Do illegal Mexicans get treated the same as a Canadian immigrant.?
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If anyone immigrates illegally they are treated the same from the gov standpoint - no matter what country they are from.\n\nBut the truth of the matter is that immigrants from Canada do get treated better by US society than do immigrants (legal or otherwise) from Mexico.  The many posts on this question show that we often assume a Canadian will look somewhat like us and speak English (even though a good portion of Canada speaks French) and therefore, they must have come legally.  Whereas society looks at any Latino and makes the assumption they are here illegally and they are Mexican.  That is called prejudice.  And unfortunately, our great country still struggles with prejudice as this topic shows so well.\n\nUnless you are Native American, your family immigrated at some point - this is what makes America quite unique in the world.  Yes, laws should be followed and enforced, however the automatic biased negative reaction towards Hispanics is wrong.\n\nThe first step to getting better on this is admitting that racism does indeed exist.
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I know for a fact that they should be treated like just like everyone else in this world. Just like you and me. They're people. They eat, they breath, they have dreams. At one point in your life, you've done some illegal as well. Whether it was some petty crime, or something worth being incarcerated for. Should they be punished for doing something illegal? Yes. But that doesn't mean that they should be treated like animals.
432137
totally gets them a green card.  i never thought of that as a consequence resulting from the crackdown on illegal immigrants... that's pretty funny!
633559
I too am under the impression they do and I guess that is exactly the core issue of the illegal immigrant debate.  With all the millions of dollars our government spends on studies, you would think they would do a comprehensive study on this to settle the arguement once and for all.  Illegals do provide a source of cheap labor for businesses keeping the costs of services and products down but, as a result, often take away jobs from citizens/legal residents who would be paid more for the same work.  Employers who hire illegals are also competing unfairly, paying reduced wages, against those companies that do not- driving them out of business and raising unemployment for citizens/legal residents. I have also been under the assumption that  illegals are also paid "under the table" not being documented as actually working for a company so neither the employer or illegal employee pay taxes for social services/healthcare/etc. (although from debates on YahooAnswer I have been told this is incorrect but how do you pay taxes/social security if you don't have a social security number and/or other i.d?) thus driving up taxes and healthcare costs for the rest of us.
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That is part of the problem.\nMany Mexicans keep coming. Large families trying to make ends meet. What do they do? They get one small cheap rental and put 13 people in it so they only have to pay low bills (like $600). They share all the expenses but destroy the rental. It is happening all owver American and the landlords can not complain or it is discrimination.\n\nIt happended to me. I had a small 900 sq ft condo (2brm/1ba) and it rented for $600 month. My rental company rented to a family of 3 but later we found out there were 23 Mexicans living out of that one little place. They destroyed my condo. It took me $30,000 to fix it up at my expense, why is that fair?\nHow would a Mexican feel if he lost $30,000? I bet he would use less than civil tactics to get even.\n\nThis is what is happening all over America right now. And the immagrants want us to feel guilty and feel sorry for them. Go Home.
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That's a loaded question. Illegal immigrants of all races are deported. Mexicans and Americans of Mexican descent are not targeted. A lot of the illegal immigrants that come through do happen to come from Mexico.
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Being that the Mexican border is connected to our country it makes it very easy for people from Mexico to sneek here illegaly. They same could be said for Canada, however, because Canada is not such a poor country the people don't feel the need to escape their situations as much as the people in Mexico. So a majority of the immigrants in this country that have came here illegaly have been from mexico. It has been a hot political topic for so long now and in the eye of the media that when we hear "illegal immigrant" we automatically think south of the border. On the east coast however, there is more of a mixture of people from other countrys that are here illegally.
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Mexican are not "allowed" to stay. The laws are the same no matter what - its what the government CHOOSES to do about it.
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I think so, if i commited a crime, i should be punished, why are they different\n\nIsaque - I am not only talking of Latin immigrants, I am speaking of ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Key word Illegal. Illegal  = Crime. unless i am just wrong on that on, but as far as i know if someone tells me something is illegal and i go and do i just commited a crime.
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Canadians always treat immigrants with a "laissez faire" attitude because there are so many immigrants/different ethnic backgrounds in Canada, that they don't even really notice. Canadians are all immigrants themselves anyways. I'm Canadian, but a third generation Canadian, and most of my friends and my spouse are second generations, and one is a first generation. Occasionally you will meet a stupid canadian loser who was brought up the wrong way and who is rascist against immigrants but that is the same in any place you go. There will always be rascists. MOST canadians are very open and don't really notice any difference or don't care where people come from.
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Ah dont be so quick to judge, Im sure the number 1 illegal group in canada are Americans.
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Mexico is a sovereign nation,  They should be able to fix themselves with little guidance.\nWe did not fix Canada and they have it figured out.\n\nIt would be great if Mexico had the same attitude as Canada.
512804
yeah ,  the illegals can do what they want .  I guess anyone could if they never did it legally .  good luck with you illegal mexie
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Yes.  A friend of mine in Ireland stated that they have a huge problem with the illegal Mexican population there.  Mexicans go there and do not return.
665273
No.. they would just get arrested.  They don't have the 'rights' illegal immigrants have.
568681
I wish more people shared your concern, and for the reasons you do, because they are for the right ones. You are not racist, I would be just as upset if Canadians were here taking advantage of our system! Unfortunately it is so out of control I dont know how the problem can be resolved w/o drastic actions, which the gov. is not willing to take.
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Hell no!  I don't expect the same from others who enter the U.S. illegally.  If I was to work and live in another country, I would definitely make sure I went there legally and had at least some knowledge of their language and culture.  I expect the same from foreigners who enter the U.S.