what do you think about immigrants crossing the border to fallow the american dream?
151229
The "American Dream" is the whole world's dream, and the world consists of billions of people. Americans do not have more or less of an intrinsic right to achieve our dreams than any other people in the world. If our conditions were the same in the US, we would also immigrate by any means possible in order to provide for our family. We're rich. Let's share. \n\nBTW all you have to do is look at history to know that culture and language are completely organic and that it is impossible for a culture to somehow preserve their traditions forever.
676356
i don't think so..hey, they aren't just 'illegals' they are people...i'd like to think my view are conservative or at least i used to, but now i just think my views are do the right thing, like would i want that done to me? no and yes are the only answers...so no, i don't think a wall should be put up...they are trying to make a living...and in  knowing some illegals...people...they do do the right things...once they get past the hurdle of crossing the border..they are good people, hard working and loyal to the end..they are the kind of people we pride ourselves to be americans as...they 'eventually' do it right, aside from crossing without a border pass...i live in sd. and i have known, even people that are american as apple pie from hs...who's parents and gpts crossed that way and the families are now successful very successful!  this whole thing about illegals is a bush ploy to direct us away from the money laundering of the government officals and the lame a war we are still fighting that is all a figment of our iiimmaginationss...
738939
I think that is a great idea if they have the WANT or desire to be a citizen.  Some of them are here only to make money (very little) and are doing the jobs that Americans won't do.  There is no way we can keep them from sneaking into our country and I think we should be more worried about the muslims.
338921
People from all nationalities will participate in the marches tomorrow. Pastors, Lawyers, Doctors,sheiks, taxi drivers, factory workers, fruit pickers, immigration advocates,... just to name a few, will participate in the marches. Majority of the marchers are gonna be legal immigrants who have been through the system, some American citizens. I think majority of illegal immigrants might stay home just to stay out of trouble. One thing most people don't realize is that these people are not criminals. They just want a part of the American dream. I bet there are some of them who even want to join the military to fight for the US. Majority of immigrant haters have no idea of what's outside of the United States. When one travels to a different country, one bacomes like a fish out of water. Having immigration issues makes it even worse. You become more like your own prisoner. Home sweet home; there is no place like home. The point I'm trying to make is that America is greatest nation in the world and these people want to be part of it. They risk their lives, leave everything behind just to be part of this great nation. You'll be surprised that some of the illegal immigrants were lawyers, judges, teachers, nurses,doctors,engineers, and so on and so forth; they leave it all behind to adopt this great nation as their home. Not all immigrants are unskilled like people thought. I'm not talking about just Mexicans. I'm talking about immigrants in general.
304453
Yes is a good idea, because theres people from many countries who cross oceans, fences etc who come to these country to work, and provide to their families who live in their home country. And to the Mexican people most of all the border cross them,without their hard work in the fields most of white america will be starving to death. If they want them out so bad I love to see a white person go out to the fields and pick strawberries, they wouldn't even last 5 minutes..........
166152
i don't think it was so much about going to america that was the big deal, but rather the getting the hell away from whatever it was (land competition, war, oppression, bad economics) in their homeland that was making their lives difficult. happy people do not generally emigrate. so, as the daughter of an immigrant, i'd say it was to make a better life than the one they were living. unfortunately, much of that promise is hype rather so much than reality. (a grain of truth in all hype, but it's still hype.)
595451
Good question. It seems to me like there's no use in working the system to enjoy the American dream when you can steal it from America's youth.
235904
Hell no!  I don't expect the same from others who enter the U.S. illegally.  If I was to work and live in another country, I would definitely make sure I went there legally and had at least some knowledge of their language and culture.  I expect the same from foreigners who enter the U.S.
983223
No. They can go back to their own country and either make it better or live in their own squalor, their choice. They shouldn't come here and reap the benefits Americans have worked for, fought for and died for!!\n\nHa,ha--Go Lelani!!  I'm with you Girl!! Give 'er hell!! I hate illegal trash!!!!\n\nLook, ANGIE you POS!  I came here to answer the question posted here. I just stood up for Lelani. She is RIGHT!! If you can't take the truth then TUFF $h1t!! Illegal means 'against the law'. ILLEGAL aliens are people here without following proper LEGAL procedures. This is not their country. They are still citizens of the country they left. They should not even BE here let alone be reaping benefits at the expense of the taxpayer citizens of this country. I'm all for deportation, no amnesty, penalize anyone who hires them, penalize anyone who houses them, no more free or low cost medical for them, no more free lunches. Without the incentives to come here they won't be risking their lives to cross our border illegally. Without the 'freebies' they won't have much of a reason to stay here. They need to go back to their own country and use their, cough, 'intelligence and strength', cough, to make a decent place to live THERE. No other immigrants think they are 'special' like the Hispanic/Latino bunch that illegallly come here. What makes them think we owe them a D@mN thing?  They aren't our people, they aren't our citizens, they haven't done anything FOR the USA. After coming here they definitely COST more than they are worth. WE would be MUCH better off without them. ..........GO HOME!! LEAVE!!\n\nShorty (below) - Pay attention idiot. Look at how many are 'for' and how many are 'against' illegal immigration on just this one question. You are siding with the losers. Your choice. There are many people from many 'poor' countries that would like to come to the USA. IF and WHEN they can get the funds to do so LEGALLY, they DO. They don't just whine and say 'we're poor and just want to feed our families' and then take it upon themselves to enter our country ILLEGALLY. You can see that many of THOSE people REALLY are starving, their children are dying for lack of nutrition. The USA sends aid to those countries, but we can not take in millions of starving people into our country. People south of our border don't look like they are starving in that way. They don't look emaciated. They aren't 'starving', that's a ball-faced lie! They just want to freeload off AMERICANS. Americans are gathering up weapons and ammunition, they have formed vigilante groups, we are going to take back our country with or without the government blessings. Illegals and their supporters are walking on thin ice. A rebellion is near. Hang around it's coming.
1027478
Yes, I love it!  I look on the internet news daily for more stories like the one about the mayor of Hazelton, PA, or Sheriff Joe in Arizona, or big unexpected roundups of illegals in different cities.  It does my heart proud to see the citizens of the USA standing up against this injustice that the government has allowed to occur and get out of hand - illegal immigration.  I believe the power of the American citizens is now snowballing against illegal immigration and whether the Federal Government wants to or not, they are going to have to listen to the people whom they work for, and act accordingly.  The days of the freebies and handouts for illegal immigrants are quickly coming to an end and the smart ones will start planning their own voluntary self-deportations now, rather than wait until they are found and shipped out, possibly leaving family members behind in the USA.  Better they start planning and get themselves organized for an orderly return to their home countries before they get caught by immigration officials or the police or their landlord or their employer.  This way, if they have lived cleanly in the USA so far, without committing further offences since they first illegally came over the border, they have a hope of returning legally one day, if they go home now and apply to immigrate to the USA through the proper procedures.  WAKE UP ILLEGALS!  Do yourselves and your families a favour and return yourselves in an orderly fashion now, while you still can.  Otherwise, don't cry and whine when you get caught and shipped out on a moment's notice, when you aren't ready.  The jig is up!  Amnesty is NOT coming!!  Wake up and smell the coffee!
301344
DISAGREE!!!\n\ncause this place will be screwd without us. Im a citizen and all but hey IM MEXICAN and PROUD! You all eat our foods we take of ur kids, and ur stores. I disagree cause everyone has a chance in life to have a great life and thats all they want they want the american dream the same way you have it. They dont do this for them they do it for there family. to help them grow better and have things they never had as a kid. Thats my opinon(Ithink i spelled it wrong)LOL... though.
596293
Ok, take a look here..\n\nhttp://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/03/MNGM2B4KCE1.DTL\n\nAlot of the people who try to cross the border die trying. It's not like they are trying to walk across Ohio in June they are crossing a desert.\n\nMost of the folks that the border guards pick up are in great need of help. \n\nPutting soldiers down there will do 2 things.\n\nSave more lives of those that do try and cross.\n\nand \n\nPrevent more loss of life from failed crossing attempts.\n\nIf you want to come to America, bully for you. But do it the right way. Fill out the forms and wait like the rest of us who came over.\n\nRisking your life is not a great idea. If you are in need of asylum then it is something that can be done. But if you just wish to make a new life in the states. Do the right thing and it will work out for you.\n\nTroops are there as a safety net. Keeping people from hurting themselves, cutting down on smuggling and other practices that do America no great favor.
636832
Who do you think paid for all the equipment, research & development and technology to get the oil out of Mexico. The USA, correct, here ya go Mexico, pump it out... we'll even buy it.  NAFTA, here ya go Mexico, jobs Americans once held, now belong to you. Mexicans, like the people of Iraq, like US people collecting welfare, need to do it themselves.  We can't do it for them even if we wanted to.  \nA person appreciates the fruits of their own hard work more than something given buy another.  We hold ourselves to this standard everyday, but don't or have less faith in non-Americans, or poor Americans.\nMexicans to often state the "we are all immigrants or decendents of", yes true.  However, name one other group of immigrants who harbored such pride for their home country after setting foot in the US, like the Mexicans.  Mexico is  worse than most countries our ancestors came from.  I was born in the US, my ancestry is from France, if I grew up with my parents telling me France was better, I'd be like "then why the hell are here"?  "I'm American now, I can't go back to France?"  Real parents wouldn't do that to their children.  Mexicans are being selfish, they won't even let their kids, who are Americans, be American.  Three generations of totally confused Mexican-American kids.  We are all from different places, but the thing that Unites us is that we are American.  We all come from different places for an opportunity like no other.  A place you can make your great idea a reality.  A place where creativity is encouraged.  A place you can live how you want to live so long as it's not harming others who want to do the same, including parts of nature.  A place you have to make a sacrefice for inorder to gain something you consider greater, like a dangerous boat ride or a cut on a barbed wire fence. Big or small the risk was worth it to make, not receive, something better.  If you came here expecting a gift, your in the wrong place.  This is not the "Easy way out country", this is the land hard work and determination.  This is not the "they have more, so they should take care of me" hangout.  Some have it easier than others, but if you get the tougher road, only the weak turn back.  Some have it easier because someone before them worked hard.    \nWhy do Americans feel we need or have the ability to fix other countries? We are the youngest country, Mexico has been around longer than us.  They kicked out Spain & France who probably treated them better than the current gov.  That's why I can't understand "Mexican Pride" in the US, or in Mexico.  Cinco de Mayo represents the day they defeated the French, but the French less than 6 months later took it back.  What can you be prowd of then or now?  Holding the title "Most corrupt government" or "Don't drink the water there", come on.  If they really had pride, they would do everything to better Mexico.  If Mexicans had pride, they wouldn't be F-ing over other Mexicans, cops wouldn't be hustling $50 bucks from every US visitor, people in the country would be pissed with those who flee, those who flee wouldn't be so damn prowd of the place they fleed from.  It's crazy.  12mil prowd Mexicans could go back to Mexico and with others in Mexico, turn Mexico around, instead they will hinder Mexican-Americans from making progress in America.  We know you'd rather wave the Mexican flag, I felt bad seeing you wave the Stars and Stripes, because you were advised to.  Go back to Mexico and set a goal, do the jobs Mexicans aren't doing.  It'll be tough, but not trying will guarantee a life of wondering "What if?"  \nWatch Braveheart...
479742
Yes, and I certaintly hope so.  They are illegal because gaining lawful citizianship, or even temp. visas are time consuming and expensive.  Lets face it, the reason these people are here illegally is becasue they need money, so what sence does it make for the fees to be so high?  its almost as if the Government WANTS the illegals because without them we would be in a sad shape.  everyone can moan and groan about it, but bottom line is, Americans are to proud and some too lazy to work in a field all day picking vegtables or cotton for pennies a bushal.  Without them, our ecomony would improve?  Doubt it.  Without them more jobs?  Perhaps, but the jobs they will/would leave are ones Americans simpily dont want.  These people come here to support their families back home, and really if it came down to it, shoe on other foot I would do the same.  we would all do whats best for our children, even if it was illegal I think.  Exp.  If my baby needed milk and I had no money or no one to help, I would steal it!  Bottom line, and thats all theya re doing to.  REFORM IMMIGRATION, changes laws to help them become legal (even temp.) but dont just ship em' off they need us and we them.
46245
Americans with communications skills like yours really can't blame anyone else for their employment troubles, and anyone who thinks this is washing away the American Dream doesn't have the faintest idea what it really means to be an American.\n\nThat being said, illegal immigration is a problem, and it's a problem for one simple reason. We have an system that turns immigration into a burden rather than an opportunity.\n\nThere's absolutely nothing wrong with the idea of someone leaving their homeland and coming to the US to make a new and/or improved life for themselves and their family. However, our government of the last several decades has created and perpetuated an entitlement society. By creating a 'safety net' that attempts to ensure the welfare of everyone (no matter how unproductive they choose to be), we have turned immigration into a burden that drags upon our nation.
395959
Worse-\nThis is b/c every other potential illegal in Mexico will think it is ok to come over b/c they will eventually be automatically naturalized.  Also what is the point in paying the Border Patrol Millions of Dollars every year if this is the case?  It would be a waste of 100's of millions of dollars over the last decade in tax payers money protecting the borders.
633786
It is definitely a stupid idea. A fence...really. I mean think about it.\nIf you have a problem with like this...there are two things you can do...cut off the SUPPLY (prevent the supply of people from getting into the US by building a wall) or cut off the DEMAND (2 ways to cut off demand- first being to help Mexico raise its economy to such a level that nobody wants to leave to find work elsewhere...the second being to raise wages for migrant workers here in the US so that US citizens WANT to take the work). Right now, evidently none of the millions of unemployed WANT to take migrant agriculture work. They would rather just sit and accept unemployment. Well, if we are paying unemployment $$ anyway, how about shifting it to subsidize some WORK. that's right...the unemployed that receive $$$ actually have to WORK for their money. A few things happen: 1) the jobs get taken by US citizens 2)The unemployed actually WORK for the checks they are getting 3)For the $$ the US is paying in unemployment -which they will be paying anyway- the US actually gets some WORK done 4) the unemployed gain a job skill 5) the unemployed may realize that migrant agricultural work is really really hard...and that may motivate them to look for something else 6) We save money on not building a wall, not having to patrol a huge border as much, not employing all the police etc to bring people BACK to Mexico, etc. What a great idea!!