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Is moving to seek a better life something Americans value and admire?
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Throughout history people have moved to make life better for themselves and their families. People move in this country to be closer to their loved ones or to pursue new employment opportunities, or to be in environments that help them thrive.
It's hard to move - to pack up everything and go to a new place takes courage - but people do it in order to put food on the table, to provide for their families, or send their kids to a decent school. Undocumented Americans are no different in setting out with courage to make things better for themselves and their families. Moving to make a better life for one's family is one of the best things and one of the hardest things a person can do. People all over the world understand the difficulties of relocation and migration and with all of its complexities, sacrifices and challenges, they still find it a worthy endeavor.
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greatest motivations for moving are often love and family, that's often
overlooked when people are told to "get in line" to get papers. It's not that
simple. What people think is a line, is more of a maze. In this maze, families
suffer long wait times before reuniting. Some applicants wait in line for more
than 10 years, others for more than 20 years. A vast majority of people hopeful
about employment-based visas are already in the U.S. on temporary work visas,
making them vulnerable to exploitation by their employers and also making it
difficult for them to feel more accepted in the communities they are already
members of. Check out this Colorlines.com infographic, Waiting to Come to
America: http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/07/visa.html
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My husband came to this country ad a small child n still is not a citizen we have been married ten yrs n I feel like this country judges him for what was out of his control n is stupid anyway are country was founded on ppl wanting freedom n going out to look for something better who r we to say that it's illegal when ate antcesters did this was it illegal no I know my children shouldn't have to worry about loosing there daddy n no one should have the right to tell me who I can n can't love
I think the prejudice, if you can call it that is against people who feel they do not have to follow the law and immigrate here legally.
Hey "Julian", are you talking to me? I came here legally. I served in the US Marine Corps for 7 years honorably. I have worked 31 straight years before becoming unemployed. Lazy?????????
You can fool yourself by using words like family, love, being together, putting food on table, etc. But there is a big difference when someone invades your home vs someone that knocks on the door waiting for permission to enter. I am an immigrant myself, and yes I did wait in line. I waited in line for 5 years, I went through the whole maze until I was legally permitted to live here. It is the laws of America that makes it what it is and if you cannot respect and value the laws and the...
…You can fool yourself by using words like family, love, being together, putting food on table, etc. But there is a big difference when someone invades your home vs someone that knocks on the door waiting for permission to enter. I am an immigrant myself, and yes I did wait in line. I waited in line for 5 years, I went through the whole maze until I was legally permitted to live here. It is the laws of America that makes it what it is and if you cannot respect and value the laws and the system that this country was built on, you do not belong here. American people also love their families and want to be together and put food on the table, and they do not do so by taking the food out of other peoples mouth.
You are so RIGHT ON MY FELLOW AMERICAN!!
No, But now that he is an adult he can so it the right way and prove that he respects this country by obeying it's laws.
THIS MEXICAN IMMIGRATION IS AN INVASION OF UNBELIEVABLE PREPORTIONS. JUST LOOK AT THE BILLIONS OF $ GOING EVERYDAY TO TAKE CARE OF THEM IN WELFARE. MY TAX $ I DON'T WANT TO PAY. DO YOU? YET THEY KEEP COMING LIKE AN OVER-POPULATED WAVE OF UN-EDUCATED MINIUM WAGE WORKERS. AMERICAN COMPANYS WANT THEM FOR SLAVE WAGES SO WASHINGTON DOES NOTHING ABOUT THE BORDER.
…IN FACT WE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE POWER, WE DON'T RISE UP & DO ANYTHING EITHER. JUST KEEP WAITING! THEY OVER POPULATE US NOW. WE...
THIS MEXICAN IMMIGRATION IS AN INVASION OF UNBELIEVABLE PREPORTIONS. JUST LOOK AT THE BILLIONS OF $ GOING EVERYDAY TO TAKE CARE OF THEM IN WELFARE. MY TAX $ I DON'T WANT TO PAY. DO YOU? YET THEY KEEP COMING LIKE AN OVER-POPULATED WAVE OF UN-EDUCATED MINIUM WAGE WORKERS. AMERICAN COMPANYS WANT THEM FOR SLAVE WAGES SO WASHINGTON DOES NOTHING ABOUT THE BORDER.
IN FACT WE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE POWER, WE DON'T RISE UP & DO ANYTHING EITHER. JUST KEEP WAITING! THEY OVER POPULATE US NOW. WE ARE A 3RD WORLD COUNTRY IN MANY STSTISTICAL CATAGORIES BECAUSE OF ILLEGAL MEXICANS. THERE GANGS SELL DOPE, WELFARE FREE HOSPITAL VISITS. ECT ECT ECT.
WILD BILL TUCKER.COM COMEDIAN.
PS START MY COMEDY TOUR IN JUNE I'LL B DROPPING THE HAMMER ON THIS ISSUE.
BILL TUCKER
Here Here!!!
Mary, do not pretend to have a full grasp of the facts. And spinning your emotions as facts will not win the day. Bill Tucker is here legally and has a right to his opinion. This LEGAL immigrant also has made many comments on this "Cause", and I have yet to see one reply. Mr. Vargas didn't want a "conversation", it is obvious he wants to force his views on Americans (while vilifying us for wanting our Government to ENFORCE our borders and our present immigration laws). Many in the world want a better future for their children, but they usually don't stomp all over a country's laws in order to get what they want. How about Mr. Vargas' driving without a Drivers License in Minnesota last year (while listening to headphones while he was driving)? It would seem he only follows laws he feels he should follow. If I had been caught (as a legal immigrant and American citizen), I would have been thrown in jail. A double standard to be sure (Mr. Vargas has a Pulitzer and "friends in high places" so he is protected). Must be nice.
Ok good thinks
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If people are allowed to cross borders for finding work it will lead to problems.Will all Bangladeshi Muslims be invading ASSAM,TRIPUR,MANIPUR. That would present great threat to security of India.
there is a right way and a wrong way and everyone execpt the mexicans choise to do it the right way why is that.
Plenty of Eastern Europeans choose to do so as well.