Do you believe U.S. Immigration laws are unfair to some immigrants?

Question

please provide facts to this unfairness!!

Answer 1

Yes, you can ask some of the Filipinos who have been waiting in line for 20+ years to do it legally while others hop the fence and demand  rights.

Answer 2

American man,

Who said that children from immigrants aren't going to be the "healthiest, brightest, morally/ethically talented people possible".  

That is a very, very stupid statement.  You are so caught up in your world of being 'american' that you don't even realize what the U.S. is all about.  This country was first of all created by immigrants and the general public was populated with a very diverse group.  You speak of assimilation as if it's an absolutely good thing.  Well if you think about it, it isn't.  You would want everyone to be reasoning like you, thinking you can judge people you don't even know.

B.T.W. yes

Answer 3

Yes, it has become very unfairly strict to people who are following rules to do it legally, due to so many illegal aliens who broke the law.

For example, there are people for faking the marriage for the sake of obtaining green card, the actually love binding married couples have to go through longer waiting and prepareingring all kinds of documents.  

Answer 4

No I don't. We are the most lenient country in the world when it comes to immigration.

Answer 5

which laws and to which immigrants?

Answer 6

well, yes, it is a little unfair that someone has to wait about 10 years to enter legally.

Answer 7

Yes!  Whether they cross the border to our south or over stay their visas, far too many illegals from all over the world are being handled with kid gloves because they chose to come or stay here illegally, while far too many have paid their fees, passed their tests and wait their turn to do the right thing by coming here legally!  We need to get this mess straightened out and settled.  Secure the borders, deport the criminal illegals, end anchor baby entitlements, other freebies and revamp the entire process so we are getting the healthiest, brightest, morally/ethically talented people possible (who are eager to learn english and assimulate as an American too), instead of the criminal, anti American, no english speaking, diseased, poor masses flooding/invading our country as of the current.

My answer states the illegals are causing US immigration laws to be unfair to some immigrants and those waiting to become legal immigrants.  I said nothing about immigrants children not being potentially smart or anything else in your rant.

Answer 8

there is this one visa called the E-2 visa where you invest in a business and come in legally with the whole family.  once the children turn 21, they cannot be under the E-2 visa no longer and have to either go home, or go to school (universities) with international student tution and fees.  they have been here half their lives or their whole lives just to be an international student or go home when they were raised here.  their parents are okay living in the u.s. under the e-2 visa but they suffer as well b/c they either pay for their kids' humongous tuition by borrowing from banks or have the fear of separation.. believe me, its a lot of stress and loss of money...

Answer 9

We see it with millions of immigrant children utilizing free education their parents can’t pay for, free breakfast and lunch programs paid for by American citizens.   We see it in 76 percent high school failure rates by immigrants in high schools in Detroit, Michigan as reported by NBC’s Brian Williams.  Many other large American cities cities feature similar failure rates.

Source: http://www.city-data.com/forum/michigan/...



“But so what?” Chavez said.

                                                                    

The National Coalition for the Homeless, www.nationalhomeless.org reported 3.5 million homeless people struggled for survival in the streets of America in 2006.  Of that number, 1.35 million consist of homeless children.  Reports show 13 million American children suffer daily from malnutrition and hunger in America.  A shocking 37 million Americans live below the poverty line, which is 12.7 percent of our population.



Twelve to as many as 20 million illegal aliens residing in America make up the largest high school drop out population in the history of the nation.



Illegitimate birth rates skyrocket in hospitals across the country causing horrific costs to American  taxpayers.



“But so what?” Chavez said.



Can we deal with a massive and growing illiterate population?  How will we contend countless Americans featuring scant educational skills?  How will we deal with millions of babies from their ranks?  If we can’t educate half of our own minorities, how will we educate this massive overload of humanity?



To give you a harsh view of our future, I’ve traveled throughout Mexico.  On the outskirts of Mexico City with 22 million people, in excess of two million people live in cardboard shacks.  They squat for their morning constitutional with their chickens.  They live in abject misery, filth, disease and hopelessness.



Guess what?  They’re moving to America.  Millions of them!



Third world slums began appearing along our borders from Brownsville, Texas to San Diego, California in the 80s.  They’re called “Colonias,” which in Spanish means “new neighborhoods.”  They feature shacks, no sewers, no streets, no running water, no electricity, toilet facilities or waste pickup.  



The New York Times, March 3, 1988, “Along the US Border, a Third World is Reborn,” reported, “Colonias are rusted trailers and shacks nailed together from tar paper and packing pallets without indoor toilets…with mounds of uncollected trash that attract rats…the lack of sanitation has polluted the ground water to the point where many residents drink their own waste…the colonias feature Third World levels of hepatitis, dysentery, diarrhea, skin rashes, cholera and tuberculosis…they are contaminated, explosive, fecal, filthy, illegal, miserable, polluted, powder kegs, putrid, shocking, sick, stench filled, suffering and wrenching.”



Since their appearance in the early 80s, according to the Times: “The 1988 population totaled 185,000; the 1995 population exceeded 500,000; the 2005 population exceeded 1.5 million.  At the current rate of growth, these human misery settlements shall reach 20 million by 2021.”



I spent two weeks filming colonias in Texas.  I haven’t been as sickened to my stomach since my travels in Asia.  It’s worse than any description the New York Times or I could give you.  Colonias represent human misery at its disturbing worst levels.



These slums represent a health hazard of unprecedented dimensions.  Given enough time, large areas of southern California will resemble the outskirts of Mexico City.  Two decades of denial continues the expansion of American “colonias.”  



“But so what?” Chavez said.



We cannot import millions of desperately poor, illiterate and hard working people from Third World countries and think they will become functioning, positive aspects in a First World country.  Holland, France and Great Britain’s immigration policies fail on every level.  Ours does, too!



What about our working poor?  What about degraded educational opportunities for our children?



As we choke on millions of people from other countries, they displace our working poor as immigrants depress wages.  What are we creating?  A permanent poor class!  In reality, a growing and dangerous slave class!



As it stands today, millions of Americans can’t pay for heating and electricity bills.  They rely on donations by other Americans to cover those bills.  At some point, as this new poor class expands into millions upon millions—something will fail.  What is that?  Our ability to deal with it or solve it!



The American Dream degrades into the American Nightmare



Former Colorado Governor Lamm said, “We  are the only country in history to change  its ethnic makeup, and history has few examples of ‘diversity’ creating a stable society.”



As we import millions of poor into our country to become the new majority-minority—we cheat our children and our civilization out of any chance for a viable, stable or sustainable future—for all races, creeds and colors.  



One lady I interviewed said, “We’ll be no different than the misery, suffering and human nightmare that now makes up India.  We are becoming another India. I feel sorry for my grandchildren.”



“But so what?” said Chevez.





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Answer 10

The only ones that feel the laws are unfair, are the ones that are here illegally.  What part of "it's a felony to come to the USA without proper documentation", don't you understand?

Hey Bev_fra,

     What a heart breaking story, now if he would have come here legally to begin with, he would not be having such problems. And for the woman who married an illegal, she should go back with him for the 20 years....oh, don't forget the kids, send them with, wouldn't want to break up a family.....didn't you say he was your brother-in-law?, what, did you marry an illegal too?....   Send them all back!!

Answer 11

Yes, the fact that illegals pay taxes for public services but don't get any.

Answer 12

Potentially yes.

Answer 13

Immigrant Rights? They shouldn't be allowed to hijack the term. A legal immigrant ought to have the right to have their application considered in a fair and timely manner. This is truly what immigrant rights should be.

Immigrant rights are not the ability to sneak in, jump ahead of the line and put the interests of illegal aliens ahead of the rights of legal immigrants. And that is exactly what's happening by their efforts to blur the clear line between the two groups.

Answer 14

yes i think immigration laws are unfair to some immigrants

my brother in law is mexican and he came here illeagally then he got married after that they had two kids and he started the prossess of being leagal he paid a lot of money 3000.00 to be close and the day he wasd supose to get his citizenship they deported him his wife had to sell car the truck and the house the shared together he got deported with a 20 year deportation and he was a good person never got into trouble so you think they unfair?