Do you think we should INCREASE Asian immigration to the U.S.?
596566
Actually, that is part of what is being considered.  Or perhaps I shouldn't say 'Asians' but an increase in a type of work visa that seems most often filled by Asians.  The number is just dwarfed by the 12 million people number applying to illegal immigrants here, so people aren't paying much attention to it.
200989
yes becuz canada is having a people shortage i mean canada does not have enough people,,and legal imigrants would be a great thing to have!!
388875
Well to be fair, I'm Asian and I tried fitting in the predominately "white" community of my hometown....but I just wasn't taken seriously as a friend. It's hard to fit in w/ people outside your race b/c there are all these barriers and such.  I mean it's easy for you to say we seclude ourselves, but we don't have a role amongst a group of "whites" except as a token, a mascot if you will. But I think after a few more generations, Asians will be considered Americans instead foreigners.
1114823
is   USA heaven or what? asia is better than USA.
340316
Are you philippinos ? If you are ,may be a good idea ,but do you think their education better than in U.S.?
572046
I'm an immigrant too...they should treat us better. Afterall we help the economy of the United States, and this country is made up of immigrants.
1178957
Absolutely!! We are a land of all people from all nations. We have thrived as a nation when people come here with hope in their eyes and put their energy towards building a better life for their families. There is a lot more room for a lot more. We only ask that you try to be assimilated into the great melting pot like the rest of us. \n\nThe illegal ones - man, we understand that life may be hard where you are. But there needs to be respect for the law. Unlike the corrupt regimes in so many places - like Mexico - the US is a nation of laws, not men. Maybe we need to change our laws on immigration to better accommodate the reality of how our world economy is working today. But we have to enforce the law and secure our borders. The stakes are as high as the World Trade Center used to be..
963548
It's doubtful - the population is increasing, but people die every day.  Also, there is a recent concern about the population possibly stagnating because many families are opting out of having children.  It's a problem in Germany and many European countries, who also have strict immigration laws (stricter even than America), and they have been considering upping the immigration quotas.  \nWhy should America stop "accepting" immigrants anyways - most of Americans are products of immigration anyway.  Maybe we should focus on stopping fourteen year olds from having babies, and then we wouldn't have a population problem.
652166
Whatever it was it probably needed sinking.We all need to made aware of Illegal Immigration.I think you can place Illegal Immigration on the same level as Pearl Harbor.  Talked about it for years and then Boom.We've been talking about it for years. Everyone knows what happens when you awake a sleeping giant.It's history people.
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.
382550
To a degree yes, particularly in the case of China. Considering they have been taking advantage of us for years, we should impose trade restrictions on chinese goods, this could either include quotas or tariffs. However, with the advent of the WTO it has become more difficult to unilaterally impose trade barriers. Also, on the domestic front, we should invest in our industries, such as autos, steel, consumer goods, etc. This would provide jobs and also reduce the demand for foreign goods. We could make these industries more competitive, by investing in automation and reducing labor intensive activities. Eventually, countries like China would adjust their policies to eliminate our trade barriers, by then either we would have become more self-sufficent or the importation of goods would have stabilized. An another note, we should press that markets be opened to our goods, it is extremely unfair that other countries take advantage of our open markets while they close their markets to our goods, one prime example is Japan.
918227
about 7-9 percent of all asians comprise total US population...i would think of the 100 percent asians immigrating to US this year ...approximately 10 percent immigrate from philippines...in terms of the whole population of the US ...its more like .5-1 percent..
652678
I think the immigration of different people in the US is a definite boost to the United States' fairly progressive mentality and progress as a global leader.\n\nThe first immigrants to the US (mainly from Europe and Latin America), you must remember, were the rejects of their home countries. I speculate its the nature of their rejection by their home countries that made them want to form their adopted country into one that is progressive.\n\nThe inclusive aspect of the US today only came about after long injustices to the ones performing the labor (Africans, Chinese and other Asians, etc.) were finally addressed and fought over. The melting pot that the US has become only came about after the civil rights movement and a civil war.\n\nBecause there are so many cultures in the US, immigrants today tend to bring many positive aspects of their culture to the mix.\n\nAs far as the "intelligence" of certain races over others, you have to first consider what works best for a particular civilization. You can't judge a certain culture, say, Native American, with something totally different, like European culture. That's ignorant and insensitive. Value sets of others have to be taken into consideration...perhaps it's Native American value to respect nature and live alongside it, whereas it's a European value to do your best to manipulate it to benefit you. These two value sets can't be fairly compared--and when they meet, unfortunately, one will probably dominate the other by virtue of their fundamental values.\n\nBy the way, my parents came from the Philippines in the 1960s. I'm a second-generation American of mixed ethnicities, I'm half Filipino, a quarter Chinese, and a quarter Norwegian/Spanish. I can't imagine living the way I do in any other homogenous country...the US is really the best place for people of mixed heritages to live, in my opinion.
356303
You're question is ludicrous. Of course the US should allow people into the country, even if they are known for having large families. Can the US support a growing population? Have you been to the midwest? We have room to expand tremendously. \n\nI'm sensing a whole bunch of steaming anti-catholic dogma here.
761115
I think you should read more about US history. The US is constituted by immigrants from the beginning. Immigrants make this economy to keep its flow. I agree with you in the fact that immigration increase the criminal rate, but think about the millions of dollars that they contribute to the US because they can't recover the amount for retirement because they don't have a legal residence. We shouldn't discriminate this people, because the fact that we are living by the legal way and they don't, it doesn't mean that they are less than we are. Human beings are the same in China, Japan, and Cuba or in the US. They have a family to feed, and I'm sure that in this case you'll fight to give the best to your family, even if this implies you to migrate to another country. You have to be grateful with God for give you the opportunity of living in a country where you can find a good job and obtain a fair remuneration for what you do. You should be more empathic with this people. Just in case I want you that know that I'm a US citizen and I don't have any problem with immigrants; my family have lived in the US since 1732, when Remy Poisot (born in Dijon, France) Sergeant of the Marines was assigned to the Natchitoches Post, LA.
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.
136531
please dont drop out..continue studying..america needs edcated and literate people..be a patriot ..help your country or else asians will get all the lucrative and skilled jobs...