If they really want immigrants out why is john smith paying jose,mohammad,chung li etc..?
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John Smith doesn't want immigrants out.  He wants ILLEGAL immigrants out.  Immigrants that come through the proper channels of the immigration process have a care and respect for the United States that goes beyond money.  They are required to support themselves or they will be deported.  Because they are here legally, they are paid on the books and thus earn a legalwage and pay taxes.
1071003
The BNP is a good party to blame when the immigrants dont get their own way in the UK. If they want to be a citizen then surely they want the government that comes with it? If NOT then they're surely just after what they get from the system and in that case they are not benificial for the UK people.\n\nThe best thing the BNP have said is that if they came into power they would give each immigrant enough money for the flight home... I think that's more than fair!
382637
Because this is the US and we are expected to furnish the rest of the world with what ever they need. I am an immigrant who came here legally. And that's the way it should be.  I have seen what's happened England with open borders. The country is now a financial mess.
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Immigrants contribute 7 billion in social security per year. they earn 240 billion, report 90 billion, and only are reimbursed 5 billion, "where are the 85 billion?"  They also  contribute to the U.S. economy 25 billion more than they receive in healthcare, etc., etc., etc.  According to the anti-immigrant politicians and hatemongers, "immigrants are a drain on society."  If this is true, then during the day on May 1st the stock market will surge, and the economy will boom.  If not, we prove them wrong once and for all.  We know what will happen!
313681
THEY (legal and non legal immigrants) threw out the race card first.  Notice they are all for breaking the law?  They want a free ticket in to this country, expect to be handed jobs and  health benefits (free, I might add) automatically, and so far our government has obliged them.  It doesn't look like our goverment is really against illegal immigration.  It's a lie and a sad thing.  I am totally against illegal immigration.  If you want to come here that's great I'm not against that, just do it legally.
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This is what I'm saying. I cannot believe that our legislators are allowing these people to bully them! And the immigrants themselves,(not all, of course, but many i encounter) are angry at U.S. citizens for wanting stricter laws enforced on immigration. Do these people not realize how much we pay for when they immigrate illegally? And i don't just mean monetarily either. sheesh!
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Personally I am all for immigrants being here.  They are very hard workers!  At least they are here trying to make a living for their families, unlike alot of dead beat citizens living off the government.  They are here trying to provide for their families working jobs that most americans think that they are too good to do.  This past weekend I visted Kansas City, and on almost street corner their was a american citizen holding a sign up begging for food or money.  Why is this?  Why are they begging for money when they are sooo many jobs out there?  They are born here in the United States with everything.  They have legal papers to work, so why are they looking for hand outs?  Hispanics come here with out papers and find work almost anywhere.  They are not afraid to work.  You don't ever see them standing on the street corners begging, no you see them in the fields, chicken plants, orchards and almost every contrustion site WORKING!  Working for their families so that they can have a life.  You don't see them at the wellfare offices sigining up on food stamps and wic do you?  Living off my hard earned taxes that the government takes from my check.  But you will see alot of lazy american citizens setting there waiting for a hand out.  I am a american citizen and came from a very poor family, but my mother worked hard to feed us kids and made sure we had everything that we needed. She never looked for hand outs, she got out there and worked.  The government has made it too easy for us to live for free.  They give people food stamps, pay for there housing (HUD), and help with their utilites.  All free of charge, taken from the tax payers checks.  I understand there is some people out there that does need help, like senior citizens and disabled people, but young teenagers and grown able to work adults, no.  Most of them have more kids just to get more money from the government.  Take a good look at our very own citizens before you judge other people.  God made the world for all...don't you remember the song in school....this land is your land?  God created all things!  I think these people trying to provide for their families will make in heaven before the lazy muchers do.  Get to know an immigrant and you will find out what a family really is.  Their family values are so unlike americans.  Very kind and caring people.  I am happily married to a Mexican lady, and her and her family is one of the most rewarding part of my life.  So what do I think about illegal immigrants? Hats off for people trying to make a better life for their families!
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I had not heard of that before either, although it does make sense.  I wonder if it requires a type of religious persecution in their home country or if it is just for them to be missionaries here like Americans are when they go to other countries.\n\nOne in three really does show the flaw in the system or that someone didn't do their job right.  Someone else should be held accountable, but unfortunately no one probably will....\n\nI do have to say I was happy to see they are cracking down on something - now if they'd come over here to the WEST coast and do something about illegal immigration.
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I think it has to do with greed. The laws have been ignored for decades now because businesses want to hire workers without having to pay them fair wage and benefits. Government generally supports business over the common good so turned a blind eye. It's now coming back to bite them in the ass several decades later. The only thing that would get the government to listen is if there is a terrorist event sponsored by Mexicans...otherwise I'm afraid nothing will......don't forget that this is the country that is outsourcing many white collar and menail service jobs to south Asia and other places. In this country it's every man/person/business for themselves and I predict a continuation of our slow decline due to our lack of interest in the common good.
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by the way you worded your question it is pretty clear you are just another american only looking out for himself.what about asking what good it would do for them?mabye there need would outweigh your greedy needs.im not saying i am for immigration infact i kinda wished all the filthy immigrants would leave my country.and no i am not from usa or mexico.\nand to snathan are you so stupid that you think if they where made legal citizens in your country it would still be legal to pay them illegals wages.it would be law the got paid the same min. wage that you get at your job.if anything you should be concerned about the labour.you do you think works harder.1)Some one who came to your country just to be able to have a job and works his ass off to do it.or,2)a fat,pimply faced,lazy,potsmoking,ignorant american who would sit on his ass complaning?i realize there are still some decent people in america but look around your big cities.im not even going to get started about that, we all see what happens in your streets.
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Im not sure of everything. but I do think that if the owner KNOWS tehre illegal but hires them any way jsut to make more money (pay immigrants less) then they have a pretty big fine---just not enough to stop them from hirining illigal immigrant.\nagain I dont know all my facts---this is just what I rember from school\n\n\n\n\n~shellybell~
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There is a huge incentive for poor people in a desperately corrupt country to face almost certain death to come to a place where there are far too many short-sighted employers who are willing to sabotage our country by circumventing the whole idea of supply and demand for labor. The problem is not that Americans will not do the jobs that are needed, but that they are not willing to do the jobs for the wages that are offered. Supply and demand says that if you want labor in a tight market, you have to pay what it is worth. By purposefully recruiting desperate people who are entering illegal, and thus cannot defend any human rights they have, the employers are able to pay slave wages, charge for mimimum wage, and pocket the difference.\n\nWe the people are the losers. Instead of building a wall to keep out immigrants, we should deport criminal employers.
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Any compamy that has made the news for being fined for having illegal immigrants working for them are on a list beside my computer. If they pay the fines - they have admitted wrong doing.\n\nI don't deal with them and am doing research to find their other fields of business.  They won't get my money so I am not supporting them.
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Send em back home! If they want to be here so badly, they'll do it legally. And besides, we'd be better off without them. We have US citizens with no jobs, that are willing to clean, disinfect, and deliver. But yet, immigrants get the job because they work for less. Americans need to quit being cheap, and think about helping out their country by hiring our own people.
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that may be part of it but the main reason is because a LOT of rich business men who own big companies use cheap, immigrant workers rather than pay decent wages to American citizens.the same reason big business has moved to China,India,etc.
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I guess for the same reason that they apparently want illegals to be allowed to stay in the US and be paid slave wages.  Its a very strange belief system.
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I think it doesn't matter either way.  They will all be back tomorrow.  It's just silly that they are punishing themselves by losing a whole days wages.  \n\nAlso, many people talk about how this country was built on Immigration.  Well yes, but at some point we must realize that things are out of control.  When this country was formed, there were not welfare programs that people could come here and mooch off of.  Furthermore, if these people had rallied like this in their own countries, maybe they could convince their own governments to take better care of things rather than taking things out on the people of this country.  I'm sure it isn't easy to be an immigrant but if we don't draw the line somewhere, this country is going to go straight to hell and we will all be immigrating to other countries to get out of this one!\n\nIf people want to come here to find a better life where they can work like the rest of us and actually contribute to society then great, c'mon over and legally go through the process.  However, many, many people coming into this country are bringing their bad ways with them and therefore bringing more drugs, crime and taking advantage of the benefits that should be for legal citizens only.  Our government is exactly right in wanting to stop these people from walking right in.