Illegal immigrants

[didymus]

Viki59:

Well, I married an illegal immigrant, so I admit I’m biased.
He’s legal now.
I dislike the term “illegal”, and prefer undocumented foreigner.

Puh-leeez!! I’m sure petty thieves would perefer “uncompensated shopping” for their activity. Besides, illegals very often illegals are documented, with fake papers.

Someone made a movie called The Day the Mexicans Disappeared, something like that. It shows what would happen to the economy if all the undocumented workers didn’t show up one day. Any of you want to pick tomatoes for a living? I did it for one day, and couldn’t look a tomato in the eye for months afterwards.
We use these people to harvest our crops, then pick on them for not having papers. True, some are criminals, but most are honest and hard working.

We should encourage other countries to provide better conditions for their citizens so they don’t all want to come here.

I saw that movie and I was prepared to loke it but it showed what would happen if all Hispanics disappeared from California, even those who had been born US citizens.
What we need is a legal guest-worker program and a rational program for legal immigration like Canada’s where there is a point system. Right now the best way to get into the US legally is to have a relative who is already here.

 

[snoopy]

didymus:

Puh-leeez!! I’m sure petty thieves would perefer “uncompensated shopping” for their activity. Besides, illegals very often illegals are documented, with fake papers.

LOL. what part of “illegal” do some people not understand. I wish I could get away with having 10 different names.

 

[rlg94086]

snoopy:

didymus:

Puh-leeez!! I’m sure petty thieves would perefer “uncompensated shopping” for their activity. Besides, illegals very often illegals are documented, with fake papers.

LOL. what part of “illegal” do some people not understand. I wish I could get away with having 10 different names.

Not too long ago, a van was pulled over full of illegal aliens who had just slipped across the border. The newspaper listed them as “undocumented workers” and gave me a good chuckle. If they just arrived, they weren’t working yet, so how could they be workers?

 

[Elizabeth_B]

CinciMom:

I have to disagree.

For one, recent news reports of increase in diseases like TB are on the rise or reappearing because of illegal immigrants. I guess it is more important for businesses to get cheap labor rather than the health and safety of the legal citizens of this country.

How would you feel about these illegals if they raped your daughter then finding out that the thug was arrested for other crimes but INS refused to do something? How about if your child contracted a potenially fatal disease because someone came here illegally?

I would like to see us find a way to permit workers to enter the country legally – provided they do not have a criminal record or contageous diseases. A legal worker program would permit the U.S. to manage immigration more effectively.

I have known people who have waited years for permission to work legally here under the current system. Many of these are non-hispanic. Some chose to work illegally. Some were fortunate enough to have someone else support them. Unfortunately, those who have starving children cannot wait until they receive work permits or until their corrupt government/lousy economy improves.

Living in San Antonio, I am well aware that the vast majority of serious crimes are committed by U.S. citizens, not illegal immigrants.

I actually have a teenage daughter. You’re right that I would be beyond livid if she were raped by an illegal immigrant with a history of violent crimes. But it is much more likely that one of the upper-classmen in her school (in a nice neighborhood) with plenty of cash, his own car and no supervision will be the culprit.

 

[Viki59]

We are not more virtuous than the immigrants, just richer.

It is a long story with which I won’t bore you, but I am convinced that my husband came here by the grace and permission of God, and that if he had not, he would be dead now. The church recommends preferential treatment for the poor – we tread on dangerous ground when we treat our neighbors as less valuable than us.

 

[gilliam]

Viki59:

We are not more virtuous than the immigrants, just richer.

It is a long story with which I won’t bore you, but I am convinced that my husband came here by the grace and permission of God, and that if he had not, he would be dead now. The church recommends preferential treatment for the poor – we tread on dangerous ground when we treat our neighbors as less valuable than us.

 

[Jersey_Jeepster]

The situation with illegal aliens in this country has gotten way out of hand. Illegals do not pay taxes, so they are not contributing monetarily. They send a large portion of the money they make back home. There are motions to give them all sorts of rights they have not earned.

In some states they receive medical benefits, while we currently have many citizens in this country uninsured. The idea of giving them driver’s licenses is benign, compared to what mortgage companies, like Coldwell Banker, want to do. Did you know that some mortgage companies are targeting illegal aliens in attempts to give them mortgages? They see the illegals as an untapped area that can be a lucrative business venture.

California is thinking of giving illegal aliens the right to vote on school board elections.

Allowing people to come here illegally and work will eventually drive down wages in this country. I do not buy the idea that no one wants the jobs that they will take. There are enough legal participants in this country that can use any job to pay the bills. Has everyone in this country become too good, or elite, to take lower-skilled jobs, even though they need work to survive?

What does the tolerance of law-breaking illegal aliens say to the people who have gone through the proper channels to come here to start a new life, contributing to the welfare of this country?

The bottom line is that once these people cross the border to come here, for whatever reason, they have broken the law. They should be immediately classified as criminals and be either arrested or deported.

Illegal immigration needs to be stopped, as soon as possible.

 

[JW10631]

Illegal aliens are exactly that - illegal.
All nations have the right to determine who can come to live within their borders - legally.

The so-called “Catholic” point of view on immigration, espeically that espoused by the USCCB is, in my own humble opinion, a load of BS. Simply put, the USCCB, in a joint statement wiht the Mexican bishops, have called for a virtually open border and to let anyone into the US. This is beyond stupidity.

The Mexican government has a severe case of entrenched corruption and is unwilling to do what is necessary to protect the rights and safety of all its citizens. For decades, Mexico City has sought to push off its poorest onto the United States. Yet, Mexico City will not allow Guatemalans, Hondurans, etc. to stay in Mexico illegally.

Build a wall, issue a national identity card to all citizens, and send illegals back - all of them.

As Catholics, we have an obligation to help the poor - in our own country and in their countries. CNEWA and Catholic Exchange are just two groups (of many) who help the poor here and abroad. As Catholics, we can do much, much more to help our poor Catholic brothers and sisters throughout Latin America, and we should do more. I vehemently disagree that allowing anyone who wants to come here into the US is a sensible solution. it is not.

If anyone accuses me of being anti-Hispanic - my wife is from Santiago de Cali, Colombia. She is a legal US permanent resident. She speaks better English than most graduates of the US public school systems.

 

[Jeffrey]

AMEN!!!
Jersey Jeepster:

The situation with illegal aliens in this country has gotten way out of hand. Illegals do not pay taxes, so they are not contributing monetarily. They send a large portion of the money they make back home. There are motions to give them all sorts of rights they have not earned.

In some states they receive medical benefits, while we currently have many citizens in this country uninsured. The idea of giving them driver’s licenses is benign, compared to what mortgage companies, like Coldwell Banker, want to do. Did you know that some mortgage companies are targeting illegal aliens in attempts to give them mortgages? They see the illegals as an untapped area that can be a lucrative business venture.

California is thinking of giving illegal aliens the right to vote on school board elections.

Allowing people to come here illegally and work will eventually drive down wages in this country. I do not buy the idea that no one wants the jobs that they will take. There are enough legal participants in this country that can use any job to pay the bills. Has everyone in this country become too good, or elite, to take lower-skilled jobs, even though they need work to survive?

What does the tolerance of law-breaking illegal aliens say to the people who have gone through the proper channels to come here to start a new life, contributing to the welfare of this country?

The bottom line is that once these people cross the border to come here, for whatever reason, they have broken the law. They should be immediately classified as criminals and be either arrested or deported.

Illegal immigration needs to be stopped, as soon as possible.

 

[Jeffrey]

They are here illegally… they need to come here thru proper channells… or not at all.

No one said that we are more virtuos. I doubt God told him to sneak over the border.

The Mexican Government is the one treating them as less valuble… by letting companies building factories and letting them pay the workers a wage they can’t live on.

Change it at the Mexcian Government level.

Viki59:

We are not more virtuous than the immigrants, just richer.

It is a long story with which I won’t bore you, but I am convinced that my husband came here by the grace and permission of God, and that if he had not, he would be dead now. The church recommends preferential treatment for the poor – we tread on dangerous ground when we treat our neighbors as less valuable than us.