Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 13:20     Subject: Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have had lots of positive experiences with immigrants as friends and coworkers, and contractors, never hurt by one in any way. Nor has any friend or family member been hurt by an immigrant. Have you ever been personally hurt by an immigrant?


Strongly in favor of immigration and have had mostly positive experiences, but have had two significant negatives:

1. Car accident caused by immigrants driving very recklessly (passing on the shoulder at speed). No ID, no insurance, reeking of weed.

2. Fully 25% of my kid’s 1st grade class spoke virtually no English. Teacher flatly told us that 80% of her time was occupied by trying to get them up to speed, so she had no time for other kids’ needs.

Many, many more positives than negatives with immigrants, but think we should be honest about the need to dramatically overhaul the system. Unfortunately and as usual, Trump doing it in the very worst way possible.



#2 is not about language. Our school has children who arrive speaking 22 different languages, and they all manage to learn. Your child's teacher has the support of ELS teachers as well. Also it takes a child 90 days of immersion to get up to speed enough to learn in the new languge according to the experts at our school. I think your kid's teacher is either making excuses for poor classroom management skills or is having difficulty with a different kind of problem altogether.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 13:08     Subject: Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
My immigrant husband has had a drinking problem and has been verbally abusive. He has battled it and seems to have come out on a more positive side for now.

But other than that, no. The people who have physically hurt me have been American born.

Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 13:06     Subject: Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
My parents were a mixed relationship - both immigrants from different places.

We have definitely been hurt by the "white" immigrant side of my family. Bigotry, xenophobia, and terrible unkindness. Some of them are MAGA.

Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 13:03     Subject: Re:Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
Anonymous wrote:

https://i.imgur.com/mnXasR3.jpeg


Now do women and children victimized by the Trump administration!
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 12:51     Subject: Re:Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
No, nor by non-immigrants, but that of course is irrelevant to a related, but different question: Has an immigrant ever hurt anyone? Or, for that matter, has a non-immigrant ever hurt anyone?

This seems a specious question, to say the least assuming it is meant to suggest that immigrants, legal or not, never hurt anybody.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 12:45     Subject: Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
jsteele wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
jsteele wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have had lots of positive experiences with immigrants as friends and coworkers, and contractors, never hurt by one in any way. Nor has any friend or family member been hurt by an immigrant. Have you ever been personally hurt by an immigrant?


How many have you taken to live with you in your house, personally?


I took one. I married her.


Well there's one! Only 10+ million illegal aliens to go.

Are you bringing in any of those 10+ million into your house to support, personally?


Who do you think I am, Donald Trump? Admittedly, he married twice as many immigrants as I have and employs hundreds more than I could even dream of doing.


💪🏼🤣SNAP👏🏼😘^^^
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 12:43     Subject: Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
No, but a lot of Americans sure have.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 12:32     Subject: Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
Anonymous wrote:
jsteele wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have had lots of positive experiences with immigrants as friends and coworkers, and contractors, never hurt by one in any way. Nor has any friend or family member been hurt by an immigrant. Have you ever been personally hurt by an immigrant?


How many have you taken to live with you in your house, personally?


I took one. I married her.


Well there's one! Only 10+ million illegal aliens to go.

Are you bringing in any of those 10+ million into your house to support, personally?

The topic of this thread is whether an immigrant has directly and personally hurt you. I think we can conclude that your answer is “no.”
jsteele
Post 02/12/2026 12:29     Subject: Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
Anonymous wrote:
jsteele wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have had lots of positive experiences with immigrants as friends and coworkers, and contractors, never hurt by one in any way. Nor has any friend or family member been hurt by an immigrant. Have you ever been personally hurt by an immigrant?


How many have you taken to live with you in your house, personally?


I took one. I married her.


Well there's one! Only 10+ million illegal aliens to go.

Are you bringing in any of those 10+ million into your house to support, personally?


Who do you think I am, Donald Trump? Admittedly, he married twice as many immigrants as I have and employs hundreds more than I could even dream of doing.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 12:27     Subject: Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have had lots of positive experiences with immigrants as friends and coworkers, and contractors, never hurt by one in any way. Nor has any friend or family member been hurt by an immigrant. Have you ever been personally hurt by an immigrant?


Strongly in favor of immigration and have had mostly positive experiences, but have had two significant negatives:

1. Car accident caused by immigrants driving very recklessly (passing on the shoulder at speed). No ID, no insurance, reeking of weed.

2. Fully 25% of my kid’s 1st grade class spoke virtually no English. Teacher flatly told us that 80% of her time was occupied by trying to get them up to speed, so she had no time for other kids’ needs.

Many, many more positives than negatives with immigrants, but think we should be honest about the need to dramatically overhaul the system. Unfortunately and as usual, Trump doing it in the very worst way possible.



In the first example, how did you know they were immigrants?
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 12:24     Subject: Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
jsteele wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have had lots of positive experiences with immigrants as friends and coworkers, and contractors, never hurt by one in any way. Nor has any friend or family member been hurt by an immigrant. Have you ever been personally hurt by an immigrant?


How many have you taken to live with you in your house, personally?


I took one. I married her.


Well there's one! Only 10+ million illegal aliens to go.

Are you bringing in any of those 10+ million into your house to support, personally?
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 11:59     Subject: Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have had lots of positive experiences with immigrants as friends and coworkers, and contractors, never hurt by one in any way. Nor has any friend or family member been hurt by an immigrant. Have you ever been personally hurt by an immigrant?


Strongly in favor of immigration and have had mostly positive experiences, but have had two significant negatives:

1. Car accident caused by immigrants driving very recklessly (passing on the shoulder at speed). No ID, no insurance, reeking of weed.

2. Fully 25% of my kid’s 1st grade class spoke virtually no English. Teacher flatly told us that 80% of her time was occupied by trying to get them up to speed, so she had no time for other kids’ needs.

Many, many more positives than negatives with immigrants, but think we should be honest about the need to dramatically overhaul the system. Unfortunately and as usual, Trump doing it in the very worst way possible.



Are those kids US citizens? Speaking Spanish is not illegal
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 11:53     Subject: Re:Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
Anonymous wrote:No, but plenty of conservative Christian white people have hurt or disgusted me so badly that I avoid socializing with them. I keep my social circle very small.

--signed,
white woman


The country would be way better off if we could deport violent maga and keep the hardworking undocumented workers.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 11:51     Subject: Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have had lots of positive experiences with immigrants as friends and coworkers, and contractors, never hurt by one in any way. Nor has any friend or family member been hurt by an immigrant. Have you ever been personally hurt by an immigrant?


How many have you taken to live with you in your house, personally?


I’m sure that in your head this seemed relevant.
jsteele
Post 02/12/2026 11:35     Subject: Has an immigrant ever hurt you personally?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have had lots of positive experiences with immigrants as friends and coworkers, and contractors, never hurt by one in any way. Nor has any friend or family member been hurt by an immigrant. Have you ever been personally hurt by an immigrant?


How many have you taken to live with you in your house, personally?


I took one. I married her.