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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Specifically how do you feel about people sneaking into your country, not paying taxes, using the healthcare system for free,their children getting ESL, free meals and other Amazing programs in public schools, committing crimes against Americans, drug running, babies of undocumented immigrants getting citizenship, etc,etc. I think it is a serious problem. I just visited Yakima WA, and the city is under HUGE strain because of the influx not of legal immigrants, but illegal, undocumented immigrants.[/quote]

No doubt we need immigration reform but not because I hate immigrants or think they are getting freebies here. It just makes economic sense. That being said you should research and read the data before vilifying immigrants. Since 1990, immigration to the United States has increased significantly. Yet, crime rates have decreased in the last 26 years. Furthermore, Mexican immigration has decreased in the last decade to the point that the number of illegals coming in has been cancelled out by the number deported. Moreover, illegal immigrants do not get free healthcare unless it is for emergency purposes. Otherwise, they have to pay. Same holds true for US citizens. Immigrants are people who just want a better life for themselves and their children. It takes a lot of courage and desperation to leave your country and try to make it in another where you don't speak the language and where you are treated as an outsider that is not welcomed into the community. I lived in Japan for two years and learned to value the immigrant experience. Not speaking the language and passing restaurants with signs saying no foreigners allowed was difficult. In Japan they would put red lanterns to let you know it was Japanese only. Happens all the time in homogenous countries, which is why ex-pats find each other.   You shouldn't,t allow yourself to be manipulated into immigrant resentment with biased news pieces and skewed data you read off websites and publications that are anti-multiculturalism. You will find many hateful sites that try to sound educated and provide statistical evidence. Yet, they skew the data, which basically means withhold certain information in order to lead you to their own incorrect conclusion.  You must be educated enough to find the data and analyze it yourself. I challenge you to educate yourself, be a compassionate person and take action to make Ametica better because I think it is already really great. Anyone who says otherwise has not truly travelled the world to understand how ridiculous any statement to the contrary sounds to the educated and informed. [/quote]

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