2007-04-20 08:40:39 · 19 answers · asked by C 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
We have quotas to protect our schools and services and wouldn't let them all come. One look at our schools and services in areas where they concentrate would show you why we need those limits.
And then the border patrol says that one out of ten they catch crossing illegally has a criminal record. Those fall into a totally different category of 'we don't want them'.
http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jimr/7671
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/sr12.cfm
2007-04-20 08:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by DAR 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋
I have to completely disagree that illegals come here because they disregard American's laws. I think if LEGAL IMMIGRATION were easier they would come legally. Unfortunately like some of you have mentioned it is ALMOST impossible to comply with the long list of requirements US embassies ask depending on the country of the applicant for a visa specially when your loved ones are practically dying to get some money to make it. This is what I call SURVIVAL.
Some of us had the great oppirtunity to either being born in this country or coming here legally, but US laws across the borders don't work as well as we wish. They grant visas sometimes to people who shouldn;t be here (like the terrorists of 9/11) and deny visas to people who just want to work and have a decent life.
2007-04-20 16:15:01 · answer #2 · answered by Isabelle06 4 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Because our laws said no but our business looking for cheap labor said come right in the water is fine and our law makers have been bought and paid for by special interest
Let's not forget counties that want the remittances more than the welfare of their own citizen
2007-04-20 16:31:53 · answer #3 · answered by jean 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If coming legally meant paying double or Triple taxes that are paid In US... many people would afford to come legally.. It doesn't have to do with intention to avoid taxes or live at expense of others...
The legal process is "nearly impossible" for most individuals in developing countries, given that they are poor and lack enough education..
2007-04-20 18:22:03 · answer #4 · answered by Redeemed 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's the system, it is set up to accept a certain amount of immigrants per year, so it has to be a first come basis and there are issues that have to be met in the process. This takes time. It is because of these reasons and either the lack of patients or credibility that makes them desperate enough to want to sneak across, they pay their coyotes a lot of money to get here. The problem isn't that we just don't want them as much is it is we can't keep adding to our population without first adding to our infrastructure. We are not equipped to handle the influx and that is why California has gone bankrupt along with hospitals and other public sources, they are using these resources and they are not contributing to them.
2007-04-20 15:51:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
the money.
in Guatamala the value of the us dollar is triple of what their dollar is worth, so if when ppl from that country want to come here, it's impossible to save that much money to equal the costs in us dollars, while still keeping your family going.
one gallon of gas costs 24.00 in guatamalan currency, don't know why, but that's how much a gallon cost where he went. Probably why the ppl from his village/town walk everywhere or all pile into one truck. Can you imagine paying 24 dollars a gallon if the situation was reversed? Crazy.
If there was a way that ppl could pay the fee to apply for citizenship from other countries that was more doable, more ppl wouldn't come illegally and the ppl who smuggle them here would be out of business.
2007-04-20 15:49:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
They are in a desperate need for money. And the legal process is too expensive (they have no money), takes too long (they need to immigrate ASAP), and you run the risk that they will deny you (all that money and time wasted just to get no as an answer???).
2007-04-20 15:58:47 · answer #7 · answered by Siervocal 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
""it costs too much money to apply. and i save a lot of money by being illegal.""
A friend of mines daughter has an illegal boyfriend. He said he paid 6000 dollars for credentials and to get transported to the USA illegally. It doesnt cost that much to do it legally.
2007-04-20 16:13:33 · answer #8 · answered by sociald 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
South American countries are characterized by poverty - there's, mainly, the rich rich and the poor poor. People who are struggling in those countries with inability to make ends meet in spite of their hard work are DENIED immigrant visas to the U.S. precisely because of their poverty. Depending of the severity and harshness of their circumstances, this denial by the u.s. government forces them to sneak in. Also bear in mind that, in those underdeveloped countries, very few people are afforded the privilege of an education.
2007-04-20 15:58:37 · answer #9 · answered by Big Acha 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If your family was in desperate straits because there was no honest employment available to you in your country, but you knew that just across an arbitrary line there existed the opportunity to work hard and earn enough to keep your family alive, wouldn't you risk everything to take that opportunity? To come in legally requires money up front AND many years of waiting. Most undocumented people don't have that kind of time.
2007-04-20 15:52:55 · answer #10 · answered by RE 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋
both of those
it costs too much money to apply. and i save a lot of money by being illegal. also who has time to wait 30 years for a visa. that is how long it takes
2007-04-20 15:48:30 · answer #11 · answered by Antis Suck 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋