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Originally Posted by graciegirl
My ancestors had to have a sponsor. My grandfather was indentured. There is a legal way and an illegal way to become a citizen.
And our country is already in debt. There is only so much we can do financially. We can't take care of everybody. No matter if they long to be here and are good people. This isn't the way we used to do things. We are being overwhelmed with people just strolling in. That beautiful quote above was written before we had welfare. People who came here had to be able to take care of themselves immediately.
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Totally agree. From what I have been told by some workers in some area of immigration--even the workers who used to come into this country to work on farms and to help pick various fruits and vegetables have learned that it is much easier to apply for every kind of assistance. So all of a sudden, the people who needed help on their farms, etc, no longer have any help. So they want to bring in more farm workers. The new workers also get here and are told all about "free everything" without the hard work. Are you seeing a pattern??? These are not just my thoughts, but people from the immigration services. I personally have heard it from pregnant patients who came to this country on a birth vacation solely to have their babies become citizens, They are given instructions on where to apply and what to say to get on all available assistance. They were very open and even proud of what they were doing. I don't have any children, but I really do feel very, very sorry for all the innocent children in many of the countries, although I think they are finding out that not all of these "children" are even actually children-saw a newspaper article about a "child" up north who tried applying to a school. This child has grey hair, looks very much like an adult, but without documentation???? The children I rally feel sorry for though are your children, and your grandchildren. Who will help them? I don't care who you are, you can't deny that this country is already in deep financial trouble, and a lot of even middle aged adults today don't have the savings we were very fortunate to put aside. Of course, that's going to go too with cuts in Medicare, SS, and increases in foods, drugs, insurances, etc. That's all from me. I am sure many will disagree with me, but we are all entitled to our own opinions.