What do you think of the illegal immigration of the mexicans?
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As a retired teacher, now employed as a substitute teacher in a large metropolitan school district inundated with Hispanic students, many here illegally, who report to me daily that they don't know how to read, write, or speak English so they don't have to do the assignments, I am very disturbed.
President Bush, and many of our legislators, state and Federal, have reported that deporting millions of illegal Hispanics back to Mexico is impractical, and would be violating their "rights". I would like to know why our American government has given any "rights" to illegals, no matter what country they come from. I would like to know why the Federal Government promotes illegals by allowing them to attend our public schools and eat free lunches, providing them with college scholarships to state colleges and universities.
I would like to know why I am subjected to the "music of Mexico", played at ten thousand decibles, by the Hispanics driving through my neighborhood, sitting at a stop light, or just driving down the street.
Most Hispanic students I have encountered in the public school system are obnoxious and disrespectful. They do not like any "Gringo", and they are very quick to accuse anyone who is not of their culture, teacher or student, of being "racist".
Yes, I want to rid America of all illegal Mexicans. I don't care whether they are a mother, father, grandparent, uncle, aunt, brother, sister, etc., etc. Get out of my country. I am a descendant of a recognized Native American Indian tribe, whose ancestors were demoralized and decultarized by the American government; forced to attend "government" schools and punished if they spoke their language or attempted to perform tribal rituals.
Many Native Americans were not even given citizenship until the late 20's or 30's, even though many fought for the Union Army and the Confederate States of America under Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee. Native Americans served during WWI and WWII, but given little respect, as were the blacks who served. Special barracks were "set aside" for the "Indians" and "Negroes". We were not allowed to "socialize" with the "whites".
"Illegals", no matter what their country of origin, have no "right" to be in America, and any President, legislator, or Supreme Court Justice who says they do, is full of *****!
ok... well i dont see a problem with them ... they will work there butts off cleaning your yard or sometihng most of us DONT WANT TO DO.. and dont question it cause they need money too and they cant get a good job since they are illegal.. and i tihnk its crap that they dont just let them come.. its not a big deal .
I agree with you, they need to go back to Mexico. If they really want to live in the US, they are welcome to do it LEGALLY. But, in my opinion, if they will break immigration laws to get here, what other laws will they break? Plus, all the illegals are a tremendous drain on our social services, services which SHOULD be reserved for American citizens.
It doesn't matter what country they come from. Singling out Mexicans only adds fuel to the argument that those against illegal immigration are racists.
I do think that illegal immigration adds some, but takes more from society as a whole.
There is something desperately wrong with a country who pays people to not work then allows people from other countries to come here to work for substandard wages.
i don't agree with them coming over illegally. it is bad for our economy. but i think that the test that we give them to come over is too hard. i couldn't even pass it... nor could most americans. i think we should test them on current laws instead of history... so that the people who really need over and out of Mexico that aren't troublemakers can come over.
and i agree... although it is mostly mexicans... there are many other nationalities too.
ps. the jobs we don't wanna do can go to our homeless not the illegal immigrants. and the reason we don't just let them come over is so that we can keep people who are running from the law over there out of our country.
hope this helps!
I totally agree with you. There's an illegal in my neighborhood and he's dealing cocaine. They haven't caught him yet, BUT he's being watched! They know about him. All they're doing is draining our economy in which they haven't contributed nothing towards, and filling the prisons and jails. They're causing trouble and they need a one way ticket home. I agree with you. When I go grocery shopping, I've had them already take items out of my cart when I've turned my head, They're sneaking criminals. I agree with you 100% We used to have a nice neighborhood here---USED TO.
I like the Mexicans because their food is GOOD! It is the Canadians that I am worried about; they are so laid back. And what is this with the healthier bacon? I LIKE grease!
well yea true but
if bush wants a wall so mexicans can not pass
ok,,but who is gonna build the wall if its not mexicans,,,hispanic people come here to work properly or immigrants too and ok mexicans will buid the wall if bush says so but they will stay in our side but well theres also many bad people who dont come here to work
I frequently get into this discussion with my mom, who feels the same way you do. I think what you may want to try and remember is that most people who come here from Mexico really don't want to leave their own country, but they are doing so for economic reasons. If you had a family that was living in poverty, and you knew that you could give them a better life by going across the border and making a better wage, I think you would do that for your family. The mexican government is very corrupt and does not function in the same way as the US. Also, it's important to know that many of the jobs that are being done by mexicans are jobs that Americans wouldn't do. If the mexicans left, who would clean your hotel room when you travel, who would wash your dishes when you go out to eat, and there are many, many other jobs that immigrants from many other countries are doing. If they were sent back, the entire economical system would be affected and many businesses would not be able to function.
I will say though that there has to be some way of controlling the numbers, I don't think our country has the resources to support the number of immigrants coming into our country from around the world.
I think it's WAY too easy to jump on the 'we were all immigrants once' band wagon when you take 'illegal' out of the equation. My great-grandparent's weren't illegal. They left EVERYTHING behind to come here. They did not send money 'back home'. They bought and worked THEIR land because there were no Walmarts back in the day. Oh, and they did bother to learn English too.
I am opposed to illegal immigration, Mexican or not.
I wish they would come in legally, but thats almost impossible.What do I think of them? I think they are human beings who deserve a little bit of humanity.Just because you were fortunate to have been born here, by NO choice of your own, its very easy for you to judge these people, and it isnt right.
Some good points. But like ignat said, I keep hearing this you were immigrants too. well no one in my family ever came here illegally.
And this , they do the jobs that Americans wont do. Really so the light construction jobs and masonry, and truck driving, and landscaping, and drywalling and all that... those are jobs americans wont do?
My friend who manages a company recently had to fire 4 guys who were using fake identities/illegal. They were making 13 dollars an hour. I know plenty of people who would have done the same job.
It needs to be legal or not at all.
I think the guest worker process can be expanded but it has to be well managed.
And the 'anchor baby' law needs to end.
man you guys are messed up they are not a drain on society they do the jobs that no other race does in U.S.A and most of them don't come here legally because the process takes too long you can be here for 20 years and they still are not finish and not all LATINOS are drug dealers that's just stereo typing people and they pay taxes too like everybody else in AMERICA and besides NATIVE AMERICANS were here first so they should be the only people telling other pepole to go back where they came from this COUNTRY is made out of immagrants
its because of war and power,
if i was a mother and i lived in a place were you had to fear every day of being killed, or dying of a preventable diseases or famine. i would try to leave it for fot the welfare and my kids.
some people really do want to go to a country like ours, you blame them,
I used to be like you, but when i had kids and realized i was lucky to be born here,
i have real empathy and sadness for the people who dont have a choice,
No, don't send any illegal mexican back.
I need illegal to do illegal work for me
who going to mow my lawn and pick our salad
the legal mexican .them idiots worst than us
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I think they are sponges soaking up whatever they can get. I think they should go home and use their practice of contributing nothing, in Mexico.
Deport ALL illegal aliens!
Don't they have work to do in their country? Lawns to mow, houses to clean, fields to pick, constructing houses, etc... Pretty much everything they do over here - including marches, and demostrations, and waving their countries, and American flags to change their own laws.
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They should go back to Mexico if they're illegal, there are too many Mexicans in the US already, it's ridiculous. next thing you know, they'll be takin over Europe! lol If they' re legal then ppl should just leave them alone, i mean all they want to do is work an make a better living. most of them do jobs that white ppl don't want to do anywayz.
I keep hearing what smart, industrious people the illegals are. So why aren't they fixing their own countries?
The problem with them is that as a society we cannot absorb millions and millions every year, without ruining our own society. See the presentation at NumbersUSA.com
Also, according the a Dept. of Justice (DOJ) report, 23 Americans are killed every day by illegals who are drunk drivers. Of course after they are released on bail, where do you think they go?
Also, there are over 250, 000 illegals here who are child molesters. How do they know? The DOJ tracks the cases.
Then there are the gangs. The California jail population is 20% illegals, which we pay for.
We need and want immigrants. But we should be able to screen out the criminal elements. Build the fence now. Then let all immigrants in to be citizens, only if they swear to become Americans.
i agree they need to come legally. there are some good and bad in everyone. maybe we should really get rid of the bad ones and give the good ones a chance. my brother in law is mexican from mexico. he became legal before marrying my sister. he said that way no one can say he used her to become legal faster. and he payed out the rear. if he was illegal he would still be the good person he is. and he too agrees illegals should not come here with out coming the right way.
I think anyone entering this country illegally (Mexican, Canadian, English, etc.) should be put in jail for committing a crime and then deported.
If you want to change what constitutes legal and illegal then by all means do so but if what they are doing is "illegal" they should be punished no differently than anyone who does something illegal.
When you enter any other country illegally they put you in prison.
I am really worry, and I would like that our government give them more support to stay in México, because we need our farmers (why we have to import fruit and vegetables, while thousand of farmer have no job?!).
The US Companies, which do everything legally, request the farmers which they need direct to our government, but the problem are all the others individuals and enterprises, which offer a job to illegal immigrants to save money...
It is negative for the image our nations, because at least 90% of the US people think all the mexican have the educational level our farmers. The negative attitude against Mexicans, change our positive idea about vacationing in USA.
I think only 2 sectors can change this sad situation: the Mexican government (for sure they won´t do anything, because they prefer to have people in USA sending money...), and the normal US citizen, when they stop offering a job to the illegal immigrants, it will stop.
But, who can change their point of view? The US Gorvernmen? Till now, they are spending the money in seless measures...
I used to feel sorry for them until I realized that most of them are just working the system the same way many US born citizens do. If the economy in their own country is so bad that they have no choice but to cross the border, why do they keep having more children than they can support? Maybe because the more US born children they have the more public benefits they are eligible for? Or maybe because they know that the government is so stupid that it's unlikely that a mother of 6 US born children will be easily deported.
But ultimately the blame lies mostly on the greedy people who employ illegals. If nobody employed undocumented aliens they would have no reason (or excuse) to come here. I don't buy the story about them doing the jobs nobody else wants do do. The reason why nobody wants to do the jobs Mexicans do is because the salaries are ridiculous. If the employers offered reasonable salaries and unemployed US citizens were required (forced) to either work or starve rather than rely on welfare I'm sure the positions would be filled by legal people. But then again I suppose that the government sees the use of illegal aliens as an alternative to outsourcing to countries like China or India.
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