I have a lot of classes with uber conservatives and so when ever a question like this comes up, I'm usually by myself. I think perhaps we should make it easier to get into our country. Just make the test for US citizen easier. A lot of the questions on it, even real American citizens don't know. A lot of people also complain about immigrants taking up all the jobs. It's not the immigrants fault, it's the company owners who are American citizens themselves. So why are you blaming the immigrants? Did they choose to be hired at a pathetic pay? No, they just want to work. The company owners are the one who refuse to higher actual citizens because of the pay. Blame them.
I met a girl last summer who told me that we should shoot every Mexican that crosses the border. What about if we cross the border? Some Americans cross the borders illegally to get substances. Should we shoot them? And how do we have a right to decide who comes into this land. It's land. It's not like a bank account. It's a piece of Earth that man kind was born on. But no, we have to be selfish and colonialize all of it and claim it as our own.
Besides, weren't we once foreigners? We were all immigrants at one point and what did we do when we came to this country? We forced the Native Americans out of our way so we could take the land that wasn't even ours to begin with. Did the Native Americans have the right to retaliate? Of course they did. And did they? Not until we started being cruel towards them. No, they accepted us with open arms and even shared Thanks Giving with us and shared tips on crops and game. Now what are we doing to those who want to come into the country? We're forcing them out of the country that wasn't even ours to begin with. So don't blame the Mexicans or any other immigrants for the problems that are going on with immigration when they aren't even the ones causing the problems, we are.
Immigrants in America
By Animeqn89 - Posted on April 4th, 2008
Tagged: illegal immigrants
• Broad prosperity
I agree about the test. I think some the questions are rediculous. However, there still needs to be a test. I think it should be mroe on our basic laws not so much the history, I think they need a criminal background check and things like these. Really the only hard part about getting a green card for this country is the wait. The process I'm sure takes forever! I don't know for sure, but I can imagine!
I did a research paper on immigration last year, and yeah, the whole process bites. I get how some Americans think it's unfair to let immigrants just stay, but at this point, I'm all for amnesty. There should be certain regulations about who can come to America and who can't, but seriously, we've let immigration continue on the road we're on for too long to just suddenly decide that we don't want them anymore.
Immigrants are major parts of this country, even if some Americans don't want to admit it, or resent it.
Yup. Immigrants are a big part of society. I'd hate to see what it would be like if we kicked them all out. Our economy would probably have some issues and we probably wouldn't be as diverse.
I found myself in the same sitituation even with my parents so I went home and did hours of research and found out a lot like in 1996 IRS started issuing numbers to illegals to pay taxes and 8-12 million illegals do. Plus they pay $80,000 dollars more than they consume. Since they are not U.S. citizens they don't qualify for welfare. And they pay billions of dollars to social security and it increases by at least $50,000 a year. Just some facts i thought would interest you
Of adult immigrants, 31 percent have not completed high school, three-and-a-half times the rate for natives. Since 1990, immigration has increased the number of such workers by 25 percent, while increasing the supply of all other workers by 6 percent.
Immigrants were once significantly more likely to have a college degree, but the new data show that natives are now as likely as immigrants to have a bachelor's or graduate degree.
The proportion of immigrant-headed households using at least one major welfare program is 29 percent, compared to 18 percent for native households.
The poverty rate for immigrants and their U.S.-born children (under 18) is 18.4 percent, 57 percent higher than the 11.7 percent for natives and their children. Immigrants and their minor children account for almost one in four persons living in poverty.
One-third of immigrants lack health insurance -- two-and-one‑half times the rate for natives. Immigrants and their U.S.‑born children account for almost three-fourths (nine million) of the increase in the uninsured population since 1989.
The low educational attainment of many immigrants and resulting low wages are the primary reasons so many live in poverty, use welfare programs, or lack health insurance, not their legal status or an unwillingness to work.
A central question for immigration policy is: Should we allow in so many people with little education, which increases job competition for the poorest American workers and the size of the population needing government assistance?
We already had plenty of poverty in America along with all of the problems it causes. Our social welfare systems are stretched to the limits. For example, many states are going to be unable to pay unemployment benefits next year because they are going to be out of money. Why should we import more poverty?