Comments on: Illegal aliens taking our freedom

By: Business and Personal Finance

Business and Personal Finance — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:07:28 +0000

Business and Personal Finance

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting

By: Que Onda

Que Onda — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:47:35 +0000

Lets take over CUBA! Cubans are getting here by the boat load! I still don’t understand why and they get residency within a year!

But anyway, illegals are here for a better life. What some people don’t realize is that in Mexico for example people work from 12 hour shifts 15 straight days for five or eight hundred pesos so when they hear in the Bargain Book for example,that they can receive one thousand pesos in five days for taking care of your kids plus making dinner,plus
cleaning your house and on top of that washing your dirty chones,they jump on the oppurtunity in a snap.

All this while the person paying them is receiving Lone Star,TanF and whatever other goverment help they can find.

On a personal note:

I started my work carreer as a grocery dispatcher,you know, paper of plastic.

Spent some time in the Music Industry: selling music as a sales clerk.

Now together with my wife we are making over $175,000 a year.With my wife making a little over half of that. Let’s give credit to her genius mind in marrying me.

hasta luego.

By: Rock

Rock — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:46:21 +0000

If you think illegal immigrants are going to burden American handworkers with welfare, food stamps, school tuitions, housing subsidies and free medical, your dead wrong, these individuals will also pay their taxes, work for living, which by the way many AMERICANS abuse. If you listen to the immigration debate, illegal immigrants are willing to pay $5000 dlls to receive legal status, that means that if 12 million of them get legalize America will receive 60 billion dlls to guess what?, protect our borders, it would be 12 million more tax payers, some of them are become in time entrepreneurs, which they have in many times demonstrated, that means more jobs, more sales tax payers, more revenues. It is just dumb to think all illegal aliens come here to drink and drive which becomes in more needed police officer, you need to get your facts straight and not just write things as they come out of your tiny brain. The fact of the matter is that if you write those things you are afraid, afraid of competition which has made our country the best one, afraid that someone will come here and push you to think straight and to lay down your chips, get up from your couch and work.

By: Guera

Guera — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:42:47 +0000

Proud American, you forget that Americans have a much higher overhead to take care of than illegals do. We have to make enough to pay mortgages, school tuitions, clothing, books, vehicle insurance, vehicle registrations, health insurance, etc. Illegals get paid cash..no taxes taken out, they live in groups and they eat their rice, beans, tortillas which are much cheaper to buy and they go to emergency rooms to be seen by doctors and don’t pay. Or if they have children here the children are qualified for welfare, food stamps, WIC, etc and the whole family benefits from that. And YOU and the rest of the hardworking Americans are paying for it when they can’t afford to send their children to college or have full coverage on health insurance. Migrant workers are working in Louisianna because they are working for less and mostly in cash. America didn’t prosper as it has in the last few centuries if it wasn’t for LEGAL immigrants or Americans and in the 40’s there were plenty of white farm laborers along with Japanese and others.

By: Proud American

Proud American — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:01:35 +0000

Guera, you are correct that most of the immigrants coming to this country are illiterate, unskilled, uneducated and are low-wage earners. But do you expect a literate, well-educated, highly skilled worker to do these jobs. I would venture to say no. And you are probably correct in saying that they will immediately qualify for welfare, food stamps, and housing subsidies but that is a discussion for welfare reform, this issue is about immigration reform. If that is your biggest concern push for welfare reform, which we need to do anyways. I’m sorry, but I have for far too long seen the lazy take advantage of welfare. Immigrants at least show the interest in working and not just collect an unemployment check. Besides most Illegal immigrants don’t file for welfare because they are afraid of deportation. Your argument that if they were here legally is actually misguided, because if they are legal the possibility of the filing for welfare. Lets get back to the topic, immigration reform. The argument is that this country was founded on immigration, Legal or Illegal. Those being relatively new terms. Oh and by the way, English migrated here as well. Another thing “handout” how many Illegal do you see on street corners asking for handouts. I challenge you to find one illegal alien here in Dallas on a street corner. When have you ever seen a lazy Illegal? You don’t cause the ones that are truly lazy are still in their native countries. Like I said in my previous post, yes we need immigration reform, but I feel that the lines of this argument have been drawn on race and hate. Just to rebuttal you, we all are immigrants here, (unless we come from indigenous people, which not many of us do) migrated here. You said it yourself; your g-g-g-g-g grandparents CAME (another word for migrated) here in 1746, and helped found this country (thank you by the way) but where were they in 1745? I just want to touch on one more thing. Hardworking Americans?? Really? That is an oxymoron if ever there was one. The reason we are in this predicament is because Americans look for the easiest and cheapest ways to get things done so we hire illegal to do the grunt work. Honestly, how many Americans do hard labor, like pick fruit or build houses? Who is rebuilding New Orleans, Migrant workers that’s who!! The majority of this country is White Collar. Not to say that there are no hard working blue collars but they are the minority. Look deep inside yourself and honestly answer, would you want your kids to clean toilets or pick fruit, I would stretch to say no. But someone has to do it right?

By: Guera

Guera — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:33:54 +0000

The argument continues about how this country was built by immigrants but people don’t like to admit that it was LEGAL immigrants who came here. They did not sneak across the border. The legal immigrants were unhappy in their country and wanted a better life. They worked hard to learn the English language and there were many who did not want handouts at all, no matter what. They were willing to work hard for what they wanted. They saved their hard-earned monies to send their children to college and each generation did better than the one before them. They were grateful for what America did for them and they appreciated the new life they built in America. They became even better Americans than some who were born here. WHATEVER says we are all immigrants. That is not so. I was born an American and my g-g-g-g-g grandparents came to America in 1746. Since then the following generations were born in America.

By: Guera

Guera — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:44:49 +0000

1. 12 million plus and their families are poor
2. The majority of them are illiterate, unskilled, uneducated
3. They are low-wage earners
4. If rewarded with amnesty they will immediately qualify for:
welfare, food stamps, school tuitions, housing subsidies and free medical. They are low-wage earners under the poverty line.
Guess who is going to be paying to support them? . Right. YOU. You and the rest of hardworking American taxpayers will pay higher taxes in order tor the States to pay for all of these things that you can’t even provide for your families. Cameron county has the lowest wages in the Nation. Why??? Look at the majority of the population and note the educational background of the majority of the population. It’s better when they come here legally because they have to show proof that they have a profession or skill or trade and can earn enough to support their own family without government (taxpayers) assistance.

By: zorro

zorro — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:26:53 +0000

Why comment if my math won’t add up. you sorry!@#$%^&*

By: whatever

whatever — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:08:30 +0000

i don’t really care about who cuts the yard and cleans the house. if you are so darn lazy that you have to hire someone to that for you then you do not derserve your luxuries. yeah, yeah, yeah, i know, you are busy. too busy to take care of what you have and to take pride in what you have. i take care of my home and yard. and by the way, yes, we all came from immigrants, but i choose not to pass on the ignorance that comes with minority culture. velas? te de hierbauena, and all of the jesus’ in the tortillas. no way. the beauty of the culture, the pride, i will pass on. but not the silliness.

By: Mexican American

Mexican American — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:54:33 +0000

I think (we) all forget that (we) are all IMMIGRANTS and some legal immigrants have forgotten where their ancestors came from. My ancestors migrated from Spain. I have taught for more than 20 years, all ethnicities and more than 3000 students. When they leave me, they know more about their ancestors than most legal do. My hopes are that they do not grow up to be prejudice. If one lives in the USA, we all pay taxes. Look around at who works on road construction, Hispanics is the majority while others collect welfare and drive a Cadi. Who cuts your yard or cleans your house?