Would usa be better without immigrants?

Alex

If your one yes...

cmira4

One must remember that the US is a country of immigrants, beginning from the original settlers that came on the Mayflower that came from England, followed by waves of immigrants from Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.

The US would not be the US without the immigrants.

The answer is NO, the USA would NOT be better off without the immigrants.

alexnd03

I have nothing wrong with immigrants, as long as they are here legally. I hate those illegal immigrants who come over and expect to be treated like real American's, just because they are on our soil. This applies to any race of immigrant that is here illegally.

Everyone else (is supposed to) pay taxes, follow US laws, so why do immigrants think they are so special. I can't stand it when I see something on t.v. about illegal immigrants holding their native flag, and yet saying they are proud to be american. WHAT A JOKE!, If you're proud to be an american, their is only one flag you should be waving, the flag of the United States of America.

If you want to be a "real" american, go through the process like legitimate immigrants and then you might not be looked down upon.

I apoligize if this sounds racist, but its a matter of fact that millions of illegal immigrants enter this country taking up valuable resources that the rest of us pay for. I have no sympathy whatsoever for this type of person.

goose1077

I see a lot of people answered about us all being immigrants. that point is true, but I'm suspecting you are talking about right now.

The answer is NO. Immigrants improve the quality of life for themselves and everyone else. If they all left tomorrow, we'd have serious trouble. Seriously, are you going to pick strawberries? NO. So what would they have to pay, $15 an hour? 25? who could afford strawberries if we had to pay that much to get people to pick them. That's just one job. Immigrants do thousands of different jobs that we won't.

USA history started with immigrants what are you talking about...

DAR

It would be better without illegal immigrants. Better schools, better health care, better services for our own people...

beardog4314

My Native American ancestors thought so, but my Irish ancestors didn't. Guess who won?

lyllyan

Well, that one is rather hard to answer, condsidering we are a nation of immigrants. If you are asking if it would be better without illegal immigrants, I persoanlly do think it would be. In my opinion, and I re-state, this is only my opinion, illegals increase crime and are a drain on the economy.

I don't have a problem with immigrants in general, only the ones who cannot be bothered to come to our country through legal channels.

EveryDaysAMardiGras

When we're talking about "illegal" immigrants. Yes... There is a process that needs to be followed and if an illegal immigrant is dead set on being in the US, they should follow the proper processes and procedures.

There are many immigrants that have help build and have made great contributions to this country, however, being here illegally is frowned upon by me and most other Americans.

Some other folks have explained why... above and below.

Pop D

No. Most of us wouldn't even be here if the USA had no immigrants.

Jim J

Can't you left wing liberals get this straight......there are LEGAL immigrants, and ILLEGAL migrants. The USA would be better off without the ILLEGALS. We are a better country because of the LEGAL immigrants.

yellowbadmunster

Mr. Buffalo says yes.

E A C

One thing for sure, the U.S.A. if it was without immigrants, it would be empty, even the people there that exist before the 16th century were also immigrants.

But those who think that any human that exist is a nuisance, would think that the U.S.A. be better without immigrants, since there wouldn't be any human at all.

Would the U.S.A. be better without troublemaking immigrants (which might be legal or illegal)?

It would be better in some ways, but in the same time, troublemakers made people motivated to improve things.

On a note, the U.S.A. government regulary invited trouble makers to immigrate legally. Many of them betrayed and humiliated their previous host countries, but are regulary heralded as heroes by the 'international' community.

If a person said bad things about his/her previous host country, what stopping him/her for saying bad things about his/her current host country?

Ivan S

Without Illegal ones. I have no problems legal ones!

Barbara T

Without immigrants, the US would be entirely made up of Indians. They were here first, everyone else immigrated to the US and took over. So, anyone out there who doesn't like immigrants, unless your ancestors are Indians, you come from immigrants too.

vegaschic

No, it would be better without the illegal immigrants. This country was formed by immigrants.

Naruto #1

The USA would not exist if it were not for immigrants, so... NO!!!

Xavasia

Everyone in this country is here due to some form of immigration or migration, so it seems that the obvious answer would be no.

GREAT_AMERICAN

Breakdown for 1997 Costs of Legal Immigration

Public Schools (Primary, Secondary, Higher, etc) $22.5 billion

Bilingual Education, ESOL, ESL Education $ 3.3 billion

Medicaid $12.8 billion

AFDC (for legal and illegal immigrant's offspring) $ 2.4 billion

Social Security $24.8 billion

Supplemental Security Income $ 2.9 billion

Housing Assistance $ 2.6 billion

Criminal Justice $ 2.6 billion

Jobs Lost by Americans $10.8 billion

Other Programs $51.4 billion

1997 Total Costs for LEGAL Immigration: $136 billion

Add 1997 total costs for illegal immigration of $41 billion and subtract an estimated $108 billion in taxes paid by all immigrants (legal and illegal) in 1997 to obtain the overall net figure of $69 billion charged to you, and other American taxpayers.

Other key facts regarding immigration are:

1.) If current immigration trends continue, the current U.S. population of

274 million will nearly double to over 500,000,000 by 2050. (The U.S. was 135 million at the end of WWII.)

2.) Harvard Professor George Borjas demonstrated that mass immigration costs American workers $133 billion per year in wage depression and job loss.

3.) The prestigious National Research Council found at the state and local levels (which bear most of the burden for K-12 education) the net fiscal burden of the average immigrant-headed household (i.e., after subtracting state and local taxes the household paid) was:

$1,484 per immigrant-headed household in New Jersey (in the 1989-1990 fiscal year); and $3,463 in California (in 1994-1995)(p. 276-277)

Why should we continue to allow our own working poor, homeless, and unemployed to continue to suffer from the job loss, wage depression, and other burdens imposed by mass immigration?

king Ebanks of USA

IF your ancestors were not Native American then you descended from immigrants

amanda k

I think there needs to be a limit on immigrants. I mean hey we already have sleeper cells here, and have been for years.
The US needs to stop the flow of so many and do back ground checks. your answere to the question is yes and no

Pink Honey

I believe the u.s.a. would be better off with more love and feelings. But this whole immigrant thing is nothing more than a lot of hate and hate is what I want nothing to do with, especially those minute men, some of them live in my hometown. I think that there are those certain people who cannot stand to love others unless it is people of their own race. At this time I only stand at the side lines wondering where this whole thing is going, because long before this immigration issue came to light, there really was always someone else to blame, and this hate will go on and on because many of us are guilty for turning this whole thing into an issue of what it should not be.

Nancy Kay

the USA would not exist without its immigrants...there would be nothing but Native Americans left here...

lucy02

No one would be here if it wasn't for immigrants.

j _j_83221

we are a country of immigrants......when they are illegal thats a different story

Lynda

Then which group must leave first? Almost evryone is either a descendant of one or an immigrant.

HarryMay

the usa wouldn't exist without immigrants

Bleachlady.com

No. There would be serious labor issues. You wouldn't be able to afford many products and many services without a workforce to provide them.

They teach us that people are willing to die to be here. They come here to work and try to have a better life. There are so many "Americans" not working and living off of the system. We should ship off the lazy Americans and keep the immigrants.

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