Why so many Immigrants?
 

Every year about a million immigrants are admitted to America legally. We get more immigrants than any country on Earth. Not easy, lots of paperwork, costs money, millions are denied. Estimates of illegal immigrants in the country are 10-12 million, lots of them are minorities. They'll brave deserts, walk over mountains, swim rivers, die of thirst and starvation, and pay thousands of dollars to their guides. If they get caught and deported, they do it all over again and again.

What the heck are they thinking? I see people on this forum telling us how racist this country is, how "systemic oppression" grinds minorities to dust and despair, and our economic system is designed to crush the weak. Plus our police are racists brutes who like to beat people up.

I can only conclude that all the immigrants that keep coming here are complete idiots, or masochists, probably both.

I really hope your not my neighbor!

I don't think you understand my post dear.

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The belief that life and opportunities here are better than there. I'd rather be poor here than in Bangladesh.

Congratulations! You were able to detect the subtle sarcasm dripping from the last sentence in my post.:coolsmiley:

Best country on earth but we should not be allowing illegals to come here

That's a topic for another thread. I'm waiting for an explanation on why they keep coming, legal or illegal, if this country is so racist and oppressive.

I'm sure GoodLife hopes not also.

I was talking with a Hispanic man the other day and he admitted that he is here illegally. He owns a business doing landscaping work and employs a small crew. He said the crime and gangs in Mexico make life very dangerous and difficult to run a business. Here, he said, if you work hard you will be successful. We had a plumber do some work yesterday, an older Vietnamese man who had immigrated here 4 years ago. It's pretty amazing, a foreigner that probably knew very little English was able to start his own business. We have so many people, native born Americans, who received a free public education that can only whine and moan there are no opportunities for work. Pretty pathetic.

We're only racist's towards African Americans? :ohdear:
Steve

A fellow I know who is a naturalized American citizen born in India said that when his brother visited he looked around and could not believe his eyes, saying "What a country! Even the poor people get to be fat".

We've got over 2 million immigrants direct from Africa, so that can't be it.

PS love ur new tagline, hilarious!

:agree:

I think I'm safe though, given that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...and I don't have any neighbors trying to copy my nice landscaping. :1rotfl:

Not sure why you'd even ask such a thing.