All this hate is being spewed against illegal aliens in this country.
Many of these haters became US citizens not by serving in our military, not by taking some long difficult course of study, not by working for a certain number of years......
They are US citizens because their Mommy spit them out on US soil or mommy or daddy is a US citizen.
Wow, that took a lot of effort.
Many illegals risked their lives, went through an ordeal of some kind to come to America to help their families & in the hopes of their children having a better life. They actually put out far far far far more effort than the haters.
Some live a meager lifestyle while sending money they earned backed to their families in their home country. I once worked for a company in Houston that hired a lot of Hispanics. in their manufacturing facilities. I have no clue as to their legal status but they were workers. They worked hard & when asked to work overtime when needed, they were all in.
We really need to stand back & analyze our thoughts & feelings toward these people.
Especially the young children they brought with them that have lived most of their lives as American ad have no memories of their homeland. This is their homeland.
I am sure most of the responders will have a fit & cry about their legality. How dare these people come here & take what you earned. Earned? Earned by being born here. Wow, ain't that something to be so proud of. When asked: "What was one of your greatest accomplishments?" and you answer "I was born a US citizen.", Really?
Climb down of your high horses & be realistic. There is not need for the hate & bigotry. If you were born in a poor part of Mexico, would you come here to help your family?
If the US economy tanked while Canada's soared, would you sneak into Canada to take a job paying 5 times what your current job pays to support your family?
This bigotry & hate spread by Trump & his followers needs to end.
Dear
RealDave You are mixing two or more issues.
The bigotry and hate is mutual partisan distrust of each other's agenda because immigration became politicized to rally both parties and incite voters to take sides.
However if you go back to Barbara Jordans speech as a respected Black Democrat, she also preached and rallied against the deterioration of our laws and country by illegal immigration. Michael Berry played her speech on radio, and she wasn't protested as being bigoted or hateful for saying we needed to enforce legal immigration and offer the Privilege of immigration to those who America can choose to migrate here for the best interest of our country . She reiterated it's not a right but a privilege.
Since then, the issue has been politicized to rally and incite voters by slamming the intent of one party by another.
As for immigration if you were in the shoes of a desperate family the choices are
1. Legal immigration on your own
2. Legal immigration by seeking help of a valid charity company or school
3. Illegal immigration on your own
4. Illegal immigration through a fraudulent company, traffickers coyotes etc.
To stop illegal immigration, and to set up sustainable help in poor countries so ppl don't have to flee to get help, it makes sense to focus on more schools charities and businesses that can reach out to these populations. That will increase solution 2 and reduce problem 4. Even if they come to America, how many of these working families could be trained to start and run their own charities and schools to take that training and mentorship support back to their home countries to help solve the economic problems where they start?
Like Barbara Jordan said: if we select which immigrants have priority, why not pick the ones willing to train and serve in military govt and social service develoment. Train them first and set up mentorship program, then send them back to struggling counties to improve access to services and education needed there and worldwide.
Look at
www.paceuniversal.com
Why not invest in those willing to set up schools jobs and services in all poor areas and countries, so nobody is preyed upon by traffickers?
When ppl have a VALID place to go to get LEGAL help, then they don't resort to illegal means.
Can we agree to quit fighting over 1 and 3 and agree to invest in 2 to wipe out 4. And the rest will follow.