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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]" 30s buying million + dollar homes, people who are 40 years old and already 401(k) millionaires, people who have funded their future kids' college education "

That me but I'm self-made. My parents came to the United States as immigrants with $5 in their pocket. I learned hard work from them and started working at very early age and continue to do so today at the age of 41. Nothing was handed to us, no inheritance, no nothing. A lot of folks don't understand what they have here in the United States. It truly is the land of opportunity. A lof  of us were not born with a gold spoon and have actually worked really hard for where we are today! [/quote]

They actually were provided $50 upon entry by the US govt.  More significantly, Per visa requirements, your 
Parents were also required to have a “sponsor” who likely provided significant help.  Please no more “$5 in the pocket”
BS stories.  
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+1.  Very few “legal” immigrants arrive here with just $5.  The US govt is a bit 
more sophisticated with the legal immigration process.  Most have funds back home which 
are transferred to the US.  The visa sponsor is usually a blood family member AND in solid financial 
standing as require to support the immigrants for a number of years (I think 5 years min).  [/quote]

I’m a child of immigrants and this is true. The whole “I came here with $5 in my pocket” story needs to die. It isn’t true. And all immigrants are not held to the same standards. [/quote]

100%

This days are over. I'm  Vietnamese and my parents were boat people. They came here with a cup of rice in their pockets.

We've brought family over here legally and it requires a sponsor, lots of money, and a immigrants who can bring Tru value to the US.

Nobody is legally coming here with five dollars these days. [/quote]

That can be true with refugees but the government provides them with free money to get them started out so they're not really starting out with 5 dollars either.  [/quote]

My family came as refugees.  We were provided 4 months of support and then it was welfare, Pell grants, Medicaid and other things that would normally be available to poor people who were born in US.  My parents ended up middle class, the kids, including me, UMC.   The grandparents never worked, got SSI, Medicaid and Section 8 apartment, and that’s how they lived ... way better than the home country.[/quote]

PP.  oh, and about sponsorship.  We were sponsored by a non-profit that paid for our plane tickets.  That was a loan and we had to repay it.  Also, I know many families where “sponsorship” was mutually understood as on paper only, I.e. the sponsor did a huge favor by signing the paperwork but the immigrants did not expect or receive any money.   [/quote]

Sounds like immigration fraud.  Sounds like they should have their citizenship stripped and deported.  Sounds like the sponsors need to go to prison.[/quote]

Sounds like you're already drunk. [/quote]

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