Who here is tired of the illegal immigration issue?

Question

The fact is there are illegal immigrant from all over the world but you only concentrate on Latinos, maybe because they are the majority. Whey don't you complain about other races? Russian, Canadian, Indian, Irish, etc. I welcome all immigrants that are want to come here and make a better life for themselves! This country would be nothing without immigrants! Who build the railroads, whose food do you eat? Pizza, italian. Don't get me started about Chinese and Mexican food, because you know you love it! The US would be so bland without other cultures. Not everybody got here legally either. America counted on immigrants to make this country what it is, READ your history and stop the ignorance!

This peom is on the Statue of Liberty, if you don't like immigrants then why is it still there? Also I don't see the words legal or illegal on it!
“"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!"” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

Don't you all have anything else to talk about?

I have read my history, all were accepted because they needed people, workers, they didn't care about legalities! They needed people to come in and make something out of nothing!

Good luck get rid of anyone! I guess that is what frustrates you, that you can't! I am a citizen and proud of it and I welcome all! Mexicans are not the only ones that parade their flags around! I have seen Irish, Armenian, Italian etc. So what why does it threaten you if someone is proud of where they are from? I have bothe US and Mexican flag on my car.

I'm with you Chile. We all need to band together! No se dejen!

Answer 1

I know what you mean, but I am more tired of explaining people (in and outside of Mexico) why this stuff on the end is about political interests.

Very conveniently, Mr. Bush developed a guest worker proposal just when he was hitting his lowest points of popularity and the Hispanic community has become the biggest minority in the US.

And very conveniently, the American Congress has decided to push the immigration agenda until after the elections in 2008. That's one whole year from now to START discussing about the immigration issue !!!

The same way in Mexico, the opposition is using the lack of success of implementing a guest worker programme in the US as a failure of the current Mexican President (Mr. Calderon). And candidates are more than ever trying to promote the Mexican vote in the US (!!!), even thinking of visiting cities like LA for propaganda. (!!)

And naturally, we, the people, the tax payers, the folk, are the ones suffering from their nuances. I truly believe we are just being used by politicians from both sides of the border to gain part in any of the postures for them to win more seats at the congresses.

Answer 2

First of all opinions are debates or arguments in favor of or opposing issues. Secondly - The issue of illegals should have already been resolved by the immigration laws already on the books. They should be deported for entering the country illegally. In my opinion, they should be fined for every year they've been here illegally, and deported. The other issue is... The businesses who have/invited them here, and have hired them should be fined, spend time in jail, or have their business license taken away. They should be banned from ever opening another business (even under a different name) unless they too abide by the immigration laws that they are required to follow when hiring. They should not be able to continue to get around those laws as they have been.

Answer 3

First thing is any law is illegal to human freedom of existence.

But we have an organized form of social living. Therefore, we have laws, regulations and other social structures existing everywhere time immemorial. Laws were made not to punish but to protect. But if protecting means punishing then allow it sometimes, taking then existing various social factors in to consideration.

Poverty and disparity among human beings is the main factor for immigration apart from another major factor- opportunity (happens with elite social group and well educated). Therefore, if nations must stop illegal immigration they should immediately step in to eradicating poverty. The poverty and disparities should be stopped and checked at the local levels at different nations. If this is done vast levels of both legal and illegal immigrations can be stopped. Every human being thinks he or she has the right to access all the natural resources aplenty on planet earth. That is basically the devil of all other evils.

We do not have the right to anything on mother earth. But still we can leverage ourselves with a little freedom to live in and co-exist with mother nature. Major portion of the human race are an unenlightened masses however, they may be well educated. Therefore, they follow their heart, they follow their feelings and emotions, they follow their own limited intelligence and apply it to the rest of the social thinking they can do at best.

In such case they would never know what is legal or illegal or what is right and wrong. It is said, "Survival of the fittest was a past thing." But somewhere some how such a thing still exists. Therefore, each one wants to be fit enough by hook or by crook.

Answer 4

Some illegal immigrants in the US are more integrated than others. I posted a question here and I talked about white illegals:

* Lost Kiwis and Kolalas: Australilan and New Zealand illegals.

* JFK or Logan Carpenters: Irish illegals.

* Stray Canucks: Canadian Illegals.

These people are white and speak English and usually enter the US legally but overstay their visas. They have protective coloration.

The Irish illegals even have a very big Irish-American community that gives them support. Russian and East European illegals have American communitys in the US too.

But the large Mexican-American community in the US is more segregated from the US society even though it has the history and most Mexican-Americans are white and mestizo. But in the northeast there are tensions with Mexican-Americans and blacks and the White Power people are targeting Mexican-Americans. It's bad.

There is more to say but for now I'm trying to say that this is not just an illegal alien thing and it is getting worse.

Answer 5

I will agree with you that the illegal immigrant population is comprised of several nationalities. I will also agree that our varied cultures have made our country great, and that there have been instances of illegal immigrants in the past.

However, I will disagree with you on other points. First of all, at the time Emma Lazarus' poem was added to the statue of liberty, the U.S. had in full force the Chinese Exclusion Act - the only law in U.S. History that has banned a specific ethnicity. This was enacted after the transcontinental railroad was completed. The country was more exclusionary than it is now. Also, the immigrants that came here by ship in the 19th and early part of the 20th century had to endure greater hardships than legal immigrants today, and yet the numbers of illegal immigrants were significantly lower. The legalitities were much stricter then. Laws were enforced.

Answer 6

I'm a permanent resident alien and alot of my friends demand to know why I'm not a U.S. citizen. I applied for citizenship twelve years ago but they just renewed my green card instead. Next time they ask I will tell them that wether I am a citizen or not, it is a personal matter and quite frankly none of your fvckin business. The funny thing is Americans get the best of both worlds... they're proud to be American or of Irish, Italian, German etc. ancestry. But me...I'm told, am not American...and God forbid I should say I'm proud to be Portugese. I've been in this country for nearly forty years and I'm 48-years old. I'm more American than anything. I love Ameirca and no nosey bastard can take that away. I'll say this... most immigrants that I've spoken to in my life are well read about America, and many of the critics of America are born here. You can't have it both ways.

Answer 7

I am tired of the illegal immigration issue not being solved. I do not believe that rounding up and deporting 12 million people is realistic or worthwhile. On the other hand, I do believe that the border and ports of entry can be controlled. Unfortunately, large corporations want to import a continuously renewable underclass in order to keep wages low. Companies that employ illegal immigrants must be held accountable. Once that is done, you'd be amazed at how quickly wages would rise. Imagine: a living wage without a single piece of new legislation.

Answer 8

I'm tired people crying and moaning about the illegal immigration issue. I mean, get a hobby (not you), and no offense.

I understand what you are saying, people still give us facts and statistics on how most of the illegal immigrants are Mexican, as it that gives them a right or an excuse to hate Mexicans, or to bash them, etc. No, that's not an excuse.

Answer 9

I'm tired of government not doing anything about illegal immigrants

Answer 10

Yes, tired of hearing the Mexican bashing, and "illegal=criminal" if they only knew the truth. Who knows what it going to take for it to stop.