(Feb 19, 2017, 09:12 am)repayfriendship Wrote: [ -> ]In my experiences Mexicans and Spanish people are some of the hardest working and most talented people. I saw just recently two of them that do a near perfect job building a fence. They know their stuffs and take pride in their work. They love their families. In fact my two real parents are immigrants when we came to the USA. I kind of have tears in my eyes when I think of all the pain they went through to get to where they are today! Thank you GOD 0 AD that hopefully the bad and neutral times are over. I remember sleeping on the floor of the store my parents work in because she took care of me so we I did not have to stay with strangers. Those were one of the hardest years of our families lives. The problems come when their are robberies and all sorts of trespasses. We got robbed 3 times and we had to scrape by afterwards for decades to come. Although we got robbed my two real sisters managed to work and get their degree at the same time. Today they are also successful thank you GOD 0 AD. If I knew now what I should have then I would have graduated and stop messing around with my life. However it is too late and I collect welfare. Trust me getting a degree gets you that pay that is more than just a job. You can support your family away from the projects and all. Even though I never graduated my mother continues to invest in me and gives me an easy life the best I can. I do not have much. However a computer and a small room is enough to make me happy. Beats sleeping near the trash because you don't have a place to stay thanks to GOD 0 AD!!!
I cannot speak for all immigrants however the few that I know and my own immediate family I have a say. In summary being an immigrant myself I know we at least love our families especially our parents and siblings. There are times when I program and forget why I do it. I keep programming and I forget I do it not only for the joy of programming but also to hopefully one day gain a skill that supports my own family! JESUS!
Since I live in America, I've also known many Mexicans. I've liked most of them and all of the ones I've worked with, which is over 100 by now, have, for the most part, all been hard workers.
That's not the point.
If you, yourself, and your parents, are legal immigrants, then good for you, and you are welcome to be here, and I'm sorry if you had so many problems, but it seemed to have worked out for you and your family in the end. If you are illegal immigrants, then you shouldn't have been here in the first place.
That is the major question about all this I think. Lots and lots of people can come to America legally, from Mexico or anywhere else. Lots can't. And America shouldn't be blamed for denying some immigrants. Every country in the world has immigration laws and restrictions.
For example, my niece wanted to move to Ireland last year, but she couldn't. The reason was because she wasn't a super genius doctor or some such thing. She had to have a certain number of 'points' and she didn't qualify, so she could not move to Ireland. Why is that any different that what America is doing? We are denying people permission to move here just as Ireland does. And as I said, most every country has similar immigration policies.
The only difference is that in America, Mexico shares a border, and a long one at that. Maybe Europeans don't understand this. Our border is nearly 2,000 miles (3200km) long. We may say that all immigrants have to meet certain standards, but since our border is nearly impossible to patrol, millions of Mexicans can come here every year.
If my niece had lived in England and snuck over the border to Ireland to become an illegal citizen, would that be ok? No it wouldn't.
Mexicans coming to America illegally is also not ok. There are millions of Mexicans here legally, and that's fine. But illegal immigrants are illegal. Simple at that. No different than any other country.
Stop blaming America for trying to do the same thing as every other country in the world.