why are only Hispanic are considered immigrant. When in the  USA we all are?
450514
its because central and south american illegal immigrants are the most common\n\nmake sure to make the distinction between 'immigrant' and 'illegal immigrant'\n\nthey're two entirely different words..
544333
Well, consider this; when a white and a Latino have children, they are considered Hispanic. When an Asian and a Hispanic have children, they are considered Hispanic. With all the interracial relationships, it's just a matter of time before everyone in the world is one color, brown.
566754
Is Hispanic friends supposed to mean illegal immigrant friends?  I have a bunch of Hispanic friends. However, most Hispanics are here legally and most Hispanics are opposed to illegal immigration.\n\nIf I have any illegal immigrant friends, I am unaware of it.  \n\nI support legalization of qualified illegal immigrants who have real roots here.  I don't think it is fair to those who have been waiting.  However, after so many years of not enforcing the law and letting them get their roots so deep into this country, I would just feel bad deporting them.  \n\nI am not so sure about the way the guest worker program for future immigrants is shaping up on the Senate floor however.  They are billed by Bush as temporary, but the Senate is saying they (the ones yet to come under an increase in legal immigration rate) can become permanent residents with a path to citizenship.  I don't think that is good for anyone here, including most particularly the Hispanics or others performing low wage jobs.  There will be a perpetual 'race to the bottom' for wage levels, in my opinion.
420813
Well to tell you the truth I really disagree with both terms. I don't agree with them because they both neglect our indigenous background. Both terms are Eurocentric and where implemented by the U.S. So if you really think about it we have been label as either Latin Euro or Spanish but many of us are Mestizos and we must take into consideration the indigenous blood in us. I guess the moral of the story is that individuals should not be labeled to the convenience of others. Instead take into consideration your self identity and what really encompasses who you are and remember that individuals should also know why you are Hispanic, Latino, or Chicano.
412529
Save for the Native American Indians, isn't everyone from the US originally an immigrant?
1021366
English should always be considered the US National Language. It doesn't even make sense to consider otherwise. It's obvious there is a lot of controversy regarding all the millions of immigrants from all over the world, specially those with hispanic descendancy, however, they were the ones who came to United States, an English speaking country, to try and make a better life and secure a better future than their homeland can provide, so it's only natural they have to learn English and adjust themselves with American society, it wouldn't make sense if thousands of Americans decided to invade China or Brazil as their new home, start demanding left and right immigrant rights, trying to change things for how they want it to be. It should definitely be mandatory for everyone wanting to live in US soil to learn, speak, read and understand English.
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The world is changing, and there are more immigrants in this country than ever before. Census reports show hispanic rsidents as growing rapidly in numbers. This is difficult for the economy because of the expense to educate immigrant children, and provide Medicaid & housing for immigrants. However most of them come here just looking for a better life. Can you blame them?
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I am a white male, 46 years old, and born in Texas. I don't think all Hispanics are from Mexico. Most are, but not all. Where I work, me and my supervisor are the only whites in our department. The rest are Hispanic (from Mexico) and Vietnamese. I love these guys. They are all very friendly, funny and good people. One guy in a different department is Hispanic (from Honduras) I like him a lot, and he seems to like me. My next door neighbors are Hispanic (from Guatemala), again very nice people. In my neighborhood there use to be only whites, when I was a child and teen. Now there are many Hispanic families, and a few black families. I have no problem with any of them. They are no problem here. Honestly, I don't care where you come from or what your race is. I only want those coming to the US to do so legally so that we know who is coming in and why (to keep out those that would hurt or kill us). YOU, who you are, is much more important than where you come from. You seem intelligent and would probably be a good friend.\n\nVia Con Dios, Amigo\n\nAdios,\nTerry
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Exactly.  We're all immigrants, save those whose ancestors were on the land before the Europeans arrived.  But then, the theory is that the ancestors of our First Nations migrated from Asia.  Somewhere back in time all of us have antecedents that were born on soil that wasn't the United States.  Even if we ourselves were born in the US, do we not have the blood of immigrants in our veins?
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I think that is a very good question,I think that society as a whole has an incredible itch to categorize everything into neat easily classified little piles. There are so many different European creeds that have all blended together by now that would make SPECIFICALLY classifying anyone would be a huge mouth full. My best friend would have to say that she is an Irish-Scotch-Welsh-German and maybe some Italian thrown on for spice American, but she has had the privilege of at least knowing where her families came from, and can , rightly so, be proud of what her makes her who SHE is. African Americans, for the most part are held at a huge disadvantage in this respect. Most DON"T know where they hail from except for a few speculative hundred years, and maybe have an understandable need to have a claim on SOMEPLACE to reconnect with their roots. Everyone wants to know where they come from and Africa is at least a common motherland.                                                    I have been very lucky as a Mexican AMERICAN to be able to have access to that part of my culture close at hand, but it doesn't define me as a whole. I do speak spanish but I still think that English should be learned when you move here. ( What is so difficult in being able to speak more then just ONE language people!!! This is something to be proud of!! Other countries EXPECT thier students to MASTER more then one before they can graduate from school!!Since when should education be shunned???) I consider myself to be an American above all other census classifications, and my friends would say " goofball dork" if asked about me. I believe people all ALL races should be proud of who they are and anyway if we were to be invaded by any one of the many countries that hate us, African American, Asian American, European American, or whatever would still be considerd AMERICAN only. They wouldn't care.  ( BTW, you ARE German American, and it is a sad thing that untill WW II most Germans in the US had been speaking German for many generations untill they were unfairly made to feel ashamed about it, but that's govermant for ya)
984256
Because they would be all for the immigrants and not for the Americans. We need people for the Americans!
214047
Hispanic immigrants already are required to have basic English skills before they can receive citizenship.  During the citizenship testing process, they have to read a sentence aloud in English.
265781
Because it *is* a race conflict.\n\n"america", you silly person, most latinos are NOT illegals. Get with the programs. Plenty of people (latino and otherwise) move to the US legally every day.
1127205
I'm not an immigrant. 85% of the U.S. population are not immigrants. Why would you ask such a stupid question?
826983
WE use the race card? Pro-illegals are the ones that state that "Not all illegal immigrants are Mexican", then say that "The only reason you people hate illegals is that you don't want a taste of the Hispanic culture."
839379
ummmmm....technically speaking... aren't all White Americans immigrants?
1050821
Mexicans are Americans. We are all the same.