Thursday, May 18, 2006

Immigrant Rights??????

Someone please help me understand this. What does the term "immigrant rights" mean? If you are an immigrant in the US legally, then you have rights. If you are an immigrant in the US illegally, then you are a criminal, thus no rights.

Is it that difficult to follow laws? I guess not if you come from a country that does not have laws.

Please explain to me what this all means?

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, if you come into the US illegally then apparently you have no rights.
If someone comes to the US.... and stays, knowing that they have no rights... don't you think that they must have really compelling reasons to do so? Nobody likes to be striped of their rights, to be hated and despised, right? They must have really good reasons to accept being treated that way.
It's difficult to abide by the rules when your circumstances have always been against you. Only those who are blinded by their own fortune seem to have trouble understanding the problems of the less priviledged.
First we are human beings and as such we should all be entitled to the same rights, then we are citizens, part of a country.
It's difficult to follow the laws on an empty stomach.

Anonymous said...

I came to the US legally -- went through the process, paid legal fees. I think that 'Illegal Immigrants' term is an oxymoron -- there is no 'Illegal Immigrants', just 'Illegals', who should not have any rights (job, medical, and so on) in this country. I work and pay my taxes, so why I should support 'Illegals'? I prefer to worry about my family and my retirement, not about some 'Illegals' who just want to stay here and use my tax dollars to survive.

Anonymous said...

Since when do criminals have NO rights?

Anonymous said...

You are NOT listening!!!
I know that there are many people who come here legally, go through the process, pay the fees... blah blah blah. The thing is, NOT everyone has the means or opportunity to do so! How hard is it to understand that there are people who can't afford to do that? Haven't you ever seen or met someone who can't afford a meal? What would you do if you were one of those people? Would you sit and wait until you died of starvation? Or would you try to do anything that you could -including crossing a border illegaly- to survive? Those people aren't "illegals" they are "HUMAN BEINGS" and as such deserve the SAME RIGHTS as any other human being!!! When will we start punishing the oppressed???
You need to also inform yourself, a lot of those people who are here illegaly DO pay taxes! You can just call IRS and ask them how it works!! IRS issues SSN for people so that money can be deducted from their earnings. And guess what, those who don't pay taxes are still saving your ass some money! A lot of the products and services you consume are affordable to you because those people who are paid extremely low wages make it possible for you and million of "legal" residents to buy them!
Nobody is using your stupid tax dollars... you are using them up yourself. When did the human being become so heartless that they think "others" don't deserve medical services, etc?

Anonymous said...

no matter what happens america is gonna get
reamed over this issue......

Anonymous said...

Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution does it state that illegal immigrants do not have rights. Everyone in this country regardless of whether or not they are a citizen has fundamental rights provided in the Bill of Rights. Albeit, they do not have all the rights of naturalized citizens.

Anonymous said...

Those of you who want illegal aliens here...YOU CAN SUPPORT THEM! I do not want to support criminals and besides its been proven that illegal aliens increase the crime rate of the US. Also they increase discrimination wether they be receiving it or giving it. I live in an area where there are alot of illegal aliens and i get discriminated against becuase i am white and its downright infuriating but i cant do a damn thing about it becuase i would be called a racist and people would hurt me and yet they are allowed to call me a cracker and so on. There also seems to be a double standard when it comes to illegal immigration. why is it that one particular race of illegal immigrants is allowed to stay but when other races of immigrants try to sneak in they are sent back immediately? it just does not make sense. other countries would deport illegal aliens there without a second thought.

Anonymous said...

good for you, you can worry just about your things,I hope that your country never will have some kind the problem that makes you go to other country to be treat you and your family like a alien

Anonymous said...

i think that america is so fucked up that ileagal immigrants should leave. now. at least their countries follow thier rules. thank you for listening. I HATE YOU IMMIGRANT GUY WHO STOLE OUR TV!!!!

Anonymous said...

Illegal immigrants directly affect me, they take my work by accepting less pay, but make more than me because they don't pay taxes. I have medical bills up the ying yang but they have none. I pay car insurance, they do not. People say that illegals run the risk of being caught, bull crap they go to court every day and pay a small fine. In the last ten years we have 10,000 illegals in our area, we have also tripled our police force. Coincidence? Oh yeah police get their money from taxes.