Hi, I´m from Yahoo Answers Mexico. What do you think about immigrants from Latin America?
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I have no problem with immigrants from Latin America who come to this country legally.  At the same time, I also believe that the process of legal immigration is a royal pain in the @$$ that is mired in government red tape, so the process of legal immigration needs to be simplified.  There's nothing wrong with anyone from any country wanting to come to the U.S. to have a better life, but there is something very wrong with a person who sneaks into the U.S. and expects the same rights and privileges that American citizens enjoy.  So yes, we should take measures to keep illegal immigrants out but we should also take measures to make legal immigration easier and faster.
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I think the real question is:\nhow do you feel about Mexican men...\nthere is bad and good in every nationality's so, follow your judgments and intuitions.\nGood luck and dont forget to have fun
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I have a very good impression of Italian people. They seem to be very nice, friendly and outgoing. I think that they have a lot in common with us Brazilians.
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Hey Manny:\nYour Mom and Dad must be from Mexico....I just can't stand why you ask such a dumb question....since you are not from Argentina.
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Of course, not all illegal aliens come from Mexico. \n---In 1997, the illegal alien population was 54 percent Mexican. \n---The illegal alien population is currently 70 percent Mexican, with 30 percent coming from other countries. \n---Latin America, including Mexico, is the source of 90 percent of illegal aliens entering into the United States.\n \nhttp://www.theamericanresistance.com/ref/illegal_alien_numbers.html\n\nSee: Proportion of illegals from countries other than Mexico\n\n\nNo... I Dont Wonder At All\nI KNOW EXACTLY Why The Target Is What It Is\n\nLook At These Pictures\nhttp://michellemalkin.com/archives/004869.htm\n\nNOONE Has Forgotten The DISGRACEFUL Way That These Issues Were Addressed In The Past Few Weeks\nRunning Rampant In Our Streets\nDestroying And Defacing Our Flag\nThreatening Citizens\nMaking DEMANDS That Our Laws Be Ignored \nMaking DEMANDS That You Have The Priviledge Of Citizenship \nMagically Bestowed Upon You  \n\nYou Must Realize That This Is NOT About Race, Or Nation Of Origin - It Deals With ILLEGAL ALIENS From ANYWHERE\n\nIf You Read The Provisions In HR4437\nhttp://www.justiceforimmigrants.org/HR4437.html\n\nYou Will NOT Find Any Mention Of Race\nThe ILLEGAL Aliens And Their Supporters Took It Upon Themselves To Create ANARCHY\n\nAnd Introduce A Smear Campaign Against The American Public\nBy Claiming WE Are The Racists, When Clearly, \nAs Demonstrated By The Actions Of The Hispanic Community, THEY Are, In Fact The Racists\n\nAnd The American Public WILL NOT BE CHALLENGED Like That\nWhen Our FLAG Is Defaced\nWhen Our VALUES Become Questioned\nWE THE PEOPLE Stand Up - And WE Wont Back Down\n\nThe Displays Of ANARCHY And ARROGANCE On The Part Of The Hispanic Community Has CHALLENGED The Citizens Of The USA\nWith DEFIANCE And CRITICISM\nAnd WE THE PEOPLE Came Back From That Challenge TENFOLD\nTHATS Called PATRIOTISM, Not Racism\n\nIf You THINK For A Moment,\nHad The Hispanic Community Been A BIT More Humble In Their Approach,\nAnd Came To The American Public With An AMERICAN FLAG In Hand,\nAnd NOT RAN AMOK With ANARCHY In OUR Streets,\nAnd ASKED For Amnesty, Instead Of DEMANDING "NOTHING LESS THAN AMNESTY"\nThe American Public (Myself Included) Would Probably STAND BEHIND YOU And SUPPORT YOU\n\nBut, (Im So Sorry) Its Too LATE For That Now\nThe First Cut Is The Deepest,\nAnd It Hurts The Most\n\nYou All Shot YOURSELVES In The Foot\nAnd Dont Have A Leg To Stand On Anymore\n\nThe Hispanic Community Created The "RACIAL DIVIDE" \nAnd Brought This Upon Themselves\nWE THE PEOPLE Will Close The Gap\nAnd Restore The Order
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Again we are stereotyping the illegal alien.  Are we to believe that no one coming to this country by legal means will never someday have TB?  We even have citizens that have come down with this disease.  I take the issue of Illegal Immigration very seriously, yet most of my answers on this forum about this issue have left me defending those who are being persecuted by those asking questions the way they ask them.  There is no single group that holds exclusivity to being responsible for being the Illegal Immigrants in this country.  We tend to blame Mexicans, however every country South of the U.S. and Mexican border are basically 100% hispanic and all except for Brazil speak some form of Spanish or another so yes many of the Illegal Aliens come from our hemisphere as it is close for them to do so, however we have illegal aliens from every country in the world living and working here.  There are a lot of good reasons for not wanting undocumented people in your country and health concerns are among them, but do not go at this issue from a biased direction because it is not only one type of people who come here illegally we see only the poor and sick as being the problem and maybe the majority are, however we also have some well off people living here illegally as well.  We can not just bundle up this problem and place the blame on one group of people.  The government is not going to be able to remove the ones we currently have in this country and unless they decide to put some actual money into the problem it is not going to slow down in the future.  America still has jobs when many other countries do not and as long as America has jobs and money we will have people coming to this counry to fill them.  You want to end this problem fill these jobs with Americans and the illegals will return home, yet this will never happen when being on welfare can be a better deal than working at these jobs are.  We have made this problem and have lived with it for years and years and now we can see that it may threaten the security of our country and we want something done about it yesterday.  Well fact is that those who mean us harm were probably already here before 9/11 happened and we started looking at this.  They could be anyone's neighbor or someone you work side by side with and you will not know it until it is time for them to act.  It is too late to close the barn after the cows all got out.  This has been a major issue for all of my life and I figure it will remain long after I am gone.
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No, People from Mexico are Mexicans.  People from Central America are of various nationalities, depending on which Central American country they live in.  It's true they're all Hispanics, but beyond that, they've got few similarities.
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Que? No entendi bien tu pregunta. Querias decir que vienen por varias oportunidades? Si es cierto, los ilegales que vienen a los EU vienen por que quieren una vida nueva y quieren mas oportunidades y beneficios. Pero aqui los gringos no quieren nada de eso ya que son bien egoistas!!! Mientras que los ilegales son los que le crean las casas. Es que los gringos son muy cerrados para entender. Si esa fue tu pregunta para que ellos lo entiendan mejor escribe lo siguiente ok amor: hat do you guys think about immigration because they come for various opportunities?
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I am glad to have foreigners in my country because they are cheap labor. How many white men do you know that would work for less than 5 dollars an hour in a field under the scourching sun while crop planes drop insecticides on them while they are picking the fruits and vegetables that we eat that we pay hardly anything for. If there were no immigrants our produce and so many other things that we use and eat daily and take for granted would not be accesible because the costs would be to high. So whoever said that immigrants come and take the white mans jobs, you are full of it. They take the jobs that nobody wants, such as housekeepers, field workers, janitors, and so on, I hope that you get the point. For those that live in the U.S. remember 90% of us are descended from immigrants. Mexico is part of America, they are just South America. they did not have to take a boat to get to the America's, they were already here. If you actually look at the statistics most people that are on welfare are white women, not mexicans. I have met plenty of hispanic immigrants that are in the process of learning  English, believe me people it does not take over night to learn a language. Americans are very ignorant and stupid when it comes to things like this. How many of you actually learned a new language before visiting another country? Some of these immigrants really are here on a short term basis, they are here to make money to take back to their families. Just like any American that works or tries a new investment, all you are trying to do is support your family. Be respectful of other people, remember One Nation Under God, it is not very christian to be so ignorant.......
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As an American with a Mexican background I find that very offensive. All my realtives came into this country legally. And why are you just picking on the Mexicans? What about all the Asians, Indians, Middle Easterns, Russisns, Europeans, etc....who are here illegally. It's fine to leave them, but pursecute the Mexicans? You need to get a reality check and think about what you say before you say it. And just for your information, this country was created by immigrants.
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That rings true in all Latin America.You should see when I go back home to Panama.My own family are lined up,demanding a handout.If I say something like I couldn't afford this or that,they look at me as if I had 2 heads or something.The only thing they keep repeating,which I find very annoying is,"En los EEUU se gana mas." Which is true but everything is way more expensive here also.The next time you go to buy a rebozo,act Mexican so they won't rip you off. I've never experienced racism in Mexico or any other Latin American country,maybe I've been lucky. Racism does exist but not half as bad as in the USA.
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None of them come for fun.   How fun is it to work in construction in the dead of summer, sweating your ass off for 10 hours a day? Sound fun to you? Or how about seeding someones lawn and cutting grass, and planting flowers out in the damn sun for 50 hours a week?  Wow that sounds like great fun to me!!!   Western Union is on fire, and has been since immigrants starting immigrating here years ago, know why? because that pay check the mexicans got on Monday tues wed thurs or friday is being wired to a bank in Mexico for their wifes, sisters, daughters, sons or grand children to pick it up.  Ever walked into a grocery store and saw Mexicans lined up at the customer service desk, they're sending their paychecks to mexico.  That's what they come here for.  Lets deport all mexicans shall we??  I guess you might as well not go out to dinner anywhere, forget Chili's, or Olive Garden or your favorite barbeque place, because if we deport them all, are you gonna go back there and make your dinner yourself? They make up all our restraunts, and those roads youre driving on to take you to work everyday, are being paved by  hard working mexicans because no fat lazy ass american wants to slave out in the hot sun for hours on end.    Granted, there's your stereotype mexican, who stares at women, and says things in spanish that you don't understand, but not every mexican is like that.  They honestly come here to make a living and LEAVE.  They dont' want to stay here.  This is foreign to them.   it takes time to save up money, and most of them work 40+hours a week.   Know why restraunts keep hiring mexicans even tho they are threatened every week by the immigration office, because they come to work, and on time, and work their butts off... Did you know that only 20% of americans come to work on time everyday of the week?  Yeah, 20% out of how many millions? I'm not a mexican advocate, I'm just saying, I've been witnessed to what is going on in america and how mexicans are treated, and americans are so SCARED they're gonna come and take their jobs.  Give me a break, have you seen an illegal alien becoming a lawyer, or a doctor... please...  they take the jobs we DONT WANT..so whats the big deal?  Let them come and make some money for their families.  More americans are on welfare than anywhere else, because they don't want to work.  So you hate Mexicans for wanting to make a better life?   \n\nDo you know what it costs to become a LEGAL resident of the United States? Thousands of dollars. I'm not talking about getting a green card and working a job part time and then coming back to Mexico, I'm saying... actually applying at the immigration department, and waiting..not to mention it takes up to 10 years to even get an answer. You all need to read up on your facts. Would you want to wait 10 years to get citizenship, would your kids wait 10 years to eat, because you couldn't get decent money in the country you're living in? They come here for the money. Not to take over our jobs, homes, and land. Get a clue.\n\nFrankly, I could care less. If we become a minority, so be it. Mexicans work harder, and longer than any white folk. I'm white, and I'll tell you what, I wouldn't do half the jobs that mexicans do, for 3 bucks an hour. If you want something done, and DONE right, and not half-assed, then hire a mexican. They are always on time, they always put in more than required, and they always do a great job. Of course there's very few of them, that don't do a good job.. which is like a good portion of americans ( unemployment line is proof enough ). The way I look at it is.. If we can send troops over to IRAQ to make their government more civilized and feed other countries, etc... and all the lovely things we do for 3rd world countries, then by god we should go over to Mexico, and assist them with getting the mexican residents in mexico higher paying jobs. Their jobs over t
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What? Did you fail English, check your grammar. You are hurting not only are you an ignorant racist but a dumb one too.  Illegals don't only come from Mexico, they come from many different countries all over the world.  Not all Mexicans are illegals and not all illegals are Mexicans.  Confused?  I bet you are!
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The big issue I have isn't with number of Mexicans that are in America.. it's more of the fact that they refuse to enter the country LEGALLY, and they refuse to live like an America once they get here...\n\nIf they are still sooooo proud of Mexico that they have to bring their flags here and wave em around everywhere, then go back to the country that doesn't provide your family a future.. I'd be proud to call that home also... If you insist on being proud and living the way you do in your home country.. Move into the areas that Americans have designated yours.. I.E. "Little Italy" "Little Mexico".. etc.. In those places, yo ucan go about everyday life and live 50 to a house...\n\nLearn ENGLISH.. Doesn't meant you can't know/speak spanish.. But speak it only in the home, and speak english when you are dealing with other Americans, seeing that is what we speak..\n\nLive one family to a house, not a generation of on family to a house.. Same rule for a car.. only clowns travel around with 15 people in a VW Bug.. If you want to be associated with that, then more power to you..\n\nAs far as the rights go.. Amercians have given their lives and fought for those rights, so other Amercians could enjoy them... Mexicans have hopped a fence, hid out, and won't sacrifice shit for America... Most of them are here illegally, and since they aren't legal citizens of America, they shouldn't get to enjoy the rights that Americans do... \n\nSo yes, I agree.. GO MINUTEMEN !!!!
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First of all I would like to say congrats. You speak better English than any illegal Mexican that come over daily. Even better English than some of them who have been living in the US for over 10 years. Now to answer your question I dont know. Just wanted to say thnk you for proving to me that it is just Mexicans that cant speak English.
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My parents were not legal Immigrants, but I am. For myself it wasn't that difficult, to get here from Scotland. It took effort and a lot of paper work, and a sponser, to guarantee, my welfare, for the first six months.\n I got a job early, and put no burden on my sponser. But I was covered by his generosity.\nOther legal immigrants from other nations, had the same problems as I did, some worse, due to the old quota systems. But they too all waited in lines, saw Doctors, got X-rays, filled reams of paper work, and did the right thing.\nIt angers me to see those illegals, sneak, or really, openly cross our borders.  They seem to think they are entitiled to do so. They see no crime being committed, and other latinos who were born here, or whos parents, got here, illegally or legally, try to help them out, and can't see what they are doing to our health system and schools.\nI think the politicians are working hand in glove with businesses, to supply this latest form of cheap labor.It lowers all our standard of living. See how expensive health care is now, if it's even available, and out pension plans, going down the tube. All of this isn't all due to illegal immigration, but it certainly isn't helped by it.\nWe need to control our borders and immigration. What other country would allow over twelve million illegals amongst them. \nI have no bias, against those people who are just trying to better their lives, for them and their families. But how much better would it be, if they did that in there own Country.\nMexico, could easily be a first world country, given its natural resources, and the skill and hard work of their natives. But their Government is too corrupt, and so few own the majority of the wealth of their nation, and aren't willing to share, it with the less fortunate amongst their people.
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Immigrants are great, but these are ILLEGAL ALIENS.  It looks to me like a great opportunity for INS to find all these lawbreakers in one place and initiate arrests.  With our being told which companies HAD to shut down completely or partially, that the Attorney General, Homeland Security, or whomever is responsible for fining companies who do hire illegal aliens, really just have a list now that they can follow. \n\nThe protest offended, but didn't really affect me, or the town in which I live.  The following things bothered me:\na.  these protests were for ILLEGAL ALIENS, NOT regular immigrants.  Their PR machine was great in blurring the lines here.\n\nb.  The Mexican flags were still very prominent.\n\nc.  I was soooo tired of seeing all the posters written in Spanish!!!!!!  And the signs that were translated to English were often very critical of this counry that they claim to love so much.\n\nd.  One of the organizers, last name Rodriguez I think, was on some TV shows the day before.  He made very negative comments about the U.S. in general.  It seemed he was leading up to the one comment that made me wonder about the REAL agenda.....he said, paraphrasing, that the southern part of the U.S. was STOLEN from Mexico, and that the people just wanted to reclaim what was rightfully theirs.  Okay, we did fight and confiscate land way back in our early history......but wasn't just about every country formed by gaining land from somebody??  \n\ne.  The whole thing would have been so much less significant, had our media simply refused to give these demonstrations wall to wall media coverage!!\n\nf.  Do these illegal aliens have the constitutional right to assemble like this?  This is just a question I wondered about.......they are not citizens.\n\ng.  IF these folks are really protesting for rights, better conditions, etc., well, I can't help but be curious as to why they don't just demonstrate in their own countries where conditions must be worse.  Couldn't they use this energy to focus on problems at home?\n\nh.  I can't help but wonder WHEN the LEGAL CITIZENS of the U.S. will step up to the plate, care enough to organize as efficiently as these folks, and take our voices and opinions to the streets, all the way to Washington D.C.\n\nWhew, got some of that off my chest!  I understand the plight of these illegal aliens, and this IS a country of immigrants, but it's also a county of laws.  What do you think would happen to us if thousands of U.S. citizens decided to sneak into Mexico, Colombia, Venzuela, Russia, China, etc., and march on their capitols & make demands for rights while waving American flags and speaking mainly English?  How about trying that in Cuba or Iran?  \n\nWelcome to all immigrants, just do it LEGALLY!  We do have a process in place for that.  Many of us feel that we and our country are being greatly disrespected by the ILLEGAL ALIENS. (I am ever so tired of the term "undocumented workers"..............does that mean that we citizens can drive around freely with no drivers' licenses, and simply be "undocumented drivers"?  Political correctness can get way out of hand.\n\nI just about forgot one other thing that burns me, and that's the so-called Spanish version of our National Anthem!  This is not a translation, the lyrics are totally different.  This is the United States.  We speak English.  A common language is necessary for assimilation.  And our National Anthem should be sung in English!  What's next, translating our Constitution, the Pledge of Allegience, etc??