If ILLEGAL Mexicans want to be American so strongly why do they continue to fly?
348439
THANK YOU! \n\nmy fiancee just said this to me yesterday...mexico is supposed to be "sooo bad" but they sure as hell are not hesitant to act like they still live there...\n\na "respected" principal here in houston even had the audacity to fly the mexican flag alongside the texas and united states flag at his high school...the nerve of some people...one would think that american citizens are the criminals and that we are infringing upon on "their rights"...\n\nmexico is profiting from our downfall...
723117
Once again, I totally agree with you on this subject. I that when immigrants come over here and don't won't want to become citizens that they are just taking advantage of us and that their plans are to just use and abuse our economy and go back where they come from later after they have soaked up everything that they can. \n\nAlso, if they came over here b/c America is a great place, then why do they expect us to change our language, lifestyles etc....... If their own land was so unbearable to them that they couldn't live there, why do they want to turn our country into the same place?\n\n That was a great question! I know I have a lot of mad people out there who are reading this, but those are my feelings about this and my feelings will not change as long as I see my country getting run over by illegal immigrants.
436449
That sounds like my situation. \nSupport what you agree with, not what you feel like you have to have allegiance to, be that your country or your family. Personally, I don't think you have to choose. The illegals don't want to be illegal, that's the point of all the political movements going on lately. They want to be citizens. So you can support America, support your right toward free speech and freedom of demonstration, and support your family all at the same time, without it being a contradiction.
492953
to me, an American is a person who has the right to say and do what they need to do to protect their country. if that means telling the mexicans to get the hell out of my country than so be it. i am an American an proud of it.
660732
they wanna come here work hard thinking we'll want them to stay ,but as soon as they come legal it will all stop there losers that want a free ride your right ,the mexican women thats what there used to spreading there legs an they know american men like that,so they think that will get them a free ride here ,,well they should go home to mexico an fix there country,,,bye,,,i didnt even notice they were gone monday, hopefully they stay gone..
501065
Playing the race card, and race bating is all they can do.  They know they broke the law by entering illegally.\n\nAmericans are not racist when all they want from its immigrants is for them to obey the laws of the country they want to enter.
331033
Just for starters--it is agaisnt the law. They do not go back and they are on welfare. There are numerous programs that our tax dollars pay that support illegal immigrants.\n\nOther reasons--they undermine those that go to the trouble of getting a green card or work permit.\nThey are cheap labor and because they are illegal--often are abused by the American companys that hire them--they have no recourse because of their status.\n\nThey directly effect the wages Americans earn.\n\nI lived in El Paso for 20 yrs and we would go to the over pass and watch them run over. We all knew we could not go to that part of town because it is dangerous as not everyone coming over is doing so for work.\n\nToday--with the terror threat--we need to control our borders or we are sitting ducks.\nI am not anti-immigration but we have laws and I can tell you that it is not hard for those in mexico to get work permits.\n\nWhere I live now we have many from Eastern Europe and they do not go back either--they dont like us but they want to stay here.\nThey too tap into special programs and buy houses, cars and recieve business loans.\n\nI could go on and on just with my own personal experience but I will leave at the simple fact that for every honest hard working illegal there are two more with him/her that are up to no good.
765390
everyone wants to be american...dont they?
239177
Because their true allegiance is with Mexico, not America.  They want the 40 million illegal aliens to remain here and send all their money to Mexico.....)(
1005332
Mexicans dont come here to become "Americans".    They think the land was stolen from Mexico, and is rightfully theirs.  They see us as an occupying force.   They don't respect our laws, and they don't want to learn english.  They are not here to intigrate into american culture (or assimulate), they are here to take over thru shear numbers over time.   A million here, a million there, and overtime they will become the majority in some areas.  They will be the power, and americans are too damn dumb to stop them.    \n\nWhine, whimper, boo hoo...but we can't deport 30 million...sniffle...people.   You guttless wimps!!!  why can't we?   Why can't  we at least try instead of whining like a bunch of sissyboys.    We can do anything we put our minds too and nothing is impossible.  \n\nKick those bean eaters out and make them come back legally.
473159
The key word is "illegal" as in not legal, as in wrong, as in shouldn't do it, as in not right. America has many flaws but one of our strengths is the legal system. What I find incomprehensible is that you would want to base a society on illegal principles as in I will cross another countries border, take up residence and not abide by their laws. My question to you is which laws do you decide to follow and which laws do you ignore and how do you arrive at your decision ? Do you want a society like Mexico where you have to bribe public officials and the police? I have lived in my country 52 years and not once have I had to or wanted to bribe a public official or policeman. On the other hand it is routine to do so in Mexico. What is also routine is bad water, disease and poverty. Do I hate Mexicans? Absolutely not. I want as many of them over here as possible speaking Spanish among themselves but English in general society, just as my German and Irish ancestors had to.Most of all I want them to follow the same laws as my ancestors followed. I do not want a Mexican legal system or culture dominating my life and my country  . We fought a war over that once and I have no desire to fight another one.\n\nLet me repeat I do not hate Mexicans but I will love the Mexican without agreeing to have the poverty, disease and disregard for the law imposed on me. This is my country and it is yours too as long as you follow the law, pay your taxes and learn the language. You would expect no less of me if I wanted to be a citizen of Mexico and common courtesy decency and respect would demand it.\n\nThis is a serious matter and it does not seem wise to me to expect reconquista. It will not happen.\n\nI just read Recoba 01's post. You need to know that I am not intimidated by Mexicans and do not think you are going to take my job. The rules are clear . Get your education, work hard compete fairly and then if you "take" my job all power to you. Mexicans are certainly capable of competeing with the best. As a native born American I am willing to live and let live, treat everyone with respect but as a slogan on one of the early American Flags put it. "Don't tread on me"
244042
Because chances are the person carrying the flag is an illegal who wants to keep Mexican citizenship but work in the US for all the financial advantages.  Demonstrations by illegals should be dispersed by riot police and the participants arrested, and the Mexican flags burned.  Their arrogant ways and demands for the right to steal from American taxpayers is an affront to every US citizen.  There should be no tolerance at all for these Mexican flag-wavers.  The problem is only going to get worse.\n\nAnd continued incursions into the US by the Mexican Army should be met by a declaration of war.
594955
The Mexicans are wanting to take over parts of the United States in order to claim it for their own country. Their strategy is to overwhelm our country's resources through massive illegal immigration, and they are winning. Their alligiance is to Mexico. They do not even want United States citizenship. They are demonstrating for amnesty just to keep from being punished for their crimes, not to get citizenship.\n\nA small sampling of the movement to Mexicanize America is in the following links. An example is in this quoted passage:\n\n"Even as organizers urged marchers to display U.S. flags, the theme of reclaiming "stolen" land remained strong. One popular banner read: "If you think I'm illegal because I'm a Mexican, learn the true history because I'm in my homeland." \n\n"We need to change direction," said Jose Lugo, an instructor in Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder at a campus march last week. "And by allowing these 50,000, 50 million [immigrants] to come in here, we can do that." \n\nThe revolutionary tone has surprised even longtime immigration watchers such as Ira Mehlman, the Los Angeles-based spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform. \n\n"I've always been skeptical myself about this [reconquista], but what I've seen over the last few weeks leads me to believe that there's more there than I thought," Mr. Mehlman said. \n\n"You're seeing people marching with Mexican flags chanting, 'This is our country.' I don't think that we can dismiss this as youthful exuberance or a bunch of hotheads," he said. "
689976
LMAO MY SON SAID TO ME LAST NIGHT WATCHING THE NEWS MOM IF THEY WANT TO BE AMERICANS WHY ARE THEY HOLDING A MEXICAN FLAG CHANTING USA.....ITS PATHETIC AS I HAVE SAID A MILLION TIMES IF YOU ARE ILLEGAL YOU DO NOT HAVE RIGHTS....GO BACK TO MEXICO AND WAVE YOUR FLAG....
110269
To get to the other side.  Ha, ha.  \n\nNo seriously, Mexicans come here for any number of reasons, but from what I've heard they usually do it for better economic opportunites.  \n\nBut sometimes it is for education, or to learn English and see new places, meet new people, or to do business, sell stuff to gringos or to buy some Nike shoes and Coca-Cola and see Mickey at Disneyworld, some people are escaping persecution, violent spouses, drug mafia bent on murder and kidnapping.  I've known Mexicans who have come here for each and every one of those reasons.  Basically they are just like us and travel for the same reasons anyone goes from one country to another.
486950
I can't speak for "who would want to," but Mexico is known as having some of the most draconian immigration laws in the world. It's funny that a government that actually encourages its citizens to violate the immigration laws of another country are the first to say "we don't want illegals here."\n\nQuite ironic.
595176
They wave that flag because they don't want to assimilate into America, they just want the money and stay Mexican.  They are the only so called immigrants to do this.  Send 'em packing.