Immigration Laws by constantvariable on Blogster

I plan on writing about the current state of immigration.... but first, I wanna hear you guys' opinion! Let it rip!

9 comments on Immigration Laws

lunarhunk said 2 years ago
Knock, Knock. Why did someone slam the door close?
AJ
constantvariable said 2 years ago
Um.... I don't know! Why? lol
elkhound said 2 years ago
well you asked for it, here goes. I have no problem whatsoever with people wanting to move to america. I do wish they would become "legal" and become American citizens. Thats all I ask. America is a melting pot and we are all immigrants, aren't we?
jungleray said 2 years ago
Speaking from experience (my husband is an immigrant and I went through all the trials of his green card insanity) I can tell you that it is nearly impossible to become legal unless you either get married, or sponsored by a really kind and generous boss (but most of the time it is cheaper and easier for them to just exploit you and pay you dirt wages).

It's not that they do not WANT to become legal (which does not mean "citizens" by the way, being legal means getting a green card and becoming a permanent legal resident. Naturalization is the highest, and optional, step in this process). It is just damn near IMPOSSIBLE unless you get married, really.

Even when I was married and pregnant with our daughter, and my husband's name was on the ultrasound I brought with me, I had to keep going back again and again to finally get the INS to issue his work authorization. In the meantime I worked for both of us. While pregnant. I only got it because I got someone REALLY nice. My husband had lost his original visa because his father died unexpectedly within a week of his coming to the US, and his passport expired at the same time. His uncle back in Africa called him to tell him to send back his old passport to replace it, and he was too distraught to remember that his visa was in there. Because of this (and even though it is physically impossible to cross over from Africa to the US without a visa!), they weren't going to let him in. Even though he was married and expecting a baby.

So please try to understand what a struggle immigration is for many. Yes, people do come here and take advantage of the system sometimes, but for the most part, there are all kinds of people struggling to become "legal" in this country, and being denied.
pirateviews said 2 years ago
I am a 2nd generation American. My grandparents were immigrants on my mom's side and great-grandparents on my dad's. My family immigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1912. My grandparents and great-grandparents refused to let the kids speak Czech in the house, English was required. No one gave them special classes even though the community they lived in was predominantly Czech. They became citizens as soon as they could. They paid taxes, raised there families and taught their kids to love America. It is my most conservative stance but if you want to move here, learn the language, become a citizen. I think all public services and documents, ballots and everything else should be in English only. Yes, we are all immigrants but we are now Americans. My ancestors learned English and did what they had to do. If you don't like it, go back where you came from.

Sorry, it's your blog and I got on a soapbox.
jungleray said 2 years ago
Pirate, I have mixed feelings about this. I think it is commendable and makes sense that if you go to a country, you learn the language. However at the same time I don't have a problem with bilinguality. I'm happy there is another language to speak, it opens your mind up to new ideas. Plus, the English were not the first Westerners in America... the Spanish were. When history progresses, things change, and people don't generally like it, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
greatmartin said 2 years ago
In my opinion if they have been here for 5 or more years AND payed taxes on their earnings AND speak English AND have no criminal record then let them become citizens.
vitriolaholic said 2 years ago
I think it's shameful how big corporations exploit illegal immigrants with low wages for substandard working conditions. They're the "jobs no American wants," because the companies maintain such piss-poor standards and get by with it. It's almost corporate blackmail, and it essentially amounts to "you should be glad to make five cents an hour chopping off chicken heads; after all, I've not turned you in to the authorities." Americans wouldn't stand for that kind of treatment, but when you have desperate people, companies are more than willing to exploit their desperation.
vitriolaholic said 2 years ago
And regarding the law that would make all illegals felons... that is complete and utter BOLLOCKS. [MAD]

Thank you. [SMILE]