Why do people keeping trying to compare our ancestors to illegal immigrants?
441226
Yes, mine came legally as well.  Those who compare want to open the borders to all.  "Just let everyone in"  is their philosophy.  But they don't think it through. When does it stop?  Or doesn't it?  Let in a billion people?  That is why every country in the world including Mexico have border and immigration rules.  Those crying for illegal immigrants to just be granted legal status will surely be the same ones crying for higher taxes  for otherrs to pay for their education, medical care, housing, etc.  They'll want the so-called "rich" to support them, the rich being anyone who makes more than they do.\n\nYou know if you ask those who are applying for citizenship now, who took the time and trouble to learn English, who have family in other countries waiting to come to the U.S. in the legal way, who have worked hard since coming to the U.S. and have done their share of what is called the menial jobs, they will tell you that they aren't too happy with others who might get citizenship for breaking the law.   If you talk to others whose relatives have had to return to their native land because their visa or extension was denied, you will hear them saying they are not too pleased either that others are getting in because they broke the  law.  Those who returned home wiill try again but shall we call them "stupid" for doing it the legal way?\n\nNote:  At one time there was a land bridge from Alaska, a footbridge, so from where did the native americans come?  I suggest an answerer up above research that.
559026
Ok....let's get one thing straight.  When my (and many others) ancestors came here long ago IT WASN"T ILLEGAL!!!  Most of them came here not for money or a better life but for life itself (jews, scots, irish).  They had people actually killing them, I mean gun to the head, knife to the heart.  And they came to this country and FOUGHT for this country, losing whole families along the way.  I live in the south and am a proud southerner (that does not mean racist), my family were poor dirt farmers from Tennessee who scraped by with what they could grow or what they could buy with the little money my father (who had to drop out of school at the age of 12 to get a job - only boy out of 11 children - and fought in Vietnam) made doing odd jobs.  Today we have laws in place to stop the over population of our country.  My husband is an immigrant who went through the proper channels.  Yes, it cost money that we didn't have but we STILL went through the proper channels.  They will let you in unless you have something to hide, all you have to do is fill out the paper work and wait.  I know that today time is money and one day can mean the life and death of someone you love but AMERICA is NOT to blame for the state of your home country.  I am all for immigration if it is done legally!  As far as I am concerned, whether you come from Mexico, China, England, France, or Tim-buck-too, if you come here illegally you should be prepared to face the repercussions of doing so.  Breaking the law is breaking the law, period.  No one is above it (with the exception of the Bosh family - or so they wish us to believe).
798194
I'm sure that the native American Indians consider all of us illegal immigrants.\nJust because there was no such term or law back in those days really doesn't make it any different.\nThink about it.\nOpen your mind.
266923
I don't think so. Whose gonna do the unwanted jobs then? Easy for some people to say yes but they wouldn't dare do the jobs these people do. Did you ever think that some of these people came here legally to be able to support their families but majority of them ended up being abused by their employers so they ended up illegals? I have heard a lot of stories and verified them. Some of the bad things that happened to them were done by by our fellow Americans and you talk of having electric fences? What's the matter with you? I bet your ancestors would love to hear your comments when they came here as immigrants too. If they'd have known what the future generation would be maybe they would have aborted you.
1052974
I have noticed that when confronted with the cold truth of  illegal immigration many people do in fact call others racist. And more often than not it is supporters of illegals that are the first to call an American who wants illegal immigration to stop a racist. I have also seen people refer to the minutemen as vigilantes when they(the minutemen) have shown no such proclivity.  An Arizona member of the A.C.L.U said she has not seen any evidence that the minutemen have broken any laws or infringed any civil liberties.
414586
I'm my opinion, if you were born here then no your not.. yes our ancestors may have been but you technically aren't..Saying we are just cuz our ancestors where is like saying that all black people are slaves just because some of there ancestors may have been. and i find that ridiculous..completely ridiculous..I'm proud to be born here and to be an American.. we should thank our ancestors for being immigrants.. not accuse each other of being immigrants..but with the whole battle going on right now.. i think that if you just simply wanna be a part of this country why is it too much to ask to do it legally? i mean seriously.. especially with all the terrorist stuff today.. wouldn't you want to know who was creeping into your backyard?
131897
Well, think about it for a second, what stops everyone from coming in and saying, "Hey I am part Indian, show me the money.”???  Sometimes it is easy to see that someone has a specific ethnic background locked inside their genetic makeup, and for others it is harder.  This of course is do to one parents genes being the more predominant, so this would be why they ask for verification.  Make sense??
991380
NO NO NO!!\n\n  I am a Native American, so don't preach to me that my ancestors were illegal immigrants. Illegal is illegal, no matter who they are, or where they came from.\n\n Why punish those who have applied for and are waiting for LEGAL citizenship? They are being pushed to the end of the line because they did it legally. I do not believe in rewarding illegals in any way. If they had kids born here, that's too bad. They should go back to their own country anyway, and apply for legal citizenship, so those who have waited for years, aren't punished.\n\nIt is a gross miscarriage of justice to reward these law breakers. Send them to the end of the line and reward those who have done it correctly. The labor force will NOT suffer, because the LEGAL immigrants will fill the gaps left by the illegals.
1056149
yes but when our ancestors came they were pigs\nwho mercless;ly brutalized the native americans\nand they did not want pay work or to get the same beniftis as the natives\n\nwhile illegal immigrants in th us want the same respect pay and reward citizens gets\nwithout going throu  the paperwork \nor learning the language
811730
If you mean the same as in they have both broken a federal law, than yes very similar. Illegal immigration is against the law, lets not dilute the truth. But we reward them, that would be like people protesting for the rights of the bank robber. Also they aren't citizens, so the way I see it they have no rights here. My great grandparents came over legally, so can every other person.
1178034
I have seen those statistics which I believe are correct but, in the infinite quest of pro illegals, they will deny these established stats.  They have an excuse (as opposed to reason) for every law that every illegal breaks.\n\nSarcastically speaking, I can just hear one of them say, "they are poor and are looking for better people to rape".
640805
Mostly due to pro-illegal immigration people needing to make their view sound good.  They spin everything around to confuse the issue and try to get the debate focused on an area that gives them a better chance to win.  It is not racist to say that people immigrating from oter countries so do so legally and to demand that those who enter illegally are properly punished for doing so and held accountable.  It is just one of many tactcis they use to try and confuse and circumvent the real issue here.
1007317
why is your avatar brown? do u know the same proponents for these immigrant acts could turn on you by revoking your citizenship if you're 1st generation American. They are proposing that if your parents are illegal and you are born here, that you be illegal as well. It doesn't matter that you grew up here or speak perfect English and this is the only culture you know. I am not for less or more border protection, I am against non-sensical immigration laws that call it a felony if I help an immigrant by giving them food, water or a place to rest their head. What about the church helping these people? What about doctors for that matter? Racist legislators want to call it aiding and abetting a felon. Yes, make no mistake about it, it's pure unadulterated racism.
657095
Surely you need to look no further than the end of your own nose. You are all imigrants and are meant to welcome people of all races into your country with open arms. The only reason these people are illegal is because you have adapted your laws to make them so.
826576
I agree with you,mate,but it looks like we're on a loser here.Some  of the answers make a distinction 'legal' & 'illegal',but if they see an obvious foreigner in the street,they don't ask themselves that question,they think 'bloody immigrant'.A little bit of racism here,don't you think?
415977
Similar to "those illegals" of yesteryear, who had stolen the land of the original inhabitants (Native Americans) of this country . . . present day "illegals" are just trying to make a better life for themselves.
1063675
Probably pretty immensely, and I must say, you have a good point. I don't understand why people are so touchy about their race. My grandfather was an Estonian (Teeny country on the Baltic) who immigrated to the US, and I don't get uptight when someone jokes about my heritage. But, if a person's grandfather was an African immigrant or Mexican immigrant, they'd be immensely offended if someone made jokes about their family's nation of origin. I don't think the minority argument stands, because even though I'm white, Estonians are certainly more of a minority than Mexicans or Africans.