Why do some immigrants try to enter the US illegally?
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Because that is the path of least resistance.  The easiest way, no need to wait, no need to pay fees or complete applications or pass physical exams.  They are also encouraged to do so by their own governments.
221350
I don't understand why immigration laws make it so hard to get into the country. If we're really what the statue of liberty says, a place for the tired, the poor, the "huddled masses yearning to breathe free", how can we blatantly refuse to allow certain people in? I'm all in favor of strong background checks and stronger border security, but if a person poses no threat, why are we refusing to let them in?
439761
Some do try but for the most part they do not even try\nThis Country makes it so easy for them to get away with not knowing even though Our laws state they must read and write English to get citizenship here but they still get it.\nWe make it to easy
368953
because thats the only thing they can say to someone who disagrees with illegals being here. they know they aren't suppose to be here, and that there is no real excuse for it. So when someone says they want illegals to be deported, then they are a racist.
203673
I am Mexican and I lived in the US, but I was not illegal. Most illegal immigrants have a bad way of life and for them the US is the only opportunity to have a better life. I know that it is illegal and wrong, but for most of them, life did get better and it makes me feel good because I HATE seeing anything suffer. The reason why illegals go to the US is that they see the American way of life, and they wish they had such a good quality of life, and unfortunately, in Mexico, many people have a bad quality of life.
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Americans welcome any immigrant if he/she is here legally. Those that aren't are not only trying to bypass the system but put the whole country at risk, because HOW DO WE KNOW that they are here for peaceful purposes? Illegal is illegal...and we have no way of knowing if you are here to simply earn more money for your family OR are here to cause harm to the nation...or at the very least prey on innocent citizens. Look at the large percentage of illegals that comprise the criminal activity in America. That's why ANY illegal has to be screened in order to weed out those that are here for non-peaceful purposes.
387676
because they are not supposed to be here...hence the term ILLEGAL...
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Citizens are lazier than immigrants.\n\nCitizens want things handed to them.
309241
racist want white supremacy, the people you and I encounter with want illegals out because they think they are avoiding the law, which might be true, but still they don't know of any hardships these people go through when risking their lives to cross the border. I am not making excuses for them but realistically how are they going to point out all illegals? Hard workers who are illegals come here to do what their little prissy hands won't, and they say illegals are taking their jobs. i highly doubt they and their ancesstors sprung from US soil, literally.
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Many people are FOR immigration-- legal immigration that is.
689205
I think the main reasons are the wall in the border and the new penalty to the illegal alliens including jail . but they are not only trying to avoid this , but also to gain more rights for the illegal aliens .(citizen rights without been citizen)
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It is not easy to get into this country legally, but most things worth doing are not easy.  As you said no other country, including Mexico, allows free and undeterred migration to their country so why should the USA.  The USA is a major terrorist target and we must KNOW who is coming into our country to protect our people and property from attack. It is about the greater good.  We could open our boarders and allow any and all who want to cross to come in but then how safe would they be after the bombings, gassing and killings started.
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There are actually legal and illegal immigrants.  The terem illegal immigrant refers to someone who has entered a country without going through the proper legal processes to become a citizen of that country.  This usually occurs when the person does not have any skills that the country they are trying to enter wants and are instead denied entry to that country.
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John Smith doesn't want immigrants out.  He wants ILLEGAL immigrants out.  Immigrants that come through the proper channels of the immigration process have a care and respect for the United States that goes beyond money.  They are required to support themselves or they will be deported.  Because they are here legally, they are paid on the books and thus earn a legalwage and pay taxes.
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Wildfl0wer seems to be on this kick that since the US is the land of the free with justice for all that illegals can march into the country and do whatever the hell they feel like. Sadly, this common viewpoint, is however wrong. And very much so. \n\nNo, we are not all immigrants, no we did not all immigrate to the US at one point in time. Most africans were brought here as slaves, while quite a few irish and other caucasian nationalities were brought over as cheap labor or indentured servants. Others are descendents from the multitude of families that were the original founding families of this nation. In all cases that doesn't make them immigrants. This is just an ignorant pro-immigration arguement that is as tired as the day is long...\n\nYes, we would pick fruit and clean houses. Guess what, prior to the surge of illegal immigration and cheap under-the-table labor that the criminals(and you are criminals, you broke the law by coming here) brought to the states American citizens preformed those jobs on a daily basis. Don't believe you're special just because your people now seem to have the perverbial market cornered on that type of labor industry. We did it before, and I guarentee you that there are legal US citizens right now who would be damned happy to have that job.\n\nAnd onto the topic at hand, do these criminals have a right to protest? No, they do not. They have no rights as far as I'm concerned. They've done nothing to earn any rights or privledges other then the cost of a tank of gas to export them back to where they came from. \n\nIf we were to protest in half the countries that illegals come from we would be jailed or worse. \n\nAnd don't fool yourselves, when you're crying out against any sort of law that is pre-established by the governing system you are in fact protesting against that very government because they were the ones to make it. Don't try to cop an excuse that you're not protesting the government, just the law because they are the same thing. Any other belief is a fallacy of logic.\n\nUntil you have a green card that says you're a citizen, you have no rights or freedoms granted by the contstitution. And depending on your line of work, even then they don't apply to you. What gives me the right to even say this? Freedom of speech, because I *AM* a US citizen. And my job gives me the right because every day I go out to defend it against the people of this world who would like nothing more then to see America in ashes. \n\nI, personally, am tired of tax payer dollars wasted on those who don't pay taxes. The money spent to educate these criminals has much better potential of use by making changes and reforms in our existing education system and raising that to a level that's comprable to the rest of the world. Quit wasting money on illegals, put it to good use teaching our legal children.
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Illegal immigrants make up a huge chunk of the base of the work force, pay taxes (both on their pay and in sales taxes, etc), keep money moving around the system just like anyone who lives here (by buying groceries, gas, clothes, etc), and actually receive less in social services than legal immigrants because they're not able to get many social services without paperwork (despite what certain right-wing lies you might hear).
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Because we dont want illegal immigrants but if you come into the country legally, not everyone would have a problem.