Latinos!- What do u think 'bout these immigration laws comin out?
485136
I think this new law is crap too. They should not be able to chose the people that live here. I mean we make a big part of this country without us this country isn't a real country. This country is made up of different race. What would they say if we toke the white American out of the latino countries.
641909
Honestly when it comes to this whole debate about immigration I'm a bit torn.  \n\nHere are some of my thoughts (whether they make sense or not is another story):\n\nToday I was able to order lunch at McDonalds today and they got my order right thanks to the illegal immigrants not being at work because of the boycott.\n\nOur nation was built by many great people, most of whom were immigrants. But the immigrants who came here previously worked hard to learn the language and make a better life for their families.\n\nToo many immigrants don't understand why they are really boycotting anyway.  Seeing someone draping themselves with a Mexican flag doesn't scream "I want to be an American and make a better life for my family" it says more that they want to bring everything that is Mexico with them even though they are running from it by coming here in the first place.\n\nAmerican students are held back to make sure their immigrant counterparts are able to get up to speed which proves difficult because of language and cultural barriers.\n\nSome immigrants like one of my neighbors do work their tails off to learn english, contribute to the community and help their neighbors out when in need.  The neighbor I am speaking of mows the elderly woman across the street's lawn and shovels her walk during the winter.  His wife will often cook dinners for another neighbor who is pregnant and whose husband is in Iraq.\n\nTo answer your question would I boycott a business that closes to support the Hispanic community?  I don't know.  It would probably depend on what I knew about the business and their motives for doing so.  It's a tough call, at least for me.
381504
all you illegal a$$ beaners need to get the hell up out of My country......with all your protesting.....who do u think you are????/ you dont have the right to protest because you're not a us citizen.....and all you beaners need to stop saying latino to try and get some support..lol you're the problems! and are not even latinos....latino people dont like you or want any connection to you....so take you your diseases and your ten kids back to tijuana..........
565007
hahaha this is hilarious so now us "hispanics" are terrorists funny funny funny well hun without us "terrorists" u wouldnt eat! ur country would be worthless ur countrie's economy would drop drastically! hahaha theres alot of ppl (americans) who say they support legal immigrants but go out there to the feilds go ask anyone working there if they're legal? ur gonna get a whole lot of NO's why? cause if ur legal here ur gonna wanna get better jobs so who is gonna be doing all the feild work, restaurant work??? u americans?? hahaha no i dont think so! whether u want to admit it or not this country is build by immigrants u americans would be doomed without immigrants! an interesting fact i heard in the news two days ago... by the year 2015 there will be more hispanics in this country than americans lmao!.... roses are red violets are blue without latinos what would white ppl do? lol im very poetic hahaha jk :D \n\n~laterz take care :D
515126
Some Mexicans love it enough to break the f***ing law!!  GODDAMMIT!! I am SOO F***ING tired of hearing about this "rights for illegal immigrants" bullS**t!  they broke federal law coming here, then have the gall to say they want citizenship?? F**K THAT!  I dont care!!  I pay my f***ing taxes, and dammit, build a big f***ing wall if you have to.  There are too damn many illegals in this country now, and I live with more than half of them in SoCal.  For God's sakes, with the immigration protests, illegals brought down the American flag at a SoCal High School and raised the Mexican flag, with the US flag underneath, and upside down.  If you proud Americans aren't pissed about that, there's a problem.  That is BULLS**T!  and i think our f***ing president, despite being a MORON, should understand that, and PREVENT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, not grant known felons CLEMENCY!
208004
Let's see.....\nHomelessness-most don't have a place to stay when they come here, they take up space this country's homeless could use, they divert money from programs because it's needed to help them.\n\nPoverty-do I really have to go into this? It's a FACT that while younger Hispanic males are more willing to work than their US counterparts, the women are more likely to claim welfare because they have more kids & want to stay home with them, their teen pregnancy rate is astronomical (guess who pays for their pre-natal care????), high school drop out rate is pathetic, and they bring Grandmas & Grandpas from both side of the family with them that need care, that the tax payers pay for, also.\n\nIlliteracy-drop out rate is pathetic, many don't even bother to learn English.\n\nAIDS-unprotected sex leads to the spread of AIDS and I believe that the Hispanic population is leading the pack in teen pregnancies, due to unprotected sex.\n\nCancer-productive members of society get stuck paying for their treatments because the hospitals cannot refuse their broke a$$es service\n\nElderly affairs-because they believe in the "No Family Member Left Behind Act" and bring all their aging relatives here with the, of which we pay most of the medical bills for their twilight years. They will also jump on Medicare in a heartbeat if they can get it!\n\nTeenage Pregnancy-see above\n\nIraq-hmmmm, maybe we should make it madatory before giving the illegals a legal status that they serve at least 2-4 years in the military. The love & want to be a part of this country so much, let them prove it. I guarantee they'd be doing their best to sneak back to their side of the border then!
600734
I am Latina   , i think if anything latinos are very neutral in the whole Black and white ....and now "brown " issues . can we all just get along?
405742
HERE IS THE THING I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THOSE OF OTHER NATIONS MOVING HERE BUT I HAVE A FEW RULES IN MY EYES SHOULD BE LAW... AND ENFORCED\n\nHERE 1 YEAR AND U BETTER SPEAK F**KING ENGLISH\n\nIF YOU CAN NOT HOLD A JOB AFTER 6 MONTHS THEN U GO THE F**K HOME\n\nNOT JUST ONE FAMILY MEMBER CAN BE A LEGAL CITIZEN  FOR THE WHOLE F**KING FAMILY OR GO BACK TO WHERE U CAME FROM \n\nI COULD KEEP GOING BUT UR GETTING THE GIST ... THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE ITS A HUGE ISSUE NOW AND THE FACT IS WE AS VOTERS HAVE A VOICE WAKE UP PEOPLE WE HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN CAUSE WE ARE TO BUSY KISSIN ASS TO BE A NATION OF LOVE AND REALLY WAHT IS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE IS A WAR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND FUNNY THING IS LOL WE HAVE OPENED THE GATES THERE WILL BE RIOTS THERE WILL BE KILLING THERE WILL BE A WAR ....IF U THINK THIS IS NOT COMMING OHH U ARE SO DAMN WRONG ... AND THEN WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED SEPERATED NATIONALITIES IT WILL START ALL OVER KICKER IS CAUSE WE DID NOT TAKE CARE OF A SIMPLE PROBLEM AND WE HAVE NOW MADE LAWS WHICH DON'T GET ME WRONG ARE GOOD LAWS ... THAT GIVE THEM MORE POWER IN THE FACT THAT THEY ARE HERE ILLEGAL ... WE OWE THEM SOMETHING LEGALLY ... WE HAVE CREATED THIS SHIT .. OK I AM GONNA SHUT UP LOL HUGS OH YEAH
360807
I think that the immigration law is completely idiotic. This country was built upon the combining of different cultures and people and for you to say that you are going to limit that is absolutely wrong. \n   Also the main group of people this is going to affect is Mexicans who come over here to work in order to support their families. If this law passes it would be absolutely devastating not only to them but to this country. The jobs that they do are jobs that most Americans find to be beneath them and are not willing to do. So who will do those jobs? Will Americans as adamantly as they are proposing this law will they rise up and dot he hard manual labor these people do .. I think not...
332054
I'm a future Latino citizen.  I'd be happy to have a good and generous guest-worker program in place for low-wage workers, tight control of the border, and amnesty for illegal immigrants who have taken roots in the US.  I would hate to see sixty year old people who have nothing left in their own countries deported to satisfy the lust for revenge of some.  I am pretty sure that many of the people who rant and rave against illegals have ancestors who came to the US when the US had much laxer immigration policies, policies that allowed the uneducated, the illiterate, the poor, the hard-working, to come to the US and pursue the American dream.
337361
Both ILLEGAL immigration and FOREIGN INVASION!!  These people were marching in our streets demanding that we give them the same rights as everyone who came here through the LEGAL channels.  Don't you guys see something wrong with this picture??  There is a war going on here at home and people need to wake up to the truth before it gets out of hand.  Yes it is a WAR pro-ILLEGAL immigration supporters have already stated as much.  FOREIGN INVASION?  ABSOLUTELY!!  They have already proven a willingness to disregard our laws and are marching in the streets waving MEXICAN flags.  You can't tell me that's not an invasion of America.  Wake up and smell the roses people.  We can't nor do we have the responsibility to take in and support everyone who wants to immigrate here which is why we have immigration laws already on the books.  I'm sorry that their countries are so hard up but that IS NOT our fault.  Their countries were based on immigration too (Spanish Conquistadors, duh) and they've had A LOT of the SAME opportunities that our forefathers had.  It IS NOT our fault that they didn't use them!  Oh, and I don't have a swastika as I don't see this as a racial issue but a LEGAL issue.  If those of you saying that we're all racist for not wanting CRIMINALS here then you need to get a dictionary and look the meaning of racism up.  I'm not discriminating based on anything other than that they are here ILLEGALLY, REGARDLESS of their reasons and therefore according to the laws already on the books and in effect are supposed to be deported!!  EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY has its own immigration laws.  Why is America made into the bad guys for wanting theirs enforced, when the other countries are enforcing theirs???
815297
Hopefully it's by each individual city.  Upholding the laws would be much easier if it was done per city instead of the whole country at once.  There should be a sweep of each city.  There should be checkpoints to get into each city, just like there is to cross the border.  Every business should be required to document every worker they are employing to the government and should be willing to spend some time in jail and lose their business license if they fail to comply.  If you have nothing to hide, then it won't be a problem going through checkpoints.  The government in each city should have control over the welfare and benefits programs available in that city.  They should pass laws that require proper identification and documentation to have access to these benefits.  I also think that any baby that is conceived by someone who is illegal should not be considered an American citizen. I think english should be made the official language, stop having options for spanish and subtitles in spanish.  I think this could solve a lot of problems, and keep illegals from having a reason to come here.  I have nothing against people speaking spanish but I feel they should keep that to their families and friends and away from the public.
495525
I'm a first generation immigrant from England, and I just want to say that I think it's hilarious so many Americans want Mexicans & other South Americans to learn MY country's language! I know folks from all around the world, but it's only Americans that you can rely on to only speak a single language!\n\nHaving said that, it's not so hard to come here legally.  \n\nWe'll sort this mess out before long.  If all Mexicans stop going to Walmart & Starbucks (as I heard on the radio today) the WalMart will fix the problem.\n\nHow about we just give EVERYBODY the citizenship test, and everyone that fails (including those born here) gets shipped out?
104446
First off let me say that I am a white American. I live in  Southern Oregon and speak both english and spanish. I have many Legal Mexican-American friends. That being said. If you sneak into this country you are breaking the law!!! Deport them. My legal Mexican friends moved here seeking better wages and did it legally. Additionally they are very fine people who I am pleased to have in my community. They follow the letter of the law. They are model citizens. They do not like criminals who sneak into our country.
1051660
the illegal ones have no right to be here ....PERIOD !!\n It is an insult to the many who have gone through the legal channels...try to get into Mexico illegally and steal their jobs,health care,governament grants,change their language & all their road signs and see were it lands you.\n I am not racist....I just believe the USA has allowed way too many to come here illegally....a few years ago a Cuban boy ,in Florida,was taken by the SWAT team,sent by sweetheart Rino...and sent back to Cuba to a father he didn't really know....how much money was wasted on all that?\n The people who are REALLY discriminated against are the Christians...they are not even allowed to display a nativity scene at Christmas time ?? The 10 Commandments are a hate crime...say God bless you and you offend someone...I just wonder how much money & time our nation has watsed on all this...when our nation was founded for the Christains to have the freedom to worship,without the government stepping in and controlling the churches....Seperation of Church & State was written so that wouldn't happen..yet it's turned & twisted now to make it the church HAS to OBEY the courts(governmentally ...appointed judges) or be sent to jail,fined,told they are "haters".....Now that's REAL discrimination in action !!\n Round up all those with Visas and those who are here legally,put a VeriChip in them...to keep track of their expired status....when it's up...home they go....the ones who can not prove they have a LEGAL right to be here...send them back home.helping the leagl Americans find a job....it's .cheaper than suporting them with free medical treatment,housing & food....which every hard working tax payers has to pay for...while our own LEGAL citizens go without.
334230
There was a bill just passed by the U.S were immigrants can't be in this country and anyone who hires an illegal or helps one will go to jell and fined. Now they are trying to make it a law, but there is a debate going on in the senate, they are debating over different propositions regarding if they should give illegals an amnesty,meaning they will become legal if they have been here for 5 to ten years, another one is the permit to work for six months, where after a period of a few years they will possibly be able to get there legalization,but with this permit they also have to leave after the time given and then get another permit to come back,(it's really unsure)and others I'm not aware of,  It's really ridiculous now that illegals have been here so long and have adapted to the customs of the U.S and furthermore there are millions of undocumented families and persons who have really struggled to get here to work hard and have a better life, people have lost there lives's trying to cross the border, and all they wanted was to come here to work and provide for there family, just like any other American. They just want an opportunity to make an honest living, and not live in there possibly corrupt countries where their own government fails them constantly and gives them no hope for progress.  Well this is my point of view, not to offend anyone or anything, everyone has the right to view this issue as they choose to, this is how I choose to do so and I hope it helps you at least to know one part of the issue.
637901
First of all, immigrant come here illegally because there is no EASY way to come here. If there was an easier way to come here without immpossible expectations many would do so.The laws are more like how lucky you are as opposed to how deserving you are.I like your viewpoint!