has any one against mexicans ever thought about the children involved. Its ok to take away a parent?

Question

you know some families are biracial and have one immigrant parent. Please research your prejudicm before answering. Kids are involved!

Answer 1

Hmmm...maybe they should have thought about that BEFORE they broke the law. I'm not the one who is placing their children in that position, they are.
And any mother that would go back to their home country without her children, doesn't deserve them anyway. That's just my opinion.

Answer 2

I think some kids who object to their parent's parenting are justified, and others are not. I think it's incorrect for people to automatically side with a parent simply because they are a parent. That said, I often think people who ask any personal question here are bias. With respect to chores, there's a lot of room for both parents and teens to be in the wrong. With teens, I think it's pretty obvious to assume that procrastination and laziness are problems among some teenagers. But I also think it's unreasonable for parents to expect teens to act like military soldiers. I think the most reasonable thing to do for a parent is to say "Have X done by this time." That's one reasonable solution, among many others. I honestly don't see so much of a difference between being an independent adult and being a responsible teenager. If you're doing most things for yourself and if you teach yourself to manage your finances (which isn't hard, considering there are these magical things called google, calculators, and budgets). The only added responsibility I see is that making sure that things get paid on time, which, again, isn't hard. Then again, I don't have kids. Some may say that doesn't make me a 'real' adult. In the end, there's no way to know whether you are being a brat or whether your parents are being suffocating or unreasonable. My answer to almost everything would be "it depends", but I'm very skeptical of things people say online. You should see how many people claim they're doctors on this site.

Answer 3

My children are bi racial. I am white, my husband is Mexican. Call me old fashioned, but I believe it is best to wait until after you are married to have kids. I got pregnant with both of our daughters while waiting through the immigration process. We knew what we were getting into and I was perfectly ready to give birth by myself. Thankfully, he was granted a visa for the first birth and was a resident by the second birth.

A lot of people mistakenly think that having a preggo spouse is a fast track to a green card, and it is not.

I do not look at the immigration process as taking one parent away. It is a necessary sacrifice. If you are not prepared to go it alone for a short time or live in Mexico (or where ever) then you may need to rethink what it is that you want to do.

I lived in Mexico DF for about a year, but then I had to come back to the States to work and get back into school. I knew I would have to do this to be able to sponsor my husband, its a hard process but so worth it.

Answer 4

Anti-illegals are not against Mexicans, they are against ILLEGAL immigrants!!!!! Notice the term ILLEGAL!!!! I may feel a little sorry for the kids themselves but the parents are the ones to blame. Yes , it is okay to deport the ILLEGAL parent being that they had no right to be in this country in the first place and have broken at least one of our laws. There are plenty of American children who are raised by one parent. We don't let men who have children walk the streets when they are criminals, so why should we allow illegals to do so?

Answer 5

It is a tragic situation when a parent who has no money breaks the law and shoplifts food for that child. There are other ways to deal with a situation rather than breaking the law.

The same applies to illegal immigrants. (notice i did not say 'mexicans' or 'immigrants'....i said 'ILLEGAL' immigrants...BIG DIFFERENCE). There are ways to deal with the situation legally, and our great system works.... as many immigrants have proven over the years.

Break the law and i have no pity for the illegal immigrant. I do have pity for the child, in the same way i would feel for the child with the thieving mother. The laws are what makes this country great.....you make a mockery of them, you make a mockery of my country, a country that opens it's arms to anyone and can give you more opportunities than you can dream of anywhere else.

I feel pity for the child who has the parents that break the law, mock my country, and use me and all other immigrants who work hard for what they have.

Answer 6

So what you are saying is that if an immigrant wants to stay in the US all they have to do is bring a baby into this world?
How about being responsible and not making a baby for your own selfish reasons.

P.S. I'm all for becoming a citizen LEGALLY.

The answer....Yes! It's definitly Okay to take a parent away from a child, if the parent is here illegally. The child can always go with the parent to Mexico to live.

Answer 7

Precisely because kids are involved, parents who bring children into the world as tools should be sent back to their country and their child with them so maybe while being together they can learn to love them and truly know what it's like to be a parent.

Answer 8

Firstly, I think you should rephrase your question ... being against illegal immigration does not mean you are "against [all] Mexicans." Mexicans just happen to be the nationality that have the highest degree of illegal immigration into the United States, so its important to separate those issues. What most people are upset about are the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants coming into the country every year ... not that they're Mexican. If 500,000 Germans annually started immigrating illegally into the United States people would be just as upset ... so, its not purely a question of ethnicity/nationality ... it is both a question of maintaining national integrity, and also an economic issue.

Let me ask you this ... would you be against the arrest and conviction of a person who robbed a bank because they took the money to support their family? Just because you want or need something doesn't mean you have a right to it (per se). And the issue of children is superfluous in these type of cases.

Is the person in question in the country illegally or not? If they are they knew full well they were breaking the law of the country they were entering in the first place, or they would have immigrated the correct way. There is no equivocating on this matter ... either you are an illegal immigrant or not (illegal being the key word). You can't say "Oh ... well, he/she has been here for 'blank' number of years, and has three children, and ...." The fact of the matter is they gained entry into this country under false pretenses, and that is a crime. What it boils down to is people think certain rules shouldn't apply to them because "they really wanted it," or "I worked hard so I deserve it." Let me tell you something ... that is not how life works.

I really want a Porsche, but that doesn't give me the right to just go down to their Porsche dealership and just take one. Furthermore, working hard would be a more respectable way of getting a Porsche but unless I have fulfilled the conditions necessary to legally purchase one from a dealer (i.e. tons of money) then I have no right to take one either. I may work very hard (harder than most), but if I still don't earn enough money to buy one I have no right to just take one "because I worked really hard for it ... and I really want it." That is called stealing ...

There are consequences for every decision we make, and we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. Every person has a rather innate capability of knowing when they are doing something illegal ... like entering a country without permission. Therefore, no matter how much good you do, or how much you "really want to stay" the fact of the matter is you broke the law and there are consequences for that action ... and this is one that is either implicitly or explicitly understood when crossing that border illegally. What people like me are saying is ... its time for you to face the consequences ...

Children are issue to consider, and there can be no doubt that if said children were born in the United States then they are bona fide American citizens -- that does not mean their illegal immigrant parents are reflexively granted the same status. I would imagine it would be a tough decision to determine to deport an illegal immigrant or not, but the law requires that someone who entered the country illegally must be deported ... this is another moot subject.

Deportation certainly can be an unpleasant experience, but, as was stated before, it is a consequence of entering a country illegally, and nothing changes that. Another thing I don't seem to understand is even if the person(s) in question are deported back to their country of origin there is nothing stopping them from taking their children back with them -- they just don't want to. In effect, they are creating the false dichotomy themselves. What they are really saying is "my family can only live in the United States." There's a difference between that and being forcefully separated ... nothing is stopping them from taking their children with them where ever they go ... they just choose not to (and then complain about the 'unfairness' of their situation to garner support for their cause).

Moreover, could not one make the argument that these illegal immigrants in question left family behind in their native country (mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, etc ...). They didn't really seem to a have a problem with leaving those family relations behind ... why should these ones be any different? If you are going to use family as an issue in determining one's right to stay in a country, then you can't cherrypick which family members are important (which is what they are doing).

I have no problem with anyone immigrating to this country. In fact, I think it is one of the things that makes America great, and give us such a diverse culture. However, I am vehemently against anyone who blatantly decides to disregard the rules and come into this country illegally -- I don't care who you are or where you came from. And if you think that sounds harsh you should hear my friends who have immigrated to the United States legally ... they just about foam at the mouth whenever illegal immigration in mentioned ... and I can understand why. Most of them spent the better part of a decade filling out paperwork, paying fees, facing the prospect of losing their legal status and job at any moment ... just to watch "Joe Schmo" walk across the border, disregarding every rule in the book, and then having him not only reap many benefit they are denied, but also have the gaul to say "We deserve more!" Yah ... that would piss me off too ...

Answer 9

So what your saying is that your blaming a nation for trying to uphold its laws for the good of its own citizens (including children), while the offending party (the illegal parent) bares no responsibility for breaking the law and putting that child in a bad situation........

Maybe you should research where the fault actually lies on this issue.

Answer 10

You are right, children should not be taken away from their parents, or any other family members as well. So all those illegals that left behind family in their home countries should immediately return home, and take all those here with them as well. God knows it's not fair to break up families

Answer 11

Children are involved because the parents put them there. The parents know the consequences of having children while they are illegal. You want to blame someone blame the parents. Citizens are put in jail and separated from their children. Why should the children of illegals get treated differently. The parents both are the cause of separation because they break the law and dont consider the harm to the children.