How have Illegal Immigrants personally impacted you, good and bad?

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Anonymous wrote:For the average DCUM poster illegal immigrants are great lower prices overall and cheap labor for you

Not to keep beating a dead horse but the reason Trump won again is illegal immigrants drove down and are continuing to drive down blue collar wages

And in some cases not all they are having negative effects by overwhelming schools by ESOL and other services and by sheer population. You don't have to go far in Montgomery county or fairfax county to see the problems

And again the typical DCUM poster in Bethesda or other rich parts of these places doesn't see the issues first hand

Can you back up your assertions with actual numbers, pleas. How many students in schools are undocumented. Also how many taxes are undocumented workers paying? That would be helpful to know. Because you must be basing your post on actual numbers that you can cite. Otherwise why make those assertions.

There have been 600 unaccompanied minors released in northern VA just this fiscal year with most of those dumped in Fairfax County. There are probably many many more who weren't caught at the border and show up at our schools. If your schools were impacted like some of ours you would understand. Our school is overflowing already and when you include kids who are way behind everyone else and don't speak a word of English, it slows down the entire class and negatively impacts everyone.

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/unaccompanied-alien-children-released-to-sponsors-by-county

+ 1 The high school where my friend lives (in MoCo) is rated a 3. It's half Hispanic and very high ESOL and FARMS. Don't tell me these are legal American citizens. It's so bad that you can buy a 5-bedroom house in her neighborhood for the low $400s.

Yeah MoCo went way down after Prince William County ran out illegal immigrants and a lot of them went to MoCo. It used to be one of the best school systems in the area but now their schools are in the toilet because of the influx of these kids. I've heard the graduation rate dropped pretty low too.

I wouldn't move there if you paid me

Yes, I grew up there and went to the local public school. It was a middle to upper-middle class school, with parents who were mostly college graduates and very involved in their kids' educations. Now it's unrecognizable.

Glad you’re no longer here.

I'm sure PP is too!

You said it. Why would I want to live in an area that looks like a third-world country, 14-year-olds who should be in school hang out in McDonalds all day, and people don't even speak English? You think that's appealing, here in America?

So happy you’re not my neighbor here in my beautiful street in MoCo. By the way my next door neighbor is an immigrant who has been here for 40 years and barely speaks English. Love her and her generosity and neighborliness.
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She’s European, by the way.

I'm sure your nice neighbor makes up for trash in the streets and poor schools!

She doesn’t need to. No trash in our streets and my kids have gone to great public schools!

Then YOU don't know what you're talking about! Try living in a neighborhood with trash and a 3-rated school, largely due to the influx of illegal immigrants, and then tell us how wonderful it is to live in a diverse area of illegal immigrant high school dropouts.

Just like a liberal to cast judgment on those who have suffered the repercussions of runaway illegal immigration when she herself isn't facing it.

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It's always the liberals with money to send their kids to Sidwell Friends or some other private school that are so ready to agree to an influx of illegal immigrants because their kids, neighborhoods, and lives are not impacted.

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Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

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Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

And, it is. However, in most cases, the cultures adapted to us. Today, it seems we must adapt to them. I am, of course, not addressing the indigenous tribes. That was a travesty, but they were not always very nice to each other, either.

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Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

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Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

In the past, though. we were a melting pot, which is a good thing I get the impression this is not as true anymore for some of the immigrant groups. Indeed, I've heard that saying 'America is a melting pot" is considered a microagression.

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Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

And, it is. However, in most cases, the cultures adapted to us. Today, it seems we must adapt to them. I am, of course, not addressing the indigenous tribes. That was a travesty, but they were not always very nice to each other, either.

Please specify to whom you are expected to adapt.

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Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

And, it is. However, in most cases, the cultures adapted to us. Today, it seems we must adapt to them. I am, of course, not addressing the indigenous tribes. That was a travesty, but they were not always very nice to each other, either.

We all adapt to each other. That's always been the way. And, there has always been resentment by people who divide Americans into "us" and "them."

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Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

And, it is. However, in most cases, the cultures adapted to us. Today, it seems we must adapt to them. I am, of course, not addressing the indigenous tribes. That was a travesty, but they were not always very nice to each other, either.

What an ignorant perspective! The more recent immigrants, in fact, have assimilated, in many ways, more than their Irish, Italian, etc, predecessors. Take note that Little Italy in Baltimore and NYC, long standing Irish bars in many major cities, Little Havana in Miami, and Chinatown in NYC and SF would not exist if those communities "assimilated" quickly. Same with Little Saigon in NoVa and Hasidic communities in NYC.

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Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

And, it is. However, in most cases, the cultures adapted to us. Today, it seems we must adapt to them. I am, of course, not addressing the indigenous tribes. That was a travesty, but they were not always very nice to each other, either.

What an ignorant perspective! The more recent immigrants, in fact, have assimilated, in many ways, more than their Irish, Italian, etc, predecessors. Take note that Little Italy in Baltimore and NYC, long standing Irish bars in many major cities, Little Havana in Miami, and Chinatown in NYC and SF would not exist if those communities "assimilated" quickly. Same with Little Saigon in NoVa and Hasidic communities in NYC.

Yeah right. That's why you see so many immigrants who have been here 10, 20, 30+ years and still can't speak a word of english.

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Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

And, it is. However, in most cases, the cultures adapted to us. Today, it seems we must adapt to them. I am, of course, not addressing the indigenous tribes. That was a travesty, but they were not always very nice to each other, either.

Someone who doesn’t know much about American history and assimilation.

Tell me why my European ancestors used their native language for several generations after moving here? And it wasn’t English. They used it in school, their newspapers, in church. My great-grandmother’s primer is in this language.

American culture is constantly changing. That might be scary to some, but it’s not necessarily negative. Cultures just stagnate die.

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Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

And, it is. However, in most cases, the cultures adapted to us. Today, it seems we must adapt to them. I am, of course, not addressing the indigenous tribes. That was a travesty, but they were not always very nice to each other, either.

What an ignorant perspective! The more recent immigrants, in fact, have assimilated, in many ways, more than their Irish, Italian, etc, predecessors. Take note that Little Italy in Baltimore and NYC, long standing Irish bars in many major cities, Little Havana in Miami, and Chinatown in NYC and SF would not exist if those communities "assimilated" quickly. Same with Little Saigon in NoVa and Hasidic communities in NYC.

Yeah right. That's why you see so many immigrants who have been here 10, 20, 30+ years and still can't speak a word of english.

So you are going up to and asking people if they are immigrants and how long they have been here? Just want to confirm how you know this.

My Buba (grandma) immigrated from Poland and was here for some 40 years until her death in 1985 and her English was horrible.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

And, it is. However, in most cases, the cultures adapted to us. Today, it seems we must adapt to them. I am, of course, not addressing the indigenous tribes. That was a travesty, but they were not always very nice to each other, either.

What an ignorant perspective! The more recent immigrants, in fact, have assimilated, in many ways, more than their Irish, Italian, etc, predecessors. Take note that Little Italy in Baltimore and NYC, long standing Irish bars in many major cities, Little Havana in Miami, and Chinatown in NYC and SF would not exist if those communities "assimilated" quickly. Same with Little Saigon in NoVa and Hasidic communities in NYC.

Yeah right. That's why you see so many immigrants who have been here 10, 20, 30+ years and still can't speak a word of english.

So you are going up to and asking people if they are immigrants and how long they have been here? Just want to confirm how you know this.

My Buba (grandma) immigrated from Poland and was here for some 40 years until her death in 1985 and her English was horrible.

not a good example. Most Polish people do speak a funny/fractured version of English - signed person with a Polish spouse.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

And, it is. However, in most cases, the cultures adapted to us. Today, it seems we must adapt to them. I am, of course, not addressing the indigenous tribes. That was a travesty, but they were not always very nice to each other, either.

What an ignorant perspective! The more recent immigrants, in fact, have assimilated, in many ways, more than their Irish, Italian, etc, predecessors. Take note that Little Italy in Baltimore and NYC, long standing Irish bars in many major cities, Little Havana in Miami, and Chinatown in NYC and SF would not exist if those communities "assimilated" quickly. Same with Little Saigon in NoVa and Hasidic communities in NYC.

Yeah right. That's why you see so many immigrants who have been here 10, 20, 30+ years and still can't speak a word of english.

So you are going up to and asking people if they are immigrants and how long they have been here? Just want to confirm how you know this.

My Buba (grandma) immigrated from Poland and was here for some 40 years until her death in 1985 and her English was horrible.

not a good example. Most Polish people do speak a funny/fractured version of English - signed person with a Polish spouse.

So that’s actually a bad thing according to anti-immigrant PP who is angry at people who speak fractured English.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:multiculturalism is a big problem. It doesn't work

Multiculturism is what made America Great.

And, it is. However, in most cases, the cultures adapted to us. Today, it seems we must adapt to them. I am, of course, not addressing the indigenous tribes. That was a travesty, but they were not always very nice to each other, either.

What an ignorant perspective! The more recent immigrants, in fact, have assimilated, in many ways, more than their Irish, Italian, etc, predecessors. Take note that Little Italy in Baltimore and NYC, long standing Irish bars in many major cities, Little Havana in Miami, and Chinatown in NYC and SF would not exist if those communities "assimilated" quickly. Same with Little Saigon in NoVa and Hasidic communities in NYC.

Yeah right. That's why you see so many immigrants who have been here 10, 20, 30+ years and still can't speak a word of english.

So you are going up to and asking people if they are immigrants and how long they have been here? Just want to confirm how you know this.

My Buba (grandma) immigrated from Poland and was here for some 40 years until her death in 1985 and her English was horrible.

No, as evidenced by the multiple sob stories the media puts out per day about someones grandma getting deported after having been here 30 years... and grandma still needs a translator.