It is agreeable to all it is said. Not all is bad, not all is good. However this people including myself should be given an opportunity to assimilate to the American culture.If not possible they should be ask to leave or required to leave. Understanding the roots or lack thereof of culture. The is poverty and inequality where most of this people comes from including China, Asia in general and Canada as well, because there are Canadians deported every year, really.
It is not a matter of hating but correcting the issues, how do you turn a bad situation into a good situation, any one can pull a trigger, and hate and become ugly but how do we resolve in a way where every one becomes benefited, that is the question.
I clearly see why so many people have negative feelings, and experiences with illegal or "legal" immigrants. It is right this is not our country, and we ought to assimilate, this is not Mexico, or El Salvador or Guatemala, etc, etc. Part of the problem is that the demand for illegal immigration is greater than the a process needed to assimilate or educate. The truth is that is that tomorrow the US was to sell back Texas or declare California independent and be annexed to Mexico the poverty problem will continue to head up north ongoing. People will continue to cross into Oregon or Florida or other border states. Because is not about the land per say, but culture. the culture of poverty, corruption and neglect, the love and control of money of the few. We have now the richest men in the world a Mexican national Mr. Slim, Carlos Slim Helú's fortune is up almost $20 billion in a year according to Forbes magazine. There you have it, and for anyone who has visited Mexico as a tourist knows the inequality of the distribution of wealth in Mexico or other countries. Nevertheless I am not playing the game as the rich man owes every one else, or blaming the rich for the misfortunes of the masses.
I pray for wisdom for the leadership and the people of this great nation to deal with the current issues in a just and gracious way which will benefit many and every one.
God bless America the leadership of this country and it's god fearing people.
Too much! Our schools are overcrowded due to an uncontrolled increase of illegal immigrants in my community. So much so, that additional school spending is reported because they are having to hire Spanish-speaking teacher and staff. Our own kids' education is being watered down to accommodate all the illegals that come demanding they be given the same rights to an education even though they do not deserve it. In addition, tax payers in my community are being forced to dish out millions of dollars annually to pay for medical services and state hospital bills generated by the thousands of illegal immigrants without medical insurance.
Other ways in which you can see the impact of those immigrants, is in the labor force. One look at the classified ads for employment offered shows you an increaded percentage of employers demanding that job applicants speak Spanish. This is the U.S., for crying out loud!! I immigrated into this country 30 years ago and spoke almost no English and no one at the time gave me any consessions I did not deserve because I couldn't speak English. I learned English because that's the responsibility of ALL immigrants coming to our country.
Car insurance policies continue to increase because of the thousands of immigrants in my community who drive uninsured.
How could this country have allowed all these apalling abuses to happen?? I don't get it.
The subject of immigration, as much as I hate to say it, has nothing to do with the immigrants themselves, but with the way that this country opporates as a self supported entity. The fact that illegal immigrants do not pay taxes means that by dictionary definition, they're parasites. They do not pay taxes, yet they are provided protection by the law to live as an American. I'm sorry, but democracy cannot support those who do not participate or uphold it. The fact that illegal immigrants are tolerated in this country is an insult to my hard work, not too mention the unskilled competition they bring. I, as a person, have absolutely no prejudice feelings towards other ethnic groups, and if they would like to attain legal citizenship and work towards the American dream, more power to them. I am in full support of a diverse civilian population, but a diverse population that gives the government what it is due in exchange for the opportunity that would otherwise be denied them.
My community used to be 95% white in the 1970's but it changed dramatically when jobs began to be sent outside the US. Slowly whites began to move out and Mexicans began to move in.
Today the community is considered 80% hispanic but don't let that word fool you. It's 80% Mexican.
Our schools are between 92-96% hispanic (Mexican) and many school building are less than 5 years old. We have the second largest hispanic (Mexican) community in the state. We also have the second largest impoverished community.
People declare themselves poor but they always seem to have the money to buy homes, cable TV, new clothes and of course, 1 or 2 brand new SUVs. Where do they get the money?
My neighborhood is filled with gangs. The little ones can't wait to get a tatoo and a gun, just like big brother. The parents could care less about where their children or whose property they damage.
For a neighborhood that has a population over 100,000 and most hispanic (Mexican) there are very few loyal Catholics. The Mexicans seem to use the Church only as a weapon of propaganda against the people of the US.
I thought I had seen it all when I saw a 75 year old woman fighting to get her purse from an illegal who had attacked her in front of her Church, on Sunday, in front of many people.
I am glad I saw this because it shows the true evil in these people. They want nothing but to destroy the United States of America and its culture. They contributed nothing in the 20th century. They are entitled to nothing in the 21st century. They should reap what they have sown
More illegal (apartment) units; more problems parking (more cars on the street - on lawns - in front of homes); lack of law enforcement; more people picking through your trash cans; harder to get seen at the emergency room; more reckless drivers, etc. it's bad.
USA has always been a country of immigration but now we see more and more latino than any other immigrant and communities are changing so much and thefore there is a supply demand for this class of immigrants.
I believe when you say "Latino", who you really mean are Mexican. Mexicans are in a unique position being adjacent to the US porous southern border. They can come and go virtually at will. As an illegal Mexican in the US, one is in the unique position of earning relatively high wages, and spending those wages in a low-cost country. It's this arbitrage that makes the system work. Other Latinos do no have this advantage because they all must traverse through Mexico who jealously guards her strategic position.
It kind of like living in Washington where there is no income tax, and working in Oregon where there is no sales tax.
i am an illegal inmigrant and i am not leaving until you stop employing me. i've tried to assimilate your culture, but for the most part there's nothing good to assimilate. Don't get me wrong not all american citizens are bad, but some in the mid-west are a piece o' work.
Each of us has our own experience to mold our opinion on this issue;our own particular window affording us an, at times, unique view. However, my years in Miami, Florida showed me a rigid and frequently intolerant, immigrant enclave where the freedoms afforded by our Constitution seemed to stop at the County border. Things are improving in South Florida, with the passing of some of these intolerant souls and the assimilation of newer generations. However, this imported challenge to our democracies is a recurring phenomenon which we're seeing replayed in London, Madrid, Paris etc.
At some point, Western democracies must take the initiative to discourage ethnic enclaves by reaching out to immigrants and by actively opposing imported practices that are incompatible with our democratic principles (eg. gender discrimination, honor killings, dog fights etc.) If we fail to do so, fascist hordes will seize control, as in the novel "Up Dog Street" where one of the main characters explains: "The browning of America doesn't concern me, as long as it's not a reference to the color of their shirts."
How much have immigrants changed my community? Depends on who you are calling immigrants. As there is only one Native American family in my community and they came recently, then immigrants, all of us, made our community. If you are asking about Chinese or Hispanic or African immigrants, they have added greatly to my community.
We have great businesses that they have started: not just the Thai and Japanese restaurants, the Central American cleaning services, and small businesses, but also larger ones like retail stores, web programming companies, etc.
i think they are great!
and no i am not an immagrant!!!
i am puerto rican and i was born in america
i just think that peaple are a little to harsh on
immagrants..or just spanish peaple on general!
for an example i am hispanic and i own my own business
and i have over 20 employes working for me!!
i am the owner of several painting and construction!!
so just give hispanics a chance we are'nt that bad!!
Some Mexican illegals, doing roofing jobs in Minneapolis, living six to a room next door to mine in a Hopkins Hotel, attacked me when I asked them to end their beer soaked revery at 3:00 AM.
07/06/2008 11:27:42 PM
