Why are people advocates for illegal immigration?

Question

I don't have a problem with people becoming LEGAL citizens, they apply to be here they learn english (as is required) and they pay taxes for health care- i don't have a problem with this

But will do people insist that illegals so they can get a free ride spending billions of dollars but we aren't getting anything in return. I don't understand why people consider letting illegals stay here when it is ILLEGAL they take money health care and our jobs why would we even consider letting them stay here?

Answer 1

Well the president says "we need people to do the jobs Americans wont do"If this statement is correct then why is our economy so bad when we have more illegals here than we have ever had before????  Why do people say we cant just deport so many illegals????f I break the law I get to pay a fine or go to jail.If you get caught in another country flying the American flag you will probably get killed,why cant America just inforce our laws? I do wonder though what all the concentration camps are being set up in America for ,sure hear alot about them lately.FEMA CONCENTRATION CAMPS

There over 800 prison camps in the United States, all fully operational and ready to receive prisoners.

They are all staffed and even surrounded by full-time guards, but they are all empty.

These camps are to be operated by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) should Martial Law need to be implemented in the United States and all it would take is a presidential signature on a proclamation and the attorney general's signature on a warrant to which a list of names is attached.

The Rex 84 Program was established on the reasoning that if a "mass exodus" of illegal aliens crossed the Mexican/US border, they would be quickly rounded up and detained in detention centers by FEMA

Source:.

http://www.sianews.com/modules.php?name=...

Answer 2

Who advocates illegal immigration?  What do you suggest we do with the tens of thousands of illegal aliens that are already on our soil?

Answer 3

Well over 13 million illegal immigrants, oops not PC 'undocumented workers' are in the US.  It is physically impossible to deport them.  A comprehensive reform has to be enacted.  Below is an oversimplification of what I'd like to see done.  

Issue 4 yr worker permits.  Allow 1 renewal.  that gives them 8 yr. to obtain citizenship.

Deport anyone with a felony!!

Three misdemeaner strikes during the 4yr. term you get deported.

Crack down on employers for employing anyone without a worker permit.  $1000. fine for first offense $10000 for second.  Take their license for a third offense.  

Allow market conditions dictate pay so no minimum wage for Illegals.  (few are working for less if any especially around here;  Knoxville, TN

That way we collect taxes and ease health care shortages among other things.

Answer 4

I will no longer be directly answering illegal immigration questions due to people reporting & removing my answers for political reasons, not genuine abuse.  I have copied & pasted my views from Yahoo Answers to my Yahoo 360 blog.

It's OK if you are mediocre and sail under the radar, but as soon as you start making strong arguments, winning more votes, and touching nerves, your Q & A's start disappearing to let some "top contributor" who controls the forum win instead.

Answer 5

They are illegal, children of illegals, married to an illegal or similar. That is why most of their excuses are just based on emotion and no facts

Answer 6

All a woman needs to do is birth a baby here and that baby is a citizen of the United States. This is the main reason they come to have babies here.

Answer 7

People who are advocates of illegals are either profiting from illegals,sleeping with one or are friends/family of them.

Answer 8

Sorry to bust your little anti-bubble, but the only thing they are doing illegally, is living in the US without a Visa or legal documentation. If you do some research, you will see that they pay billions in taxes, they make billions in purchases that helps the economy, they use less government services then they pay in taxes to, and they help keep Social Security and Medicare afloat.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/apr...

"As Assemblyman Moises Denis, D-Las Vegas, explained: The 2007 state budget “didn’t take into account the true impact immigrants have on the economy, so we underestimated how (the downturn in homebuilding) would affect our economy. Things are worse than they might have been because immigrants are leaving.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news...

"Ford, who has studied taxes and immigration, says a majority of economists agree that illegal immigrants are a net benefit for the U.S. economy.

He calculates that illegal immigrants contributed $428 billion dollars to the nation's $13.6 trillion gross domestic product in 2006.

"If anything we need more immigrants coming into the country, not less, especially with the baby boomers retiring," he said."

http://www.totalimmigrationlaw.com/artic...

"Social Security payments are not made to illegal immigrants. Therefore the money that is paid into the Social Security system by illegal immigrants supports payments to American baby boomers who are now reaching retirement age. Illegal immigrants may be a large factor in keeping the Social Security system afloat."

Answer 9

The illegals should return to their countries and try to reform them. We (US) can't take every disgruntled citizen of Central and South America!!!

Answer 10

even the legal ones arent learning English. welcome to the new new mexico.

Answer 11

Because the immigration laws are faulty. Good people who have skills and have contributed to the US cannot stay for many reasons.We are not advocates for illegal immigration but rather we choose not to scapegoat them for problems faced by this country. The economy today is not a mess because of illegals - they were also here in large #'s in the 90's when the economy was booming.

If you look at the immigration laws as they are today - most of our families who legally immigrated to the US in generations past would not be accepted today. Unless you are native American you and your kin are off a boat or a plane. People want to do it legally - but there are too may roadblocks. I am not saying coming here illegally is the best choice, but it is understandable. The issue is not as black and white as it is painted.

Take the case of Father Cathal Gallagher, a Catholic priest and Irish citizen who has served three churches in Iowa/Kingsbury County for over ten years. The Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls put in an application for permanent residency for the good father back in 2001. The immigration branch of Homeland Security actually approved the application two years later, but  then some "technical error"was made and Father Gallagher was going to be deported.

He did it the right way and the system failed him, luckily he had friends to help him

Edit - Alan M gave a good answer, disagree with some of it, but the problem is a complex one. The US has ALWAYS had illegal immigrants. This is not a new problem.

And I do not believe illegal immigrants are a problem in regard to jobs, they cannot legally do most jobs here, they are basically low paid labor - outsourcing of jobs affects more Americans that illegal immigrants .

Answer 12

You have no idea how hard it is to become a US Citizen. Count your blessings, buddy. And stop talking about things you don't even understand.

Answer 13

We are glad to know that you have no problems. You are lucky indeed

Now, back to the subject. The way I see it, the anti- illegal is based on hatred, racism ( even nazism ), and not facts. That is not good.

They don't pay taxes ? I don't know about that, but well, make them pay taxes if they are not. Problem solved

Don't talk so much about LEGAL, ILLEGAL, etc. You make these people look like Jack the Ripper. That is absurd and makes no sense.

In the XIX century, it was ILLEGAL to help a slave the escape from his master. I assume that you are in favor of slavery, because it was LEGAL

In the 1960, it was ILLEGAL for g**s to gather in a club. They were arrested and sent to jail. According to that, you are anti g*y, because it was ILLEGAL

These immigrants are not killing anyone by coming here, except the gangsters and the drug dealers. Those are a different case

By the way, it is normal to have regulations for things. That is not the problem. The problem is the bad attitude the anti illegals show

Why you don't protest against the war in iraq ? Bush is wasting all the tax payers money in his war, and nobody complains

Answer 14

please read what the state of Texas official website says about the undocumented maybe then u will see why is it than many advocate for they being able to fix their status :

http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt...

ALAN answer is great i cannot give him thumbs up because i am level one ...

note : i think this is a matter of being out numbered for those who do want them in the USA as simple as that .

Answer 15

I think that some placed along the way you got the idea that somebody advocates illegal immigration, no one is doing that, there are illegal aliens advocates but that is a different concept

Answer 16

Illegals vote for Democrats, just like the dead people do.

EDIT to Max: Enforce our laws, deport illegals, create CRIMINAL penalties for those who hire illegals, cut off social services for illegals, build the fence, send the National Guard to the border and allow them to shoot back, etc.

And it's 15-20 MILLION.