To "PRO IMMIGRANTS" - I am against people coming to our country...?

Consul of Rome

*I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed.
* *Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food. *
*But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue. *
*Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table...everywhere. *
*Then some of the birds turned mean: *
*They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. *
*And others birds were boisterous and loud: *
*They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food. *
*After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore. *
*I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. *
*I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. *

*Soon, the back yard was like it used to be...... quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal. *

*Now lets see....... our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen. *
*Then the illegal's came by the tens of thousands. *
*Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families: you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor: your child's 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn't speak English: Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to press "one" to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people waving flags other than "Old Glory" are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties. *
*Maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird feeder. *

CCRIDER69

I FEEL THE SAME!! IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN THE USA DO IT THE RIGHT WAY!!!
IF I GET A THUMBS DOWN YOU MUST BE ILLEGAL..

katydid

That's not racist. It's practical. I live in California and the schools are failing. The h.s. drop out rate is 50% in some districts. Why? Because so much $$ is being spent on illegals who don't have medical care, send their kids to school here and don't pay taxes on the money they make. It is against the law and I don't know why it's been allowed to go on for so long. I want my kids and grandkids to get a good education like I got.

GoodJuJu2U

I don't hear racism in your statement. I hear frustration that our laws are being ignored by our own government at our expense and that our country is being financially drained by illegal immigrants. I am in agreement with you.

MsLovely's6thSense

No racism in your statement. Just the truth! Some people can't handle the truth.

Potowattomi

You are totally correct. We have elected persons who do not care about us, rather they want money that aliens give to them to fight for them in America.
The antichrist nation will be a nation that worships money, riches, mammon. I rather be a poor American in a poor America then the one of the citizens of antichrists nation.

momatad

Immigration in any country is subject to the sovereign laws of the country. Based on this.....entering this country is illegal whether you be from Mexico,Canada or the British Isles if you did so without proper authorization and should be treated as a crime. You are welcome as long as you enter legally. If I just showed up in a foreign country and stated 'here I am, and I'm staying' I would expect to get booted.

Sherilynne B

Cool Lindseygirl I'm glad you are so open minded. A houseful of crankheads is being thrown out in my city, I'll tell them to stop by your house and they can all live there with you. Get some extra food and drinks in the house and also be ready to pay their medical bills which are quite high now. You are SO SWEET to volunteer!

amnesty sucks

Bottom line, the illegal aliens have broken the law when they came here. They have no rights. They are criminals for breaking the laws. While they don't directly get welfare, their anchor babies do. They do get "free" medical - free to them but WE PAY FOR IT.

I hate it when people scream that this country was built by immigrants. True, it was built by LEGAL immigrants.

In addition, while we are all humans, it is NOT our responsibility to take care of them. I don't want to "just get along" with them. This means that WE take care of them and they sponge off the taxpayer.

Illegal immigration has nothing to do with race. It is about the LAW!

notadeadbeat

Right on brother.
We also need to change the laws making any baby born in the US an automatic citizen. Before a baby born here would be an American citizen, then at least one parent must be an American citizen.

Ms.L.A.

I am against people coming into our country illegally also. It's a legal issue with racial undertones as I believe the hate groups, gangs and identity thefts have really enraged the American people. Their demands have made them very disliked in this country. If that is racist then so be it.

J Woody

No racism, unless you specifically mentioned a group or race of people.

Jessa

I agree with you. The ones who are paying taxes are either using a stolen SSN or some fake tax ID. Coming here illegally is already breaking a law, but then using fake documents or stolen identities is fraud. So while it is great that some are paying taxes, they still aren't doing it legally. Americans for the most part have a great life compared to people that are coming here illegally... but we all know that streets here aren't paved with gold and our citizens need to taken care of first. We may not be the hardest working country, but we the most powerful, and there is a reason for it... and letting illegals in, isn't it. It is a drain on our economy, and it is impeding on our way of life. Many hospitals in LA, and other metropolitian areas are having to shut down because of the lack of payment for services being performed. Illegals have no health insurance and can't afford to pay out of pocket, but they cannot be denied treatment. If the hospitals are being paid for the services, they are losing money, and when it runs out, they shut down. Doctors, nurses, and other hospital personnel are forced to find other work places because they cannot be paid for thier work.... It isn't just affecting the hospital either, but those around it who do have insurance... they have to drive further to seek medical treatment and depending on how severe the situation, people can, and do die on the way to another hospital... All I am saying is that the illegal aliens who come here for a better life, I can empathize with, but it is hurting us as a country more than it is helping us. Helping people is great, but we need to take care of our own first...

Bye-Partisan

No racism here, but people do become racist with this issue by assuming all the immigrants come from mexico's border. I think that our immigration problme is similar to our war in iraq. We shouldnt of went in (we shouldnt of allowed our borders to be comprimised) but what do we do from here. We cant deport a big group of people but what we can do is allow them to assimilate and begin to pay taxes which would put us in a better position than where we are now.

Billy Butthead

I am not against it as long as the immigrants adopt our way of life and don't try to force their religion,beliefs etc on us.

fangtaiyang

There is no actual racism in that statement. The part about many immigrants using up benefits is pretty much rhetoric. It is propaganda aimed at creating the idea that illegal immigrants are creating the problem, when in fact it is those that lure those same immigrants into the country with promises of work and monetary gain.
The problem is not so much the fact that illegal immigrants get freebies from US taxpayers as that US taxpayers do not receive similar benefits when they pay for them.

anoldmick

Your statements are not racist. There, that make you feel better? However - your grasp of history is pathetic. We've seen illegal immigrants entering this country since it became a country - and a great many of them rose to be some of our most productive citizens. Sure, some became a drain on society too, but you couldn't have determined, the day they snuck in, which would be which as the years passed.
Background? What would be an acceptable background? There was a fellow from Scotland who came here with his 16-year-old wife a number of years back, and nobody did a background check on him. In Scotland, it was later learned, he had been a labor organizer who'd been involved in many illegal activities and was wanted by the police.
Should he have been busted and sent back? Well, I dunno: see, his name was Alan Pinkerton, and he established the agency that still bears his name today - the Pinkertons are one of the most respected security agencies in the world today. Look 'em up in your copy of the Yelllow Book...

No, I'm sorry, accusing these immigrants - illegal though they be - of "using up benefits without paying" is flat wrong: they find work as fast as they can, and actually pay taxes at a higher rate than native-born American citizens!

Like I said - your comments were not racist, but they did demonstrate a sorry lack of true understanding of the issues.

Sax A

This shouldn't even be an issue.

What you need to ask yourself is "AM I A HUMAN?"

Forget about borders they are just imaginary lines. Forget about the idea that our resources are going to "run out" because of a certain group of people using them all up. We live in an infinite universe that will provide us with everything we could possibly want or need. In a sense some of the people in government are almost making it illegal to be human. Some would like you to believe that everyone who lives beyond our imaginary borders are evil and want to rape and pillage everything we hold dear and true.....or at least have that mentality.

If you were dirt poor and you had to no way of making a living where you were right now wouldn't you do everything in your power to get to where you wanted to be?

EVERY human should have that right. No laws should ever be permitted that keep humans from living a better life. Despite geographical location.

everyone needs to break away from the mentality of "us and them"

There is no "them"....there is only "us"....
Life is not black and white, good guys and bad guys, good and evil, Democrats and Republicans...It's all just a bunch of non-sense to keep people separate from each other.

200 years ago nobody had a "background" that could be reviewed and judged. The more people cry out for security the smaller every ones world will get. Eventually leading to RFID chips in people and cameras in your houses. Do you want that?

Eddie

Well, there is no racism in that statement if you did not put it in... There is one point though - illegal immigrants usually cannot use any benefits - if you're referring to medical, education etc. You also might want to considerthat you are just plain lucky to have been born in a well developed country. Many people in the worl leave their own home only because they absolutely have no other choice. Yes it is a pain, but what can be the answer then, let them suffer for ever, let me live in peace?

lindseygirl

Aren't we all human? Why should we tell people where they can and can't be / live?

Your right in the fact that they should have to pay into the system like us. I think the way the whole system is set up is stupid. If they made it easier for them to become citizens here then they would be legal and pay taxes.

â™« Melody

Illegal people cannot sign up for benefits.

Apparently it's in the best interest of some U.S. companies. Who else is hiring them?

Are you against the scripture written on the Statue of Liberty? Are you going to form a petition to tear it down?

This is all about racism and a chance for people to vent their hatred for others.

Pfo

I am for these people coming into the country. Yes, they broke laws to get here, BUT they are breaking laws to work. They work hard, long hours, do not complain and in many cases work for low wages, sometimes without food. This country was founded by immigrants, I say the immigration system needs reform so that they can all come here legally. IF they tried to come here legally, most wouldn't have the money nor the time, and wouldn't have any guarantee of succeeding.

bushonlysubmale

You should support our President George W. Bush and his Bush Immigration Reform Plan.

Joe M

Fortunately, noone asked you.

Doubletroubledeb

This post is for the people that are okay with people entering our country illegallly, that make exuses for people that come here illegally. We have laws for a reason, we had Ellis Isle for a reason - to check on the backgrounds of people that we don't want here, i.e. that have committed crimes (are murderers, rapists, drug addicts, commit fraud, etc.). Why should our laws be broken and other nations not. Does anyone realize that the U.S. has more ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS than any other nations. Other countries would not put up with what we put up with. It is so out of hand that our own government doesn't even know who is in this country. There is no way they could know who is here. Doesn't that just scare the shit out of anyone? It scares me to know that we probably have all kinds of home-grown terrorists all over the U.S. and our government doesn't give a _ _ _ _!

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