People keep linking LEGAL immigration to the disaster we have with ILLEGAL aliens. Why is this? Is it because they don't think about the meaning of ILLEGAL and how they are breaking the law? WHAT PART OF ILLEGAL IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?
I am all for legal immigration. (My mother LEGALLY immigrated from Canada.) However, I am strongly against ILLEGAL aliens and feel they should back in their home country. They are destroying America!
2007-03-08 08:08:35 · 18 answers · asked by ? 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
There is no such thing as "illegal immigration" becasue if you are immigrating to America you are doing so LEGALLY!
2007-03-08 08:32:28 · update #1
I was actually pleasantly surprised that so many people here actually understand the difference between legal immigrants and illegal aliens.
Most of the people I've spoken to, and the number would surprise you (I'm a ranking Minuteman), are actually pro legal immigration. What Americans find particularly offensive are people breaking our laws then demanding to be treated better than citizens and legal immigrants.
2007-03-08 08:39:10 · answer #1 · answered by free_eagle716 4 · 7⤊ 1⤋
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2016-09-30 09:52:44 · answer #2 · answered by durrell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every wave of immigration, legal or illegal, pushes black and other low-income groups further down the economic ladder as immigrants will almost always work for lower wages. Many immigrants fight their countries wars from our shores. This fragments communities along ethnic lines and is not in our best interest. History teaches that multicultural/multiethnic societies are unstable. Every day state and local authorities are forced to deal with a Babble of languages yet politicians are too timid to make English our national language. Language is the glue that binds a nation together.
One-fourth of our prison populations are immigrants and almost one-third of families below the poverty line are immigrants. As soon as one immigrant family rises above the poverty line, another wave of immigration places another family in their place; thus, the never-ending cycle of poverty will continue forever. This may be one reason the poverty rate has stayed at about 10% for almost thirty years. No matter how much money the government pumps in, the poverty rate remains unchanged.
Many legal and illegal immigrants perceive the U.S. as a soft touch and flock to our shores to take advantage of the American taxpayer. When calling in to a radio program one illegal immigrant said, "What a country--they even pay you to make babies then make them American citizens!" Isn't it time to let our politicians know we want to put an end to this madness?
2007-03-08 09:10:14 · answer #3 · answered by Zoe 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I wish I knew. By law yes there is only immigration, we do not even have to put in the legal part. Illegal aliens is what those are called by law, those who are in our country illegally. I to am for immigration, legal immigration.
2007-03-08 08:41:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
This part:
The "law" that decides whether or not somebody can come here based on winning a "lottery" or having already flied a plane into the world trade center!!!!!
I am sure it is not news to tell you that throughout history AND in the present day there have been laws treating Women, Jews, Blacks AND Hispanics differently!
Calm down, I do not claim our immigration laws are racist. My point is that if somebody WANTS to be here, WANTS to assimilate, AND gives more back to a country than they take from it then the LAW should be CHANGED so that they CAN stay here.
Why do so many people have a problem with this?
2007-03-08 09:05:38 · answer #5 · answered by clueless_nerd 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The system is clogged with the illegal folks and legal ones cannot get the permanent residency status. I am not against the illegal immigration but 'government' should hire more officials to process the immigration stuff.
2007-03-08 09:29:39 · answer #6 · answered by prabs 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's because the "alienists" want to lump all of the good, hard-working, law-abiding immigrants who did things the right way, with the illegal immigrants who lied, stole, cheated, and did just about everything else (even somehow affording to pay coyotes upwards of $5000 to help them get into the US, even though they are supposed to be so poor; something that is quite perplexing to me) the wrong way to get here. This is the only way that they can "legitimize" illegal immigration; otherwise, if they didn't do so, they know that 290 million other Americans out there would figure them out (which many of us already have).
2007-03-08 08:28:05 · answer #7 · answered by Terry H 3 · 11⤊ 2⤋
I agree with your question! LEGAL immigration makes sure that the country is safe from those who want to do the country harm...like those with a criminal background and those that have major illnesses like TB and Hepatitis who want to work in our food industry or in the medical field. Illegal aliens create many more problems than they solve and should all be deported back to their country of origin. They are not US citizens and should not be here.
2007-03-08 08:58:35 · answer #8 · answered by hera 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
The problem is in the identity and interpretation and application of appropriate phraseology...for one thing...these "immigrants' you are referring to are not Imgrants, they are REFUGEES'S.
Untill, and unless Americans get a grip on what causes this many people to flee there country, the 'problem' will only escalate.
Why we Americans refuse to acknowledge that Mexico is our Ugaqnda, escapes me.
This is not an Imigration problem... it is a political-power issue that will only escalate as time goes by.
Ignoreing, minimizeing, distracting, obscureing, confuseing, the issue with rhetoric and burocracratic horse appels will not solve the causes or reasons Mexico's unrepresented peopels are fleeing that country.
2007-03-08 09:00:44 · answer #9 · answered by olddogwatchin 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
People compare them because they are naive and are probably an illegal alien themselves. Which further proves their lack of education. I wouldn't worry about it too much, they can only get so far being that naive.
2007-03-08 09:30:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋