are we afraid of to many immigrants,or to many competitors?
487555
I AGREE WITH YOU!!!!!Let's face it, American citizens are intimidated, they claim that immigrants are taking jobs. Why is that? oh I know why because the immigrant can do a better job and are still payed a low wage!!!I agree they are kicking our asses GOOD!! and I support them 100%, you gotta give them props!!, and I don't know why people b*tch that they are breaking the law. I bet more than half the people that complain about immigrants have broken the law once or twice themselves. Sh*t even me I was charged for battery that's a violent crime and I'm a citizen, and the immigrant only came here with out no papers. So people stop your b*tching their are worse crime someone can commit for example the war started in Iraq.
198879
Well, if you think about it we are all from immigrants.  My great-grandfather is from poland, and my great-grandmother is from poland.  My other great gtrandparents are from italy and columbia.  So really if it was ok for the immigration back then, why is it a problem now?  Maybe it should be controlled and only allow a certain number a year to control population!
784043
They say, do you have one? You want to see a real immigrant problem check this out! To be fair your immigrant problem is less of an issue than the muslim/Europe immigration problems. Immigration is a problem in every developed country and always will be, its just taken you a while for it to become a serious issue
949721
Perhaps you are confusing "afraid" with "resent". I am not afraid of anyone but I am resentful that foreign peoples come to my country. Take advantage of it's freedoms and educational system. Then return home to their mother country and bad mouth my country and it's people. We Americans are some of the kindest, most generous people on this planet, as well as the most maligned. Your country has an earthquake or flood it will be the American people that come to your aid first. We had a flood in New Orleans and few countries offered assistance to us. After decades of being ostracized by the world it's no wonder we Americans feel the way we do!
460601
Sorry to blow your theory--but areas with large influxes of immigrants have less crime.  Take a look at New York City's crime statistics.  It is a city of over 9 million--38% are foreign born & it is one of the safest cities in the US.  Harvard just published statistics backing up my statements.  Do you have data that can back up yours?
415639
governments hate their citizens more than they hate immigrants. we have the same problem down under.
863162
Well I'm doing my bit! (36 weeks pregnant with my first baby!)\n\nIt scares me to hear that we "need" immigrants because of an ageing population.  I've already seen East European immigrants monopolising the unskilled job market round here and leaving many skilled people unemployed or stuck in minimum wage jobs because immigrants do the skilled jobs for less.  I've seen immigrants being given social housing while British families are homeless.   I've heard Polish immigrants laughing and bragging in the pub about how they can make out like kings in the UK and how the Brits are "lazy" and they don't care if their presence here has a bad effect for jobs, housing etc.\n\nThe thought that the Government may use a low birth rate as an excuse to even further flood our country with the poor and needy of other nations and strain our resources even further fills me with dread.  I shudder to think what the UK will be like when my baby is an adult and looking for work.  By that time I think we might have emigrated - its probably the only chance we have of a decent life and well paid jobs.  Sad really as I love my country and resent being pushed out of it.
322019
I don't think there are many if any left to make our enemies.  When you research each country and find that it is dangerous for us to travel virtually anywhere it gives you the big picture. To keep from losing any money on tourism they do not always warn us how hostile these countries are toward us.  Sad, isn't it?
1086427
"You whine about how you can't do anything, because you are afraid to risk your own lives...So you run away from your problems."\n\n\nSo, if you think this about the immigrants that have come to the US, that includes the first ones from England, that includes your ancestors.\n\nEdit: And how do you know that every illegal immigrant has that reasons? Is it that difficult to think that some may have the same reasons that your ancestors?
217853
No, we should be fairly selective.  But, we always need to remember that we were all immigrants looking for a better life just a generation or two ago.  Anyone who forgets that is a very simple idiot worried that he won’t be able to compete in an intellectual job market with someone who can’t read or write.\n\nThis is just another topic that politicians are selling to the dumbest of our country right now.  It distracts them from real issues such as our massive debt, trade deficits and the ongoing wars.  But hey, dumb people will believe that anything you tell them could be important.
490114
America has many more than "2 kinds" of people, as do the UK and most countries of the world.  The concept of the "melting pot" of society has been going on for many, many years and the influx of immigrants to all countries has increased as time has gone by and technology has increased.  For some people, it has been the prospect of freedoms not found in their own countries that has lured them to new shores, for others, just a sense of adventure.  But the histories of all countries are rich with the stories of their immigrants.  Pick one and start reading about it!
800235
I don't think immigrants are allowed depending on where they come from. It is a matter of happen-to-be.
203575
The wonderful thing about the U.S. is that everyone here originally came from somewhere else. This country would not be what it is today without Irish immigration, Italian Immigration, Enlgish Immigration, Other Eurpoean immigration and the forced immigration of Africans. It's a rough and bloody history but it gives us what we have to do...the diversity that is so rich and unique.\n\nLegal immigration is always good practise but we cannot seem to agree on how to do it right. Today, it's more about keeping everyone out....when really, it should be about letting those who can benefit (and from whom we can benefit) in.....look at the shortage we have in professional/skilled labor....in 10-15 years, the U.S. will have been surpassed economically by Asia and the EU. As it is right now, we import almost all we consume and have very little to sell abroad..(no services or products)...we are becoming dependent on the world to feed us and that is always bad for a country. I know Greenspan thinks we are "ok" but I agree with Buffet; we are headed for a steady decline. While "growing talent" we have to attract talent to this country so we can compete with the rest of the world.
182669
Learn to SPEAK AND TYPE ENGLISH--- and   the us should close the borders to immigrants. I lobby against new immigrants. The USA cannot HOLD ALL of the IMMIGRANTS! Stay home, work on your own home politics!\n\nIN ADDITION\nLOL!\nI am not hateful, or jealous. I am NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN. MY ancestors come from the WEST part of the USA, dating back as far at 1730. AND I speak English, and SALISH! So there. :) YOU guys just dont open your mind to overpopulation.
464957
There have been restrictions on immigration from the time that the U.S. was formed.  There are several reasons for this.  I will give you three:\n\nStrict control of immigration protects our national security\nby keeping out spys and terrorists.  We relaxed our immigration laws incrementally from the 1930's and continuing to today and we have seen multiple terrorist attacks in that time.\n\nControlling immigration controls allow us to screen out the criminals and deadbeats.\n\nToo large an influx of immigrants at any given time could potentially cause our economy to collapse.
790584
Not really.But It doesn't take that much to be tolerant  towards immigrants.I remember what it's like to be dirt poor and I've made a lot of compromises.It's easy to have principles when you're not desperate and hungry trying to survive.
226874
Probably.  I haven't noticed any tangible problems from immigration -- other than problems purely stemming from the fact that we've declared a lot of it to be illegal.  As far as I know, the economy is better and lots of things are less expensive as a result of immigrant workers.  I don't think many Americans are eager for many of the agricultural and service industry jobs that many immigrants perform.  If there is an unemployment problem, it has much more to do with outsourcing overseas, and the general state of the economy (to which immigrant labor is a benefit, not a burden).\n\nAs far as making this country what it used to be -- an ignorant, bigotted, Indian-massacring, slave-owning backwater -- I think that's kind of crazy.  But one *good* thing that you *would* need -- is lots of immigrants.