For those of you against illegal immigration is there anything that would cause you to support even one person

betterdeadthansorry

If the person really wanted to go through it legally but can't cause of financial troubles, then perhaps I'd help and fund money his/her way, if it will get the person in legally and out of trouble.

Otherwise, if the person just wants to flout the law and cannot be patient enough to wait in line, or actually has money to pay smugglers to get them in, then Im so sorry but I will not support them. The Law is the Law.

Ronald H

Nope. My relatives came here the legal way, and so can everyone else in the world. NO EXCEPTIONS!! I don't care how crappy your country is. Fill out the paperwork and stand in line. There's a reason why EVERYONE wants to be here.

lucky_j_2003

no
the law is the law

cruizer

Let me ask you a question? would you support an illegal alien, knowing that after that-no-good-for-nothing-spineless-doesn... his house-Bill Clintonless signed NAFTA, and jobs were sent overseas, like alcoa, levis, etc etc. and now Dell computer is sending 25000 jobs overseas, (to india) would you still ssupport illegal imigration knowing our jobs are being outsourced and to continue to let illegals come in and scrape up the remaing ones?

TruckGirl

NOOO! It is not fair to all the law-abiding people who have done their paperwork and are patiently waiting to come to America.

parrothead2371

No. If I tried to go into another country illegally, I would get jailed or deported. Same thing should apply here.

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Juan_Valdez

Nope. Next question.

lady_luck

there are no exceptions no rights they should all be back in their own country fighting for it would they be there opened armed inviting us in if we were to flee to their county like **** would they send em, ALL back

Devils_Advocate

Nope not one would I help.

howzdatbabe

i suppose if they were to agree to be publicly hanged then i'd allow that person in

www.scapegoatz.com

No, Legal is the best way. It allows for the person to be able to have a job and not work under the table.

Being an illegal keeps you down

bconehead

Nope not when I see them taking jobs citizens used to do but they now do it for less and even WORSE, when a contractor gets a government job, he must pay his employees Davis Bacon Wages so even MORE of our dollars are funneled out of the country!

Constuction workers are now being replaced by "those" who will work for less, while the boss lives high and mighty!

PS

NAFTA? A Republican concept, signed by Bill Clinton yes but.....the Republicans invented it and WANT it to remain in place and expanded upon. See "CAFTA"

rsist34

Yeah Immigrate to this country LEGALLY

twoodshair

if that person wants to go fight for our country i say let him/her be legal. you must fight for what you want. if you want to become legal, then fight for it. get our men home safely and in one piece, Lord.(please and thank you)

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No I'm sorry.
If i saw a child being bashed because they are an illegal, Yes i would intervene, But then i would also call the appropriate channels to get him or her deported because they are illegal & a crime is a crime.
But ONLY Because i do not support crime.
I would not be all pro-illegal & no one can persuade me to be so.
Yes i know you hear some heartwrenching stories about illegal immigrant children, But their parents put them in these awful positions.

I am anti-illegal.

Preacher

Daisy

NO. And I agree with everyone here who said absolutely NO.

Jack The Ripper

No,if it was good enough for my grandparents to enter legally, learn the language,pay their taxes and become an actual part of America rather than trying to become a country within another,demanding rights they had not earned,fraudulently using social services,refusing to do even the smallest things that the law required,then it's good enough for the modern immigrant. I use that word loosely since the current batch aren't immigrants they are tresspassers. So if someone came to your door,demanded that you let them live their with their family, made you give up the master bedroom in order to provide room for extra family members while you slept on the couch,and then demanded you foot the bill for most of their needs would that be cool with you? That is after all basically what America is getting.

Angel of Man

No. Not at all. They came to our country illegally...they should not be here. They know the risk, they know what they face. So it is there own fault if anything happens to them. Say I have a cold heart, say I'm cruel or un-kind....It matters not. What dose matter...is that they should not have been over here in the first place. And illegal tolerance should not be allowed any longer. For too long they have came to our country...robed our lands, taken from our economy, raped and changed our way of life! It is ridiculous how some can be tolerant of this issue! Illegals coming into other country's, you risk massive prison time, even death!! But we have simply deported those who come, and tell them not to do it again. WE Have been more than kind. They have extend there invitation for longer then what is needed..what is wanted. No exceptions lay open to an illegal...unless they want help out of our country....I would gladly help then...(and only in presents of 3 fully armed men and my trusty twin barrel.)

RENEGADE.

No. My resolve is firm.

goliathntime

Yep, do away with all US and Mexican laws that stop me from doing what I want to do.

Siena

There is a downside to this questions that usually results in a massive kick *** fine and/or jail time...
I think the only reasons I would support an illegal immigrant would be a child who has fled a war-torn country or a woman who has fled extreme violence (but the latter is not usually the case...)
Upon saying that, I would be contacting the appropriate channels to see what could be done, and how to help this person apply for citizenship. In Australia, we have things like Assurance of Support - which basically means you pay a bond with the government and sign a "contract" to say you will support this person (the terms vary from 2 years +) throughout that period. If the person applies for social security, then you are liable to pay back the "debt" to the government once your assurance has ended.
I fully support programs like AoS BUT in most cases, the person who has come here illegally would be deported. It is heartbreaking because there are so many reasons why they would want to come to our country but in the end, I would say I would support for a week or even a few months as long as I had cleared things with the appropriate authorities and knew that I wouldn't be jeopardising my status.
This is a good question and it falls down to ethics and morals - most people will take the road of self-preservation and will not want to face any penalties, even if it means helping someone who desperately needs assistance.
It's sad when you realise that humanity and the acts of kindness don't really exist anymore.

machiko_146

I have actually helped one person who was illegal, but it was not her fault. She came from Myanmar on a visa to be with a man she intended to marry. Her future husband promised to help her learn English and get her papers, told her he'd never loved anyone like her before. She came here and he used her citizenship status(which she was not allowed to fix) to control her behavior. Was always threatening to have her deported back to Myanmar. She was forbidden to formally learn English, but after 8 years of living here illegally, she did manage to learn some. He even had a vasectomy(unknown to her), and belittled her for not being able to produce children. I don't regret supporting her because she had every intention of following the law, and the abuse that took place was(obviously) not her fault.

david s

If the people answering these questions are representative of our culture (which I strongly doubt), I would personally support about 80 myself to even things out.

livlafluv

I would take them to the office to get them legal and try to start a process, other than that no, but if one came to my door starving I would feed them and send them on.

Question Everything

Well I met a family the other day in San Antonio TX, they were illegals who, both parents had fake social security numbers and thier son is dying of cancer and needs treatment. He is also an illegal. well being that they are illegal we are obligated to force them to go back to mexico and we cannot treat the boy here...a part of me feels really really bad because without treatment this kid could die..but because of the fact that his parents don't wanna go back to Mexico and get treatment there the boy will die....so I would support the kid...that one person. The parents don't understand that they can't get benefits with fake social security numbers. I work at the hospital that wont treat him by the way. I don't blame the child at all...and I think that we should do something to help him..even though he can easily go to mexico and get treatment his family doesn't want to go back.

Ophelia

Exceptions are an unfairness to the whole. All people are equal, surely this is something you understand?

DAR

Solve the problem going forward, don't just us give lip service and National Guard at the border, get rid of the bad guys, and let's talk.

fanofkeanur

To support one is too many to justify that compassion and being humane is a cause to be pro illegal immigration. Economist would argue that there shld be a free movement of people and commodities. There is also proven movement of people crossing the border to use our medical facilities for free, some to stay indefinitely with children in tow to take advantage of free education. People shld learned if not punitively to recognize the validity of the border after all it has been abused for so many years. The only significant transborder cooperation that Mexico has provided the US sadly is the massive flow of the poor and the needy as if the poor and the needy is non existent in this country.

Carol R

Most of them wouldn't help a family member. They make me ill.

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