I went to New York City for the 1st time about 2 years ago and visited Ellis Island. I myself am adopted from Korea and fully realize the opportunities growing up in the U.S. has given to me. I'm very grateful for that and believe in the "American drean." I was so moved standing there on Ellis Island thinking of how many people came through there with all their hopes and dreams of making their lives better in America.
I'm all for LEGAL immigration. Our country was based on a cultural mix and it's in our best interest to maintain that heritage. But I find it incredible how much people feel sorry for and support illegal immigrants to the point of pressuring politicians to give them rights, letting them drive, paying for medical expenses, etc. They are here ILLEGALLY. What part of illegal do people not understand? The U.S. has a proper way of going about becoming a citizen. People who get away with coming here illegally are slapping others in the face who come here legally
2007-11-16 17:41:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I certainly sympathize with these people. It's not like I'm heartless. But it just sends a very bad message. That you can sneak across the border and well....that's ok. What does everyone else think? Am I alone in my thinking?
2007-11-16 17:43:35 · update #1
I think we need to give them a way to work for citizenship. Don't deport them, mainly because that is a lot of money being tossed down the drain. But also don;t just hand them citizenship. Make them earn it.
And i also feel that we need to let more people in legally and work with Mexico and other countries to keep people there and also work with Mexico to secure our borders.
2007-11-16 17:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by Beensaved 2 · 3⤊ 4⤋
You said it!!!! See everything you just said is what people who are Against illegal immigration are complaining about, and the crime rates, the property values, the gangs, the schools being overloaded, the lack of work for others who are here Legally. People who are against illegal immigration are not necessarily racist, some are, but Most are Not racist..It really burns our butts when people try to use the race card against us. Coming here illegally also shows that those coming here have No respect for the citizens of this country, do not really want to be here, have no real desire to be citizens of this country, and just want to use us to make their own lives more comfortable. Now, I'm all for a comfortable life but not if it means breaking the laws and screwing other peoples lives up!
2007-11-17 06:22:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you would visit the southern border cities you would see why almost everyone is against illegals from mexico in this country,every person that came from another country and became a legal citizen has embrace the american way of life and blended into the melting pot,mexicans want to keep their own language their own laws their own flags and their loyalty to their own government in mexico
Beansave,how can anyone work with the mexican government on securing the border,when it's the mexican government that is sending them here
2007-11-17 03:29:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Look the world is not perfect and cannot be perfected. What's going on is an unfortunate fact but a fact that can be addressed properly to the benefit of the country and the illegal immigrants. Many of these illegal immigrants enter the country for the same aspirations as those who came here from Europe and other parts of the world. It is unfortunate that they had to enter illegaly...just as unforunate as Africans had to be shipped like animals here to America to be slaves. But given our history and what has developed African Americans are now our equal brothers and sisters. Different time period and story but similiar concept. I'm not encouraging illegal immigration but I am for helping those who went through days and nights, tears and hunger, to come to this country to share the American dream. What I am for is stronger border security and patrol to reduce illegal immigration, maybe even a fence like the Apartheid Wall in Zionist Israel, who knows. This issue of illegal immigration is really no different than the many others we've had in our history. It is only so popular because it is happening during our lifetime. If slavery was still going on today it would probably would trump illegal immigration.
2007-11-17 01:59:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Comprehensive Immigration reform!
2007-11-17 04:51:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some of them came here illegally due to desperate circumstances. If it came to my family surviving, there's little I wouldn't do, including crossing a border illegally.
Whether we're compassionate or bitter toward these people is irrelevant. The fact is that they continue to emigrate from their countries of origin because they can't survive the economic conditions there. Our capitalist system rewards them for working here, and rewards our corporations for hiring them. It's been happening for centuries, and our government knowingly perpetuates it.
Read up on your history, rather than CNN, FOX News, or Y!Answers, and it will slowly become more clear.
2007-11-17 01:46:32 · answer #6 · answered by Buying is Voting 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
i dont like illegal immigration. and non of my friends do either. i have a friend that works in Big5 Sporting Goods and every day there are people who dont even speak a word of english and they treat him like he is retarted because he doesnt speak spanish. it has gotten so bad that in elementry schools they are teaching the kids how to speak spanish but they arent teaching the spanish kids english until middle school. that doesnt seem right at all
2007-11-17 02:09:39 · answer #7 · answered by Dont get Infected 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Whiny bums who grab for handouts, then denigrate the providers.
2007-11-17 06:05:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I love illegal immigrants (i am 1 myself ! )
my family were great friends with G.B ! (George bush) !
we were like pen pals !
my family moved to American because where we lived was a very horrible place !
we would count our self very wealthy is we got 15 dollars a month !
we decide to come to America !
we live there for 11 and a half YEARS !!!
we had a 4 story house on a land with 1 arce !
every month we bought a bunch of clothes in all different sizes and toys just to give to the charity donations !!!!
then 1 day at 6 in the morning
the police came and took my mom to jail
she stayed there for 4and a half monthes !
missing my first day of 6th grade , Halloween,Christmas, and my 12th birthday
2 days after my birth my dad my mom me and my 8yr. old sister were deported back !
here in my home country ..., it has improved !
every is like in America except every lives in apartments cause we live in a small country and dont have room for houses !
and so on ... we are deported from America for 10 years !
dec.28-29th.2007
will be a year ! of us living here !
i i will remember my kids to have them tell their kids and so on that America being a free country is false !
and it always has be false !
and it will be till' the end of eternity !!!!
have George bush kiss my @$$ !
2007-11-17 05:43:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋
deport them
2007-11-17 02:09:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋