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I am an illegal immigrant here in the USA? any comments??

i am a 20 year old man from Ecuador who is currently going to college and will get his BA on computer information technology. I am also an illegal immigrant living in the USA. Now, i came to the USA when i was 8. Before that I used to live on a house made of sticks, i had no electricity, no clean water but my parents and I managed to get here. Now, I am currently a paperboy who works 365 days delivering the New York Times to residents of Manhattan. I use that money to pay for college because I don't qualify for financial aid. Now, I have to criminal records, i know this country and love this country because it is basically the only country i remember most. I have all the good intensions in the world to help this world be a better place. Now do you feel i should go back to my native country, which honestly i don't know anything about, i can talk spanish but i can't write it. Should I be deported back to Ecuador because I am illegal even though I am fighting just as hard as anybody here?


    




marty
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No you belong here. You shouldn't be deported. If you're paying income taxes on your income, I have no quarrel with you.
Illegal immigration is the least of our worries.
People are making more of undocumented Latino workers than they are criminals getting off easy because our prisons are full and our government has itself mired down neck-deep in war.
The media is the culprit. They are sensationalizing issues within our own borders and their use of the war to manipulate the general public is more than despicable.
I am literate and a fluent speaker of Spanish. Some of my best friends are Latino. They are here like you and they have families to support and they feel strongly that is important to make a better life for their children.
The media doesn't think that aspect of illegal immigration is worth covering.
I think that is tragic. Americans have been led to believe that what they hear from the Media is the gospel truth. Most people that have issues with Latinos don't know any personally. I do...
I know a lot of you. Mexicans, Ecuadorians, Guatemalans, Salvadorians, Venezuelans and so on. I know first hand how many Latinos come here because they have no other alternative.
People need things and things cost money.
So you go ahead and soldier on and don't let this issue distract you from your goals.
Buena suerte (good luck)


notadummyrat
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I guess the question is how do you feel about the fact that a law abiding Equadorian who stood in line to get to this country legally may not get in because you cut in line in front of him?


mel_rose777
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If youre illegal? Get legal? Take the procedures, and the citizenship test and make YOURSELF feel better.. do the right thing!


cireengineering
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Contact the US Department of Immigration on how to be here legally.


gcbtrading
Your parents made some irresponsible and illegal decisions for you and now you must pay the consequences. Shame on them.
If I were an embassy interviewer...I'd probably give your application favorable consideration when I met you in Quito.


W
I respect you for wanting to make a better life. However that being said you are in violation of the laws of the USA. You can apply for citizenship, having lived here for 12 years it could be granted. If not then you should seek other avenues to be in the country legally. You employer is also at risk since you are working illegally for them. I'm surpirised that you have not been asked to produce the proper documents for the college that you attend as well.


john c
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You are here illegally, in violation of federal law. You have done an injustice to some law abiding Ecuadorian who is attempting to enter the U.S.A. legally. If you should earn your degree in computer technology, you will no doubt try to work in the U.S.A., which would constitute another violation of the law, and could cause your employer to go to prison or pay a huge fine, IF the laws are enforced! If you have any morals or patriotic feelings for your home country,Ecuador, you will go home, do what you can to help the businesses or government of Ecuador. Then, if you want to come to OUR country, the U.S.A., get in line, comply with our laws, and do it legally. When you state that , "I am fighting just as hard as anybody here", for what or against what are you fighting?


blubba
i think you should apply for citizenship or join the army. those are probably the safest routes to go.


mother love
apply for your rights to become us citizen


javadic
You will need an immigration attorney to figure this one out. My ex-sister-in-law and her husband received amnesty after they had been here for several years. They are citizens now. They used an immigration lawyer.


MaggieO
You should find some legal aid, talk to someone who can help you with this situation! My son in law has been in your shoes for over 7 years now, he and my daughter and their little girl are on their way right now to Mexico for his interview with a judge there. He will be told if he has to stay there a long time , or if he can come back here with his family and become a legal citizen of the US. They have been working on his papers and going through this for the nearly 4 years they have been married. It will be worth it to you to get this started,
do it as soon as possible, at least it will be better than going to jail and being deported. Keep studying hard and working hard... that is what makes you stand out in the crowd! You will go far and do great things if you just keep going and don't give up! Good luck amigo!


mohan r
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Illegal is illegal
if knife is gold can you cut your neck.
like that.
if you r student? why your records in criminal?
what you studied you stop .that s all.
you try to you r native country.
god is grate, wish you all the best.


Bruce J
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Nope. I don't mind. Welcome to America. Er...I guess it's a little late for that....


Sway_27
yes you should be deported pr gp back willingly and do it the right way


wrenchbender19
Yes i do believe you should go back to ecuador and then if you decide to come back here do it legally i am glad you dont qualify for financial aid i am a naturally born american citizen and i didnt qualify for crap in financial aid, you barely mention the fact that you are a criminal and in my opinion if you are a criminal and you apply for citizenship then you should be flat out denied. you are trying to justify to people that have been born and riased here and have seen cities have to bend over backwards to help illegal immigrants to go to school and then get it thrown in thier face. Screw you man i hope you go back to ecuador and stay there yeah my family immigrated to america over a hundred years ago and it was done legally and all the crap that they had to go through and you try telling me that i am wrong for saying you need to go back to your country and if you come back here legally then you would be welcome but do it legally what part of illegal dont you understand


nanae s
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We don't like illegals,only legal immigrants


curious K
You should be deported along with your parents. Regardless of the time here, you broke the law. You need to leave.


pte:D42
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aslong as your willing to study andwork hard you should apply for asylem you are almost legal by now anyway should be no objections from US government.. good luck


Bring 'em on!
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Over here, La Migra!!!! Over here!!!!!


Chunky Monkey
even though u are an illegal immigrant, i respect you and all other illegal immigrants because they have to work the jobs nobody wants and work extra hard to make enough money. maybe this doesnt go for all illegal immigrant but from what i see and hear from people alot of them are pulling more weight than the average american.


gh0st
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You present the side of the argument that no one wants to hear friend. I think most immigrants, illegal or otherwise, are just like you. It's just that the "face" of the illegal immigrant has become that of someone who milks the system, which is a shame.

We need to remember the fact that we are all immigrants. This land is meant to belong to no one, and a world without borders would probably solve many a problem. Once governments are formed they and it's people become corrupted and brainwashed and then all of it goes to hell.

Just do the best you can friend. Make a difference in this world and then it won't matter where you're from, because no matter what we all come from the same place to begin with.


Scott F
I could care less whether or not you are an illegal as long as you aren't being paid below minimum wage or being paid less for being an illegal. When the employer pays illegals below minimum wage or less than the norm of someone legal it affects not only legals but also other illegals as to how they are abused by being denied a job for someone cheaper.

Basically, if anyone is at fault it is employers.


Jack Wooten
look at Dalton GA they have taken over. I walked out of a meeting probably 50 years ago, said I could not voice my opinionon how jobs were to be sent to other countries and how everyone would be equL (Who get the better trearment of course it is illegals. I'll stop i,m just getting started. jackwooten37@yahoo.com





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