Shouldn't we just make it easier to come to America Legally?

Question

Then we can track and tax them as U.S. citizens. Isn't it a good thing if people want to be Americans?

We will have more control over criminals comming over if we make it easier to come legally. Then the only ones trying to come ilegally will obviously be criminals and terrorist that know they can't get through legaly.
Also If they are here legally and being taxed as legal citizens then the schools will have the money they need for the students they have. The current schooling problem is because americans and legal imigrants are shouldering the fiancial load for the rest of the 11 million ilegals. We are an immigrant nation. More people can only be better for the economy. THEY DON'T TAKE OUR JOBS. Think about it. The more people you have. The more jobs you have. Because there are more people that need goods and services.

Answer 1

I personally believe they would be having less babies if there was an easier way to come and stay here. They are having those babies because its at least a small chance that they would be able to stay here.


Iram, whats wrong with more legal immigration? There arent too many people, there are too many unskilled people.

"Over the next 75 years, new legal immigrants entering the United States will
provide a net benefit of $611 billion in present value to America’s Social Security
system, according to official Social Security Administration data. Maintaining or
increasing current levels of legal immigration significantly aids the Social Security
system, while imposing an immigration moratorium or reducing legal immigration would
worsen the solvency of Social Security, harm taxpayers, and increase the size of the longrange
actuarial deficit of the Social Security trust fund, according to data and an analysis
from the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Chief Actuary. All of the
results in this paper are based on official government data supplied by the Social
Security Administration. SSA provided an analysis on the impact of changes in levels of
legal immigration on the actuarial balance of Social Security and the National Foundation
for American Policy made additional calculations from the SSA data to produce figures
on revenue."
http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=12396

Answer 2

No because then we will have less control on the criminals that also want to get into America as much as the good people do. America is not big enough to take everyone. Most of those liberal people do not understand that if we make it easier then we will be turned out of America by the majority.

Answer 3

you have a point there
coming to america is difficult as heck
especially when you're trying to do it legally
i know, i have done it...partially
i am here on a student visa and i can tell you that getting here had to be one of the most stressful things i had ever done. you have the emassy officials wanting all your documents, your financial statements, your family connecitons, your leaving date and sneering at you all the time in an i'm-american-and-you're-not manner. then the border guards looking you over and over and over. then the INS and Homeland Security keeping three eyes on you the whole time you're here.

all the while you're thinking what about the illegals who don't contribute? What about them, when i'm contributting over twenty thousand dollars a year?

it should be easier, for those who want to help, harder for those who don't want to. we'll let the beaurocrats figure out how to do that. in the mean time, i'll go and file another INS/Homeland Security form detailing how much longer i'm going to be there, why and where i'll be for the next week.


I'm serious, except for the last INS/Homeland Security bit.

Answer 4

Just about everyone in this country ended up here through immigration, other than those whose relatives were forced to the US. It's too bad the natives weren't able to deny immigration to the pilgrims that came over hoping to avoid paying taxes. At this point immigrants should be welcomed, especially those coming from Mexico. Don't forget that Latinos are the result of immigrants from Spain raping the natives upon arrival. Many of those natives would have been in the U.S. and not in Mexico if they were not fleeing the acts of violence being perpetrated on them by the white settlers. Mexicans have as much if not more rights to be in the U.S. than the descendants of European oppressors.

Answer 5

I see being an American citizen as a privilidge. We should not make it easier for the criminal element to come across the borders to pursue their choice of criminal enterprise. We should possibly make it easier for people to receive work visas. If you have a work visa your taxed as well.

It is a good thing that people want to become Americans, however the problem is many of the illegal immigrants do not want to assimilate into our society and culture. They don't care to learn the history, laws or language. There in lies the problem and why we have "Little Havana", "China Town", and the mexican section of cities.

Answer 6

No. It should be very difficult to get into the U.S.
In 2005 we let in 3.5 Million!
That's like adding a city the size of Philadelphia every year.
We need to cut the numbers to more reasonable numbers like 50,000-100,000 per year.

Answer 7

No, we shouldn't /just/ do that. We should do it, certainly, the process needs to be much more efficient than it is now. But, we still have to be selective about who we allow in (we don't want habitual criminals who are fleeing justice in thier own country, for instance), and how many we allow in each year. And, we have to have serious enforcement, both in the interior, and at the border, to assure that whatever process we settle on will be used.

And, we have to have that enforcement /first/, or it doesn't matter what policy we adopt, it will, like the current one, simply be ignored.

Answer 8

Yes.Immmigration should also hire more personnel so they can process the applications in a timely manner instead of making people wait 3 years.They just recently tripled the fees for most applications,so this will not make it any easier for people to immigrate legally.

Answer 9

Obviously it's easier to jump the borders than it is to file the necessary paperwork...people have been doing it for years..

Answer 10

No.....everyone that WANTS to come here shouldn't be able to get here EASILY. EVERYONE WANTS TO COME HERE!!!!!!!!!

Want to tilt the earths axis? We can't take everyone who wants to come here!

Not to mention alot that want to come here don't want to be American. Alot just want to take what we have. They could care less about America or being American....they want and just want to take.

As my daddy used to say.....want in one hand a poop in the other and see which one fills up faster.

Does an employer hire everyone that wants a job simply coz they show up? NO...They weed through it. If they went under that premise....no employer would ever let you know they needed a worker if they HAD to hire every person that showed up.