think b4 u complain!!!!?

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i am so tired of the people who say that illegal immigrants are coming to this country to take our jobs, kill us , blah blah blah.
and then for them to have the balls and guts to say that race will never be an issue is just to stupid. my parents came to this country to give me a better life.and i take that very much into consideration thank lord im an american citizen so that i could have my voice heard.

americans stop complaining, immigrants are not here to take your jobs.most americans are going to work from 9 to 5 and thats it.immigrants work from 4 in the morning to 10 in the night nonstop.i know that it is possible to get permission all the way from mexico to be able to migrate to the u.s. but u have to realize that THEY HAVE NO MONEY!
i have a few questions for this blog

1-when i say immigrant what comes to mind,mexican,mexican,mexican . cmon dont lie?

P S since we live in a politiclly correct world i am sorry if i have offended any body

BROWN PRIDE!!!100% CHICANO

just an update ,thanx 4 the answers, im not moved nor angry.i just did not get to fill in more of my thoughts.heres my way of how things should work. if ur here for work and to take a piece of the american dream , go for it . as for all u people that think that we shouldnt send money to mexico...take it from a real mexican american,like bruce j said my family comes b4 any1. and as 4 kerry our laws are based on morals , the right thing to do.i would never want to be guest at ur house. and by the way DAR U dont pay 4 MY education the goverment pays for my education which is why i take full advantage. as 4 Drixnot if u lived one second of the life my parents used 2 live u would understand y i am here. East coaster what the hell is an anchor baby. as 4 ucrazy, get ur facts straight.like megan banegas said fleeig poverty is not a crime.to close this i have this to say: "noone sees my struggle only my failure."

Answer 1

In order for America to be politically correct we should allow 20 million illegal Guatemalans, 20 million Phillippino, 20 million Sudanese, 20 million Indians, and so forth.

Now you tell me- where does this end? Who decides when enough is enough?
America is dieing a slow and painful death, thanks in part, to illegal immigration.

Answer 2

Personally I'm sick of all the BS being tossed around "they only want to work" and "they can't come legally because they are poor" If they have money to pay coyotes they could just as easily pay for an immigration lawyer. Or for that matter how often do they save up money here to do it? Illegals send BILLIONS back to Mexico when they could use the money to get legal but they don't.

Frankly, I don't care how badly they want to come here or what they intend to do here, if they can't do it legally they shouldn't do it at all. The US isn't responsible for their sorry little lives and we CANNOT take in every single poor person in the world.

And yes I do want ALL illegals deported, I don't give a hoot what country they came from or what method they used to get here. It has NOTHING to do with race. The US granted 1.2 MILLION people legal residence in 2006, The top twelve sending countries were:

Mexico (173,753),
People's Republic of China (87,345),
Philippines (74,607),
India (61,369),
Cuba (45,614),
Colombia (43,151),
Dominican Republic (38,069),
El Salvador (31,783),
Vietnam (30,695),
Jamaica (24,976),
South Korea (24,386),
Guatemala (24,146),
All other countries (606,370)

Are any of the top 12 European? Is anyone suggesting that we reduce the number of legal immigrants from Mexico, even though they are given preferential treatment? No and no, so just pack up your accusations and do some actual research.

Answer 3

First they do take "American" jobs if they (illegals) didn't fill it then guess what? an American would.

Second. If they have no money, then take out a loan, wait the required amount of time and then join us as a law abiding citizen.

finally in answer to your question: When you say immigrant I see a partner and friend of America.

when you say Illegal I see Latino (possibly because 75% of the illegals in the US are from Latin America.

I do note that your closing shows what is wrong with anchor babies. No National Identity only a personal one.

Answer 4

When the term Immigrant is used, I think of people of all nationalities, who have applied for Citizenship and been accepted to the United States.

There is an immigration quota, which President Truman didn't want, but Congress did. That quota, thank goodness, helped to insure peoples of only one nationality didn't dominate.

Unfortunately, illegal aliens and those who became legal through amnesty after amnesty policies, are dominating the metlting pot with only one flavor. Illegal aliens are giving the legal, Latino immigrant, a bad name.

There is room for "Brown Pride", but also for Asian, Russian, and European and other Countries White, Yellow, and other color pride.

DiamondS... I went to your site and it just underscores mine and many other people's fear, that your predjudice against whites is justified. Not only that, but feeling the way you do, why would you want to be in the U.S.? Do you also want to change and or distort over 200 years of American history? Is this what you are teaching your children. Will you, if you become a Citizen, rewrite America's history books?

I suggest, for anyone who doubts there is an invasion of illegals to look at this outdated 2000 map of the US by ancestry and see, that it is mathematically impossible for this to be if the quotas of LEGAL immigration were being abided by. (imagine what this map looks like now in 2007)

http://www.akeeva.com/us_map_by_ancestry.htm

Answer 5

I totally 100% agree with you. You have not offended me at all.

"Fleeing poverty is not a crime"

My husband is Honduran and he was looked upon badly here in the states, I think most immigrants (whatever race, since there are many) are and it's quite sad. Sad, sad country this is and I'm ashamed to be a U.S. citizen because of it.

They are NOT here to take our jobs and they work EXTREMELY hard. The U.S. is deporting all undocumented immigrants and it's going to be TOO late before they realize no white people are going to be taking the jobs that the immigrants had.

Many people think that it is SIMPLE to come to the U.S. on a visa or work permit, yeah right. It costs a lot of money and sometimes the country's government decides if the family (or person) should be given a visa or work permit based on certain factors: how rich they are, if they own property, etc.

It's very sad.

There really needs to be more people our there like you and I. Something needs to be done. :o(

Answer 6

There is not a whole lot of merit in your defense of the illegals. The #1 issue is our law. While it is true that they work hard, and most probably want to have a better life for their families, they have still broken the law. Allowing them to stay, or grant amnesty is the same as saying that they can do as they please, break any law that they please and get away with it. They are a load on our welfare system, and educational system that is unfair to them, as well as to American citizens that these programs are for. They are not citizens, and should be excluded. No proof of who you are, no green card, no service. Another point that angers many is the refusal to learn English. Regardless of the why, or feelings about who did what, and when, if you want to live in America, learn the language. The Viet Nam refugees have, the Chinese, Russians, Polish, Germans, and all others who have come to us to live here, except the Mexicans. Learn English, come legally, or just stay at home. America is not responsible for the misery of bad conditions of the peasants of Mexico. The government of Mexico is responsible for that, not America.

Answer 7

They have no money, so we have to pay for their children's education, and often for the hospital birth and food stamps for their children as well.

Why is that OUR responsibility, when our own children's schools are overcrowded and failing, with language all but erased through middle school in favor of ESL for children of those illegally here?

Why should OUR children graduate OUR schools WE pay for as the only non-bilingual people in the room?

There is more to this than flooding the labor market and driving wages down, although that has happened, as well. What about OUR children's better life?

Answer 8

I agree with you, and it does anger me that everyone says their here to take our jobs and stuff like that. I know many Mexicans (not neccessarily illegal) who are some of the hardest working people I know, but who also work for maybe a little more over minimum wage (I know that without them, house prices would increase because most americans wouldn't build a house for as little money as they work for). Most of the money thay make they then have to send back home to their family. However, it also angers me that they can sometimes get free healthcare, don;t have to pay income taxes, and get to send their kids to school for free.

Answer 9

Actually when you say immigrant the first thing that comes to mind is any person who is not of Aboriginal decent, meaning any person who's ancestors had to come over on a boat.

I'm half Aboriginal/half Norwegian and have seen the effects of the "melting pot" we call the Americas first hand. Unless every person of non Aboriginal decent wants to apply for citizenship then maybe they should remember where they came from and who they had to displace to be here.

It was the whites/Spaniards/ and other invaders who are the immigrants of these lands, and their trying to stop others from sharing in the so called "prosperity" is hypocrisy at is highest. Every person no matter where they are born should have the rights to experience what I do every day, and if that means them coming to the Americas to get it, then let them come. I know my job is secure because I work my butt off and if you have to fear for your job being taken by one of the so called immigrants then maybe you should get off your butt and start working a little harder!!

Answer 10

Immigrants have been coming to the US for many many years. It is easy for people to blame immigrants for their problems-low pay, unemployment, healthcare-everything.

Yes, there is some scapegoating happening. Years ago, there was no waiting list to enter the country and they gave free land to settle. The US is a tapestry of generations of immigrants.

One side of my family were in Virginia in 1700 and the other side immigrated in 1920.

I saw where an immigrant saved $60,000 in 10 years working as a dishwasher! And the US government confiscated it. Immigrants have always been willling to work hard.