Just weird

[Tink]

What bothers me, is that I know all too well that my own ancestors came here in hope of a better life from another country too. They came 100 years ago, but they were immigrants. The ones who are native here, aren't the ones who are complaining about the immigrants. They recognize that that's a battle they can't win. The barn door's been open too long.

How many would want the jobs the immigrants do? Here they fill a man-power shortage this rural area can't fill. I know very few Americans who would want to work on the kill floor or evisceration line at the local chicken factory. The line is filled with Mexicans. They load trucks with huge furniture pieces on their backs... I know few Americans who would be willing to do that heavy work. I don't see them taking jobs away from the locals here, but filling the spots the locals don't want to do.

I know we're blessed by having been born in our great country... but I don't know how we can justify saying there's no room for more. We have so much that others don't simply because of our good fortune at being born here.

I agree that they should be coming here legally. I don't know what difference it would make in the long run, but illegal is illegal and it's wrong. I do know the ones I've worked with at the bank have been decent to me even when I have to turn them down. I treat them with respect and they've returned the same so far.

I realize many feel as you do about this. I hear similar and far worse said here too. I guess I'm just odd in that I can't begrudge someone for wanting what we have for their own families. As long as they're willing to work for it like we do, I'm inclined to let 'em.

[Emmsmom]

OMG! Let me be nice and say if they are illegal they need to go back home PERIOD! They don't deserve any breaks!!! NONE. If they can't come over here the legal way then they shouldn't be here at all!! I am really tired of hard working AMERICANS loosing jobs to them. I am not talkng about simple jobs either. Here they are taking hard working construction jobs. Let's just say that they are lucky they have you there. I would be much harder on them. I would request green cards and if they didn't have them then I would threaten to call INS on them.

I know this place was built on immigrants... B ut to be honest as wrong as it may be .... I am sick and tired of seeing soooo many illegals running around my
town!!!!!

[khardy57]

I feel sorry for some of them, but if they're not legal, they don't need to be here.

yes i do feel bad.. by the example that the other people set for them by doing it illegally...and im tired of them not paying taxes.. thats why im on the board for the FAIR TAX bill... it would make it possible for everyone to have to pay taxes...illegal immigrants..drug dealers...everyone that way this country wouldnt be so lop sided lol...you have givers and takers in america...theres no equal ground and this bill would make it that way.

[Willow]

So is this one of those heated debate topics??? lolol

Well, I hope it won't get me in trouble, but my opinion of it all is they need to go back where they came from! My husband and I are both natural born citizens and we are struggling in our own country!! These illegals come to America to better THEMSELVES because they struggle in THEIR country! So they come here and take our jobs and force those of us who are NATURAL BORN CITIZENS to struggle! They have their children here, they sometimes are willing to work for less than minimum wage (I mean, who are they going to complain to? They aren't LEGAL so they get into bigger trouble if they bitch about their pay!) and then those money greeder company owners will look the other way and hire them so they can get by with cheap labor.

They come here and give birth to their children on our welfare system. They collect our ADC and Foodstamps, but yet THEY never paid in on the taxes that are now paying for them to eat and live.

We have bent over backwards and took it up the ass while everything is now presented in Spanish for our illegal neighbors to understand. Our holidays are now politically correct because these foreigners have come over and screamed discrimination or you offend me because we don't celebrate that holiday.

Our national anthem IS SUNG IN SPANISH????!!!! WTF IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE???!!!

Well dammit, I am going to move to Mexico and I expect their goverment to pay for my food, medical, my living expenses and translate everything into English so I can continue to live as a US citizen in Mexico WITHOUT citizenship IN Mexico. Did you know that in order to even qualify to MOVE to mexico you have to have to be financially stable and able to support yourself to the tune of 60K USD????!!!!

GET THE F**K out!!! I am tired of supporting their sorry illegal butts! This is MY country and I want it to be here the way our founding fathers meant for it to be when my kids are grown. Lady Liberty is no longer asking for your poor and starving families. She is screaming LEAVE MY COUNTRY ALONE. YOU GOT YOUR OWN AND I AM TIRED OF SHARING AND BEING GENEROUS AND I AM TIRED OF BREAKING MY COUNTRY TO SUPPORT YOURS!!!

Ok sorry, rant done....please forgive me....

[Emmsmom]

Amen!!!

[Janet]

So is this one of those heated debate topics??? lolol

You bet it is!!! I just better stay away from this one, because I wouldn't come out looking very good. Besides it does make me sad to feel the way I do about it, but the anger takes over the sadness!

Well guys, I guess I am being thrown out by all of you then!! I am one of those god awful illegal immigrants! I moved here from Romania when I was 6 and we filed for political asylum within the next month in order to appy for a green card. Well let me tell you, our status is still "pending." I am 22 years old now. My parents have worked SOO hard to get to where we are. They went to night school at the local church to learn English. They each had two jobs. They worked a lot harder than some natural born citizens have to get my family to where we are now. My parents, brother and I each have to pay over $150 a YEAR to be able to work here. They were able to get my brother and I into college. I can gurantee yall that a majority of the jobs that immigrants do have been passed over by citizens (whose ancestors immigrated here just like the current generation is trying to, but that's already been pointed out). Try living in a third world country and then complain about others trying to better their life. My 70 year old grandmother had to stand in line for milk and meat when I was younger. I had never even see a banana when I moved here. I am completely crushed by the lack of compassion shown on this board for people who are trying to give their children opportunities that their home country does not have available. I might not be the "typical mexican immigrant" but I am an immigrant and I dont have a greencard..so by definition I am illegal. But you know what? We pay our taxes and we have worked very very hard for what we have now. Sorry, but I get heated over this, too. Maybe yall should think about putting yourself in someone elses shoes. And not be so selfish with the opportunities that your (immigrant) ancestors provided.