Why do Americans complain about the illegal immigrants?
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I don't hate illegals.  I am sure they are wonderful people.  What I dislike is that they are criminals, just like any other criminal in the U.S.  I know people who have gone the legal route to become a U.S. citizan.  Some have had to wait for fifteen years.  They appreicate their citizanship and understand what it is to be here.  They learned the language and have adjusted to being American.  How many other countries would allow this sort of crap?  I can imagine Italians moving illegally into Austria and making them speak Italian, or Mexicans into Canada or Russians into India or China.  Yeah right...\n\nAs far as them doing jobs that no one wants to do, that is total BS.  An American was doing that job before Gorge, Jesus or whoever came along.  Now, that American is unemployed because what they are qualified to do pays nothing anymore because the companies only want to hire illegals for $3.00 per hour or whatever.  So, that American gets on welfare because they can't make it, and I end up paying for them.    \n\nThere is no reason for us to let these people in here.  It is not good for our country.  We may be the Land of The Free, but we are not a Free For All.  If you want to be here, then learn our language so I don't have to learn yours just to become employed  (Your ILLEGAL), make a dammed effort to become an American and do it the legal way.  Otherwise get deported back to your country and stay there.  We don't need imported criminals.  We have enough of them already.\n\nI care about the other issues, too, but illegals being here is a cancer eating our society alive and it needs to be taken care of.  It is a serious issue that affects all of us right now.  It affects employment, welfare, taxes, culture, crime, among other things.  Why wouldn't it be a topic in the news?
687445
Well, please tell me then, why do they come to the US and start badmouthing the US and her citizens?  Why do they say things like, "We're here to take over the USA!"  Why do they say, "We are here, so get used to it?"  Why do they swing their Mexican flags around, instead of the American flag?  Why do they sing the American Anthem in Spanish, instead of in English?  Don't they know that is repugnant to the American citizens?  Why do they seem to be trying to take advantage of the generosity of the USA, such as stealing SSNs, fraudulently collecting welfare, using the medical system without paying for it?  Why do they yell, "We do jobs you lazy Americans won't do?" when, really, they are undercutting the Americans who would gladly do those jobs for a living wage?  A lot of the jobs they are doing for less than minimum wage would be gladly done by our unemployed or by our high school students, if they could at least get paid minimum wage or better, but when the Mexicans will do them for much less, they take those jobs away from American citizens.  And, the Mexicans can only afford to do those jobs for such cheap wages because they don't pay all the taxes and other deductions on their wages that the American citizens have to pay and they are willing to live with an unbelievable number of people in a small residence, so they don't pay much living costs and still have lots of money to send home.  In my mind, if they were really thankful to be able to come to the USA to provide better for their families back home, they would not do these things.  As well, they would not be protesting in our streets - that really turns the legal citizens against them - don't they realize that?  We feel they should be protesting in the streets of their own country - trying to fix things there, not trying to force us to accept them here.
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Because we have too many bleeding hearts here. If they are illegals (Mexican or otherwise - ie, not a race thing) they legally do NOT have American rights. But, hey, whatever. Why have laws? They only keep order and keep everything turning to sh*t - IF THEY ARE INFORCED from the beginning. \n\nNow, we have the people saying, "it's mean to deport them. They have been here so long." Well, it is like this. People (again - OF ANY RACE) who walk right into the country and get comfortable here is the same thing, but on a larger scale, as someone walking right in your house and plopping down on your couch. Would you let that happen? If you did let it happen, and the guy gets a friend to come and live in your house - both eatting and using your electricity and such, would you let both of them? You can't afford to keep paying for their food and electricity. They aren't giving you rent (ie taxes). Oh, sure, they have been in your house for so long. They love it there. But so what? THEY DON'T BELONG THERE. They aren't paying you anything. If they really wanted to live there, they should have gotten a lease (ie green card) and been paying something to help with what they were taking. \n\nAnd I strayed from the original point. Basicly, we as a nation have been too nice. They are watching what channels they want, and (by protesting and using the rights that AMERICANS (of all backrounds) fought to keep) painted the walls of your house what colors they wanted. Time to evict. Sorry, but you wouldn't allow it in your home, would you?
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Even white Americans are racist against  Americans, spouting stuff about "work that Americans won't do" and attacking American citizens claiming we aren't real Americans while they are defending these illegal aliens who are invading.\n\nThe illegal Mexican immigrants are invading this country trying to take it over. It's encouraged by Mexico and the American businesses who use them for cheap labor. Their loyalty is to Mexico. They proved that during one of the first rallies when they took down the American flag, hung up the Mexican flag, and then hung the American flag upside down underneath it. THAT is how they feel about America. \n\nhttp://michellemalkin.com/archives/004869.htm\n\nThen the people who want to appease them pull out the excuses about how people who are not even alive now, and haven't been for hundreds of years, 'stole' the land from the American Indians. Even American politicians are carrying out this traitorous attack on our sovereignty! If this keeps up, the United States of America will become a 3rd world country, just like Mexico! Mexico's problems are not the fault of Americans, but they are becoming our problems because the Mexicans are invading us and bringing their problems with them.\n\nThe illegals make up about 5 % of the work force. The unemployment rate is about 4.5%. Keep in mind that the unemployment rate does NOT represent everyone who is unemployed. It only counts those who are collecting unemployment. Everyone else's plight is ignored. The unemployment rate if everyone was counted would be tremendous. We do NOT have a shortage of labor, we have a large surplus. The more illegals that come in and take our jobs at minimum wage or less (often less) puts more and more Americans out of a job. Most of these Americans are never counted in the unemployment rate if they do not manage to get unemployment benefits. Unemployment benefits are hard to receive.\n\nIllegals draw welfare by stealing people's social security numbers and identities. That means there are a lot of people being directly hurt by these people as well. Innocent people are having their credit ratings ruined, having IRS problems, and social security problems. If someone who has had their social security number stolen gets married, if either spouse dies or become disabled then they can be denied their benefits. \n\nMy family moved to the US before WWII. Those of my family that didn't make it over got killed by the death camps. Our family assimilated to the American culture. We didn't expect the Americans to change to suit us. The illegal immigrants from Mexico are not civilized like that.\n\nThey not only changed the National Anthem to Spanish, they changed the words. They already burn our flag and hang our flag upside down. They waved the Mexican flag during a lot of their protests. Some schools have stopped hanging the American flag and forbidden students from wearing clothes with any part of the American flag on their clothing all to keep from offending the Mexicans. It's nothing short of an attack of our country, not only by the illegal aliens, but those who seek to appease them. \n\nI am tired of the stereotype that Americans wouldn't do the work that illegals do. Illegals do all kinds of jobs for less than minimum wage which drives the wages down for U.S. citizens. Construction jobs are an example. There are lots of illegals doing construction jobs that Americans used to do because the companies can keep more of the profits if they pay less for the workers. All that does is make companies wealthier and Americans poorer. Illegals are stealing jobs that Americans have done for years.
1130817
I totally agree with Angela and Monica. Americans talk about immigrants like Hitler and the Nazis did about the Jews immigrants come to the U.S. in search of a better life and all the bad things you hear about immigrants like them not paying taxes or being lazy an uneducated are lies I came to the U.S with my family when I was 7 at the moment I'm 13 my dad always pays his taxes on time and he works extremely hard he leaves at \n7 a.m. and comes back at around 10 p.m.and the thing about us being uneducated that's a lie and Americans you complain but as I recall you stole this land from people who already lived here you stole their land exploited and killed them and one more thing some Americans think that just because an immigrant comes to this nation he can't love his homeland and his flag to those people I say \nVIVA MEXICO AND THE USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's simple:\n1. Americans ARE NOT against LEGAL immigration.\n2. Illegals get free health care and education that US citizens pay\n3. The do not speak English and want services/signs in Spanish.\n4. They multiply exponentially and WE have to pay the bills.\n5. Many are criminals bringing their crimes here.\n6. They do not abide by US laws \n7. Etc.
354183
Because people are so racisits and sterotypical.  They forget that America was founded on immigrants, and that our country would not be what it is today without the immigrants who shed blood to build it.  People look at Spanish people as just a bunch of illegal criminals, and forget we have our own criminals.  As Americans who live in the greatest country in the world, we have decided (some of us not all) (Exclude me lol) think we are better than anyone, when in reality, lets face it, if not for immigrants coming in and doing the mundane jobs, we as Americans would be in a pinch.  Just let these hipocrites on here be stupid and full of it because when it comes down to it, they are fooling no one but themselves.
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Immigrants "in general" don't suffer from humiliation or ingnorance from Americans.\n\nEntering a country without following the legal procedures OF that country's LAWS is much more serious than throwing paper on the sidewalk or running a red light. Once a person enters the country illegally that is only the beginning of the string of OTHER laws they break. Everything they do from that day forward is ILLEGAL. They must use a fake, forged, stolen or 'rented' ID to get ANYTHING. They use those ID's to get a Drivers license, a job, housing and abuse our federal assistance by getting AFDC, food stamps, section 8 housing, social security, etc.  Those people are not 'starving', they aren't coming here to just 'feed their families'.  They have other plans and it is not so  peaceful and innocent. \n\nThe don't get respect from Americans because they ARE here illegally.\n\nThey suck up billion$ in federal aid.\n\nThey disrespect our laws and flew our flag upside down beneath theirs.\n\nThey reap what they sow.\n\nThey should be deported, ASAP!\n\nYes, we are all human and we all work and are tired at the end of the day working for our families. We are doing it the country in which we are citizens and we are paying TAXES from those paychecks to support ILLEGAL immigrants who do not pay taxes, use OUR taxpaid assistance and are NOT EVEN CITIZENS of our country.\n\nIt's not ignorance nor humiliation they get from us. \n\nIt's RESENTMENT!\n\n We resent the fact we support the illegals who are not citizens of our country, we resent the way they claim they 'do jobs Americans won't do'..for slave wages, we resent the fact that the wages of our poorest, low skilled Americans wages have been depressed to 3rd world status.
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We have fair enough immigration laws.  In fact we have some of the easiet immigration policies in the world.  That is why Americans are so angry about the illegal aliens who believe that because they went through hell to get here, and break their first law by illegal entry, Americans, and legal immigrants owe them something.  I have friends, and family that have gone through the legal migration process, and they say it is the easiest that they know of, that is why they chose to migrate here.\nSo, to all illegals that are crying that the immigration laws are too hard to be followed, I say bull hockey!\nThere are millions of legal immigrants waiting desperatley to be allowed in, why should they have to pay for someone else to come here illegally.  And, now that the problem of illegal aliens has become so big, Americans and legal immigrants must stand together to stop the theft of our country, and our people by these people that have chosen to be criminals in our country.
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Why do you have to make your question about an illegal immigrant, if you say you love immigrants. Why can't you just make your issue on the mere fact that this person is harassing you? Take action on that matter with the proper authorities. I was surfing the web for answers and came across all of the ridiculous questions people were asking about illegal immigrants and I felt I had to respond. I thought America was the great melting pot. It was made by people from different countries. Yes some will say they weren't illegal. No one was considered illegal back then. People could come and go into places as they chose. Why can't others do that today. I know there are a lot of issues with terrorists but they seem to be from a certain country. We still need to watch each person carefully just as we need to watch all of our own citizens who murder, rape and abuse us. The Mexican immigrants trying to come into the U.S. are only trying to make money for their families in Mexico, to send back to them. The country is very poor. Why do we as Americans get to go to Mexico and live there when we retire? I have researched Mexico and seen that many elderly people go to Mexico to retire. They have made large retirement villages there. They live rich lifestyles because it is cheap to live with such things as paying $15.00 a week for a maid. Can you believe that? Why do we get to go there and they can't come and live here? We as Americans get to travel many places to visit but we see nothing wrong with that, we're Americans. Why do Americans think they are above the rest? I don't know! Look at all of the movie stars like, George Clooney, who has a house in Paris, or wherever it is, then there's, Angelina Jolie, with her many houses in different countries. All of the stars do that, just like a lot of other non-famous people do. I was reading another question about the child support that was closed. I know someone who is an illegal immigrant from Mexico and the American girl is in the process of getting child support from him. I also know that all of the illegal immigrants who work here in the U.S. get paychecks and each of those paychecks has money taken from it for taxes of sorts, just like ours. This has happened for many years. Where does all of this money go since they are illegal, to the government and to the American people who are receiving retirement checks monthly. The illegals will never use that money because they will not retire from here when they get old. America is using the illegals just as they are using us for help. Why can't we go as we please as long as we abide by the laws of each place. If we don't abide just use the jails; like we use for all of the other millions of American inmates. \nWhat is the wrong in them being here? Only that people here are still prejudice and will always be; even the people who go to church, pretending they are so good. God didn't make us all so we could hate each other. We are all the same just spread throughout the world. Sure we are all shades of different colors, we have to be. Each part of the world has different climates and our skin has to protect us from it. People with very pale skin couldn't live as all of the village people in Africa do without being burnt daily. The skin tone protects each person from the climate of each region. Americans were just lucky enough to live in a climate that has both cold and hot seasons that don't effect our skin as much.\n\nSorry I used your question as a venting tool.
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WHAT DON'T YOU PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE THESE PEOPLE ARE BREAKING THE LAW.  When millions of Europeans came over the United States (ellis island ring a bell?), they went through the system.  They applied, they worked, they waited.  The first thing they DIDN'T do when they got to this country was break a law!\n\nThere is a right way to do things, and obviously these people have not done that.  Yes, these people have families, but it OUTRAGES me that they work here and send their hard earned money back to their families in other countries, instead of putting the money back into this country, our society that they "so desperately want to me a part of."  Because all the while that they're working here MY TAX MONEY is supporting their medical bills, school systems, and prison system when they get in trouble.  I am TIRED of paying out the *** so someone can live the American dream. WHEN DO I GET TO LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM?  When is my country going to stand up for me, an american citizen instead of giving a rip about the other countries in the world.  \n\nOur government is laying their weight upon the middle class citizens, burdening tax systems, handing out kick backs.  Did you know that 3 days of fighting in Iraq costs the American people more money than an entire years allocation of AIDS research, alternative energy programs, low income legal aid, and Headstart combined.  And now, they are more concerned about the feelings of illegals, non-citizens, who need to support their families in poorer counties.  This is not about race!!  They need to be concerned about our families, here, now, job-less, struggling to fill up the gas tank, struggling to keep food on the table.  It's not people in the ghetto or on the streets.  It's people in the suburbs too.  I DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.  Please wave your flags in another country.\n\nI agree whole-heartedly with your comments.
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don't blame the Mexicans, blame our govmt. who hasn't done anything in the last 15 yrs about illegal immigration. Blame the banks and business for having "press 1 for espanol", after all this is just the blame game right. our country has changed because of them and the US is the only one to blame. People will be treated the way they allow themselves to be treated, so eventually all illegal immigrants will have amnesty. And Americans will have to stop crying and start doing their own dirty laundry and cutting their own lawns. Too late to do something now, they r here to stay. we should do something to prevent any more form coming NOW, so we don't have this problem again in 10 years.
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You mention numerous good points. Truth is, illegal immigrants themselves (Mexicans or others) are not the problem. It is the failure of the American Gov. and the American peopele. The gov guys are too busy trying to get reelected and make some $$$$ for themselves and their families. The Messicans are only trying to better their lives ...a human trait.\nAmericans are all skuttling around taking care of paying their bills and making ends meet that they don't participate in the process of creating  security, and standards in gov and their lives to worry about immigration until it maybe is too late.\nHow can any of you, knowing that supposedly voting for what you believe in is going to determine your future, even in the greatest compassion for the poor illegals, condone immigration by only one group in the large, electoral modifying sizes that these people are coming into our country? I love compassion but who will weep for me when there is crime beyond our ability to control it, there is not housing or water or elec. or gasoline or? you name it ..because there are too many people. The maojority (amnystied illegal/not citizens will vote for social welfare programs to feed their families, give them health care etc. For Pete's sake ...these people aren't even citizens and they are demanding things. Wake up and take your country back. Let the gov guys know you're PO and your mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. And then do something about it. Find your own little way to boycott, to not support, to speak of your concerns to your compatriot American brothers and systers. Rise up and DO something. Think about it ...you will figure a way to play your part in protecting our country and way of life from an invasion. Forget the terroists in the Middle East. We have a much bigger problem with this issue here in this country. Just remember ...it's your brother, boyfriend, husband, father that is over in Irag possibly dieing for America and Americans. Think they want to come home to a world of poverty stricken, illegal types who speak a language other than English? By all means be compassionate with others of all races ...but get our nest in oder first ...then we can work on Mexico and other corrupt governments to take care of what is their responsiblity.
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Yeah the immigrantsin the U.S. don't do the jobs that the American's do because the only jobs that American's do are job's like lawyers, banker's, and judges. The jobs that illegals do are cleaning restaurant's, flipping burgers, and all those other jobs that American's don't do because the Americans don't wanna' do!
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Americans are upset because Mexicans sneak across the border and enter the country illegally.  They use millions of dollars in our social programs, food stamps, health care and fill our schools with kids who can't speak English.  There culture is very different from average Americans.  They live in sub-standard housing here and ship the money they earn illegally back to Mexico.  Because of them crime has risen up to 30% in some of our cities.  The problem is they are here illegally.  They need to come in through legal channels or stay in Mexico.
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Why are the law-abiding American citizens being blamed for "tearing up families"?  We are not the ones leaving children behind, the illegal immigrants are.  They do have a choice - go through the legal process to come here legally like so many generations before them did, or break the law.  They choose to break the law then think they should get special treatment and rewarded for it.
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ok, first of all, americans didnt let people enter US as an illegal immigrant..its a matter of cases base on what they did here thats why they been called illegal. its not about they're bad people.. it might be one of the many reasons is like overstayin visa-holder, crossin to border to border or papers been rebuked etc.etc.with regards on your question, it ever there will be a mass amnesty or mass deportation. it surely affect the US economy in a good way and in a bad way.. if the goverment itslf do sumthin bout it by givin this illegal a chance to be legal here then for sure it help alot in the ecomony by first payin the taxes! coz these people work hard here and they make more money too.