Testing your comprehension--a one question quiz...?

Question

If I told you I was born in Mexico and now I lived in the US, what would your reaction be?

OK, I was fishing. I was born overseas to American parents; dad worked for coca-cola. The good news. Most of you are sane. Study closely fraginal and Mr. E. 's responses. This is the insanity that troubles me.

Have you ever seen "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street?"

I am submitting this thread for publication...

You see the most approved of response was for the first one... despite the fact that based on the information I initially submitted, I could easily be a US citizen. But Mr. E, and his approvers are in full xenophobe rant mode here. Don't worry bout me Mr. E. I am an authentic 100% American citizen. Mom and dad both American, and I guess importantly to folks like you, white skinned. I hold a degree, pay taxes, work for my community and vote.

Now why don't you go and throw a few more bricks onto your magnificent border wall...

As I say, this thread is submitted for publication. People need to start getting a grip.

If US business (that's a GOP base) didn't want illegal immigration, it wouldn't exist. They like it so they can keep US workers down and wages artificially low.

Answer 1

omg cant believe some peoples answers! get a grip, who actually cares? born in mexico and now lives in america/ wots the big deal???

Answer 2

There would be no reaction. I'm all for border control and all that, but there are a multitude of reasons why you're here. Maybe your parents are american and just happened to be in Mexico when you were born. Maybe you are a full blooded Mexican, but you took the necessary steps in order to live here. First reaction, I'd give you the benefit of the doubt. You seem to know the language, which is a step in the right direction. Now had you said "I'm an illegal alien, what is your first reaction" then my answer probably would have been different.

Answer 3

My reaction is curiosity......I can't leave it at one question, naturally. Obviously you are using this as a springboard for the "Immigration" issue. So I will play into this.....That certainly is not enough information. Were your one or both parents American Citizens? Okey dokey, that makes you one too, regardless.

Were you born in Mexico, a resident then moved to the US? If so, did you do it legally or illegaly? If illegal, sorry bud. You blew it. If you came here for income, that ain't my problem, try it the legal way. That is what our families did....and they came out of Communism, which is A LOT different than economic hardship.

If legal, nice to meet you!

Answer 4

My reaction would be that you lived in Mexico and are now living in the US; as long as you speak English I don't care if you are here legally or illegally

Answer 5

That you had moved to the United States.

Answer 6

If I were born in Mexico I would come here too.

Answer 7

Unlawful Entry is a CRIME. America love it or leave it. Unlawful Entry is a CRIME. Leave it Now. Zero tolerance for immigration-law violators! No amnesty, no "stealth-amnesty." No "change of status," marriage fraud, "exceptional leave to remain," no "Temporary Protected Status." If you break the law, depart or be deported. Illegal aliens kill more US citizens each year than the war in Iraq has killed in four years. Apologists for illegal immigration like to paint it as a victimless crime. But in fact, illegal immigration causes substantial harm to American citizens and legal immigrants, particularly those in the most vulnerable sectors of our population--the poor, minorities, and children. Additionally, job competition by waves of illegal immigrants willing to work at substandard wages and working conditions depresses the wages of American workers, hitting hardest at minority workers and those without high school degrees. Illegal immigration also contributes to the dramatic population growth overwhelming communities across America--crowding school classrooms, consuming already limited affordable housing, and straining precious natural resources like water, energy, and forestland. Taxpayers are being forced to pay for the free health care, education, and other welfare programs being given to illegal aliens; Those tax dollars could be given back to U.S. taxpayers or used to keep our borders secure; They may be here illegally, but they sure know how to "work the system" to collect "free" medical care, "free" education, "free" food, Section 8 housing vouchers and other housing assistance, and hundreds of other social services. It costs citizens additional hundreds of billions of tax dollars at every level: local, state, and federal. It gobbles up billions of our charitable contributions. And much of that money ends up siphoned out of our economy and into offshore accounts. Illegal aliens, over half of whom work "under the table" with neither job nor income reported (nor taxed), are not counted as employed or unemployed. But some of those day-labor and off-the-books "job-lets" would be "real" jobs - available to American citizen job-seekers - if employment regulations were enforced. Illegal aliens can get away with tax evasion, et al., which citizens cannot. In short, we have too many workforce entrants and too few jobs created. The ratio works out to roughly 7-10 workforce entrants per job created. If all illegal aliens depart or are deported, all legal immigration halted, and all temporary employment visas abolished, we still have a problem with more US-born workforce entrants than new jobs created. Illegal immigration damages our country and our citizens every day at every level. And not even the attacks of 2/26 and 9/11 have awakened many Americans to the vast dangers illegal immigration poses to our selves, our families, our communities, our society, our values, our principles, our civilization. Zero Tolerance for Immigration-Law Violators! We must remember the lessons of 2/26, 9/11, and the costs we bear every single day. God Bless the U S A !

Answer 8

Since I studied Latin and a little French, it would mean you told me this in English. I probably would have no reaction at all.

Answer 9

Ummm...sort of a weird question. I'm not really sure what my reaction would be. I'd probably say , "And.....". I wouldn't really have much of a reaction. It's not a hard question.

Answer 10

So what, there are millions more just like you. What difference does one more make? Que onda loco? Tiene un cerveza? Bienvenidos.