If illegal immigrants are so poor, how do they manage to come up with $10,000 or more to cross the border?

Question

I don't know if I could ever come up with that, and I was born here. They must be better off than me. How do they do that? If they can raise that much cash, why don't they stay in their own country?

Answer 1

Their family that is already here in the US pays for it. Several families will live in one house, apartment, trailer or whatever and share the rent/utilities and save their money.

I know someone who was offered $9,000.00 just to get a fake birth certificate for a mother and her baby to get here from Mexico.

Answer 2

An alien is already established here, and is earning tax free dollars to send home to the others. Then they cross over, swim, hide on the back of a truck, whatever, and all live in a little house together, which then brings down the value of the neighborhood. Then, we go to work, pay our taxes, so THEY can reap the benefits of food stamps and healthcare. I could save $10,000 too if I did not have to pay the needs of my family.

Answer 3

If your whole family saved it wouldn't take long, also there is a lot more chance to make money in this country, by doing the jobs we now hate, which in turn replaces the money spent getting here. But the big earner comes by a lot living together, eg; if you have say seven people living in a house, you then split the bills seven ways, you dont play the silly keeping up with the jones game like a lot of people do in this country, no nice new 50" tv, not needed, or the new reeboks, because you may be one of the first people you know to have them, and anyway wouldn't you work abroad to give your family a better life? I know i would.

Answer 4

i do no longer rather care lots seeing as i'm English, even though it style of feels to me that the only little bit of historic previous thats correct right it is while that piece of land stopped being Mexican territory. If Russia took it the next day you ought to assert U.S. electorate there have been unlawful immigrants. this is no longer approximately being common or unfair, yet extra approximately have or have not, and on the 2nd the U.S. has the land and the Mexicans have not. additionally, i'm no longer too up on north american historic previous, yet as I remember, there has been numerous aggression between the U.S. and Mexico in the previous, whilst presently because of the fact the 2nd international conflict. possibly the U.S. thinks it desires somewhat a "buffer zone".

Answer 5

As a 14Th generation American, 5Th generation Texan, with two (2) honorable US Army Discharges (I AM DAMNED WELL PROUD THAT I HAVE SERVED AND PAID FOR MY FREEDOMS and RIGHTS!!), and I have a retirement home in Mexico, as well as a home north of Houston,Texas, I can answer your question. In Mexico, THE WHOLE FAMILY PITCHES INTO THE "BUCKET" TO FINANCE SUCH A HUGH UNDERTAKING/ FINANCIAL EXPENSE!! It is very commonly done, and often these contributors are called PATRINO'S ( some thing along the lines of patrons, godfathers, sponsors etc,) I have been a patrino, perhaps over 100 times, mostly for weddings, quincineras, aniversories, etc. Hope this answers your question.
Uncle Wil

Answer 6

The same way asian people come over here , they get a loan from people . These people are usually bad people that make them work off their debt . The women are usually hookers and the men just do dirty work . And their kids get sold ! Your right why dont they stay there ? Im not trying to get in to mexico or trying to sneak into freaking hong kong !

Answer 7

They pay great sums, because then they can send even more money back home. If you live in a high illegal area, just look at the customer service windows on major paydays, usually Friday, it is full of illegals waiting in line to send money home by wire. You get a plenty that hop across illegally, then they can send money down to get more smuggled in.
And, heard from the mouth of an illegal, life wasn't bad down there, he was making decent enough money working in Mexico. Cost of living is cheap. Cram tons of people in one place like sardines and living expenses go down to close to nothing per person.
Let us also remember that there are plenty of unsafe places across the border, where even cabbies rob "rich Americans" on vacation. Their thinking? We can all afford to give over our money. And they aren't above prostituting their kids if necessary. I did see that on TV, actual footage, mostly boys, because they can't come up with an unwanted child.
Let me see how many blast me for this one. I consider the fact that every thumbs down I get means I touched a nerve by telling a truth.

Answer 8

What usually happens is that his whole family, relatives included chip in to pay for one person to cross the border. Then when that person is established and working, he sends back to Mexico weekly money orders to help his family. Then another of the family comes over. These illegal immigrants are willing to work really long hours and do the worst jobs. $2,000 is a more reasonable figure.

Answer 9

I dunnoa bout 10k but a friend of mine has a daughter who was dating an illegal and he said he paid 6k dollars to get brought in illegally.

Answer 10

How do you know that in order to sneak in here, illegals need a lot of money.