Please tell me if you are for OR against illegal immigration and why?

Question

I know this question has been asked many times before, but I'm hoping to get some different people answering for me.

Thanks everybody!

Answer 1

No quotas anymore, so no reason to do it illegally except:

1) avoiding the felony background check;
2) avoiding the drug check;
3) avoiding the minimal job skills check;
4) avoiding the minimal U.S.A. knowledge check;
5) avoiding the serious contagious disease check.

Great people to let into the country, right?

Oh, and it is NOT a Hispanic issue. I find the way the Hispanic community has drawn all the attention to itself and called it a racist issue to be a racist act in itself.

Answer 2

Against illegal immigration for the obvious reason that it is illegal. There is a legal process to be followed and the only way I will ever accept an immigrant as a fellow citizen is if they've gone through that process, otherwise, there is no way, no how that they can call themselves an American. I respect the law and my country and I expect others to do the same. When the illegal immigrants start out in my country as a criminal...I know what I can expect from them.

Answer 3

Illegal immigration is just that. Illegals usually don't pay taxes,and this saves the employers both money and book-keeping and allows the employer to hold the illegals almost as slaves.The only person who benefits is the fat- cat employer who claims that Americans "won't do this work",when they really mean they won't do this work for the robber baron wages I'm willing to pay. Get the illegals legal,and let them organize into unions,and pay their fair share of taxes,and earn good wages, and have health insurance from their generous employers,so they won't be using the welfare system and bleeding U.S. citizens of their tax benefits.
If George isn't lying again,if there really is a terrorist crisis,then we MUST seal all of our borders,if the Latinos can enter illegally,then so can Al-Quaida. We are trusting the corrupt Mexican law-enforcement system to only let "guest workers" cross illegally. Is this a good idea? There's a lot more that doesn't make any sense at all, but that's enough for now.

Answer 4

We should all be against illegal immigration. Our country is becoming bankrupt and there are still people out there who believe Bush is doing a good job. What will happen to Bush and Cheney if this country falls apart? Nothing, they are wealthy and have become more so since stealing the election.Bush owns a large ranch in South America. With all that money he will live like a King. We are losing everything and people still believe our government is doing a good job. They don't care about us, so why stop all the illegals from coming here.

Answer 5

Legal......because illegal immigration attacks 2 pillars of the great success of this country and why it became great.

The first pillar is respect for the law, and the law being applied equally to all. We expect people coming here and living here to follow the law and all to get equal and fair treatment. Illegal immigration scoffs at the law, and mocks it....and says it only applies to some while others can ignore it. This is not the america that became great.

The second pillar is respect and fair treatment for citizens and labor, and that supply and demand determines prices, and that stacking the deck is not to be allowed and considered cheating. The greatest advances for the protection and fair treatment of workers were made here in the United States...and correspondingly made during a time when business was booming and america led the world in productivity and innovation. Illegal immigration tosses all those gains aside, and mocks them. It really takes us back to a robber baron type mentality where the idea is to exploit the worker by unleveling the playing field and artificially increasing the country's supply of labor to decrease the wages and benefits american workers can earn. This violates the concept of fairness to the worker.....but also is a violation of the principle that the price of goods and services should be determined by supply and demand....something that goes to the gore of what america is all about.

Answer 6

I don't understand why some folks want illegal immigration. It's like saying, "you just risked your life crossing miles of hostile desert, and you lost some friends along the way. You were shot at. You're hungry, thirsty and hot but you made it. Congratulations, you get to pick tomatoes!"

How crazy is that system? Employers shouldn't be allowed to hire illegal immigrants because it perpetuates that corrupt system.

Furthermore, I've noticed a lot of illegals come here with racist attitudes towards black people. Legal immigrants have to be educated on our history in this country. That's one more reason to enforce legal immigration to protect society.

Answer 7

I'm not in favor of illegal immigration because it is first of all illegal. I don't believe in naturalizing illegals outside of the legal immigration process. I would also say that the INS is not adequately funded to handle this issue. There are other consequences to illegal immigration in that illegals use our infrastructure, but do not pay any taxes to support it. They often don't get adequate medical care which can lead to the spread of disease. Because they are illegal and have not been checked by the government they can bring new disease to our country. Many will take employment from legal citizens.

Answer 8

Against. There is no way that the influx of people in the lowest economic classes in these numbers won't destroy the quality of life for the middle class in this Country. Immigration has to be regulated or we will eventually be reduced to the lowest common denominator.

Answer 9

Why would anyone be in favor of illegal immigration? It would be good if work visa's were easier to obtain as I don't see many upstanding American citizens lining up to pick fruits or vegetables or do any other type of farm work, unless of course the own the farm.

Answer 10

Immigration if legal is good. Illegals are nothing else but trespassers and outlaws. The immigration system should be revised to allow south American citizen to be able to apply legally to come to this country. instead we have shut the door on them based on their already high number existing in the US. That was a mistake. legal immigration should be reopen that way we can sort and choose the right candidates to come live here and be legal. no more freebies for the outlaws.

Answer 11

I am against illegal immigration because of the detriment to our economy, our pride, and our safety. I don't think these people have the same set of morals and values that I've been taught and I don't want my children and grandchildren exposed to lawlessness and disrespectful people.