Immigration Protest
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Let me first just say that I'm a legal immigrant. I am a legal resident and getting my US citizenship this year.
Now with this being said, let me respond to one the sentences from that articles:
“When did you ever see a Mexican blow up the World Trade Center?” he said. “Who do you think built the World Trade Center?”
I would also like to ask that person the following:
- Who do YOU think smashed into my car 3 times already with no insurance and under influence where I had to cover all of my repair costs cause that mofo was illegally here and nobody could really do shit to him.
- Who do you think goes to hospitals without medical insurance every time increasing our medical insurance constantly because the hospitals have to get their money from the rest of us PAYING customers and they can't do shit to people who are here without any legal trace.
- Who do you think is so ignorant and uninterested to at least learn the language of the country that you are living in, out of pure respect.
- How many of those people you mentioned that built the WTC in your words, actually paid taxes from the money they made (no matter how much that was) as all of us do.
I might sound really harsh, but I'm sorry I came to this country through legal means, ate shit for almost 3 years, just because I tried harder and managed to become a regular resident who pays his taxes, pays for insurance and social security and helping this country's economy.
As far as I'm concerned, if you choose to leave your country and illegally come to another country you have ABSOLUTELY no rights whatsoever to moan. If you have problems, go back to your country of origin. Don't yell that US is bad, because your country sucks and you run away. Believe me I know this because I'm coming from a shitty country myself, and it was damn hard to get a legal status, but I didn't want to come here illegally and I didn't leave my own country before I participated in revolution where I among others changed the regime. Then I left.
What I do think would be fair that people who has been living in the States for let's say 10 years or more should get citizenship or legal resident status. But there has to be a limit somewhere.
I have friends that are legal immigrants, hispanic or whatever, but I totally respect them because they had extra respect to give back to this country and work hard, but legally all the way.
I disagree with many things in this country, but I still have respect for what it provides for any hard working, legal man/woman.
I really care about the people, and I always want to help, and I judge people by their behavior and not color of the skin or origina, but these protests are truly absurd. They are yelling at this country/the government for not allowing them rights when they forcefully entered the country and are negatively influencing the economy thus making all of our lives much harder in many ways.
Come on. Some reality check is needed here.