answer #5 · answered by Crossroads Keeper 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My great grand parents landed on Ellis Island with the clothes on their backs, and little else. They went through medical screening before they were allowed in. They were never given any hand outs, nor would they have asked for any. They learned English and were proud to do so. They waved the American flag, not the flag from where they came from. They farmed this great land and worked hard with very little. They raised the greatest generation ever. The people of WWII. My great grandfather kissed the ground here every day of his life. He loved it so much.
These were great people. Unlike the illegals, they became part of the great melting pot, and although heritage is important, being an American was more important. This is the land of opporturnity for those willing to obey its laws. It is sad that the illegals and the people that support them don't see it that way.
2007-02-27 06:15:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think one of the issue is jobs in the U.S. There are few, and there are fewer that pay well. The big difference betwen immagration and our ancestors is that people were needed too fill the job market. People are there too fill the job market, but big buisiness wants to pay less than the minimm wage. Which there is no way one can live off of minimum wage.
2007-02-27 06:05:31 · answer #7 · answered by MekTekPhil 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 02:03:08 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that immigration is a hot issue because there are more than 10 to 12 million illegal immigrants. I have learned Spanish and made friends with many of them, and I want to say that most of them are good people. They have turned out to be my best friends. I think that this nation should focus on deporting those who commit criminal offenses and provide a pathway to citizenship for the rest. We need the workers. Another reason that immigration is a hot topic is racism. A lot of people don't want to see large numbers of Hispanics in America. A lot of states are passing mean-spirited and racist laws against Hispanics. I found one source that lists state and local laws. It appears that in Louisiana, for example, that "driving while Hispanic" is illegal. The police can now question someone's immigration status. These laws are beginning to have a negative impact on Hispanics who were born here as well. States like Georgia are cutting welfare benefits to illegal immigrants, even the children.
2007-02-27 07:00:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
People are fed up with having the illegal alien criminals sponging off the taxpayer. The attitude of the illegal alien criminals is sickening. They come here and don't care that they are breaking the law. They DEMAND rights & services they don't deserve. Theyclaim that this is THEIR land, when it isn't. They show a complete disrespect for our country and its laws. They are insulting.
Note: I said NOTHING about race. This is the group of people, not a race of people.
2007-02-27 06:42:19 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋