How do the Legal immigrants feel about the Illegal immigrants?
atomikmom
2010/09/07 00:04:13
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Legal Immigration vs. Illegal Immigration
By Jennifer Kenny
1 Immigrants are people who come from one country to live permanently in another country. Looking at the history of the United States, it is easy to see the millions of immigrants who have called the United States their home throughout the years. So what's all the talk about immigrants in modern times? Well, one would certainly have to listen to the conversation to understand that those debating the issue are usually distinguishing between legal immigrants and illegal immigrants.
2 Unfortunately, people tend to stereotype immigrants and group them together into one category. The reality is that some immigrants are here legally and some immigrants are not. What's the difference?
3 Put quite simply, legal immigrants are here legally. The United States admits between 700,000 to 900,000 legal immigrants each year. Legal immigrants have the proper, legal documentation to live and work in the country. They applied for the appropriate visa. They were accepted for one of the reasons needed to enter: family (spouses, parents, minor children of U.S. citizens), employment (priority workers, unskilled, religious workers, or investors), humanitarian (refugees, those seeking asylum, or those who might have been removed), or visa lottery. They prove they have money, a job offer, or plan to study. They receive a temporary visa or apply permanently, obtain a green card, and become citizens. They often wait a long time to go through the legal process. They agree to follow the laws of the country, and they are here because the government approved them to be here. They follow the legal road to become citizens so they pay taxes, they can vote, and they have a social security number.
By Jennifer Kenny
1 Immigrants are people who come from one country to live permanently in another country. Looking at the history of the United States, it is easy to see the millions of immigrants who have called the United States their home throughout the years. So what's all the talk about immigrants in modern times? Well, one would certainly have to listen to the conversation to understand that those debating the issue are usually distinguishing between legal immigrants and illegal immigrants.
2 Unfortunately, people tend to stereotype immigrants and group them together into one category. The reality is that some immigrants are here legally and some immigrants are not. What's the difference?
3 Put quite simply, legal immigrants are here legally. The United States admits between 700,000 to 900,000 legal immigrants each year. Legal immigrants have the proper, legal documentation to live and work in the country. They applied for the appropriate visa. They were accepted for one of the reasons needed to enter: family (spouses, parents, minor children of U.S. citizens), employment (priority workers, unskilled, religious workers, or investors), humanitarian (refugees, those seeking asylum, or those who might have been removed), or visa lottery. They prove they have money, a job offer, or plan to study. They receive a temporary visa or apply permanently, obtain a green card, and become citizens. They often wait a long time to go through the legal process. They agree to follow the laws of the country, and they are here because the government approved them to be here. They follow the legal road to become citizens so they pay taxes, they can vote, and they have a social security number.
My wife is from another country - YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO GET HER STARTED ON THIS TOPIC. She gets furious 'who do they think they are?' and even more furious at people who trash our country because we won't let their 200 relatives in. Locally in West Texas I've only heard one Hispanic advocate for the illegals.
Somewhere I wrote a long reply about this - I'll see if I can find it.
I had been on disability due to cancer and other health issues and am finally looking for a job. Nearly half of the jobs for which I am highly qualified require "bilingual", meaning Spanish. This is race discrimination against highly qualified Americans. I met a few "bilinguals" who got some of those jobs. Spanish was their first language and their English was terrible.