
Yes, it’s no question that even illegal immigrants contribute a lot. However, when you take the American family as individuals, they pay taxes that go to support the immigrants which they wouldn’t otherwise have to pay. As far as American history goes, American families have valued programs that cannot be abused by people that aren’t their American brothers and sisters. The government doesn’t lower taxes for the average taxpayer just because there are more people to pay taxes (illegal or not)
Well there’s the “rule of law” argument. If people don’t follow a law and they’re not punished, then laws become meaningless and meant to be broken. I don’t think it’s a victimless crime. It affects the American people. For example. Theres a capacity problem. Immigrants would take spaces in schools, ER rooms, housing, and social services. And there’s a security issue. People who enter illegally also bypass background checks. Which allows for dangerous people who might have ill intent in
Btw 40-50% of “illegals” simply overstayed a visa which is a civil offense, literally the same severity as going 45 in a 35, but yrs rule of law is being undermined 🤦♂️ if you’re really concerned about “capacity” issues, perhaps blame the corporate subsidies given by the government rather than the comparatively minuscule amount of state taxes that go to immigrant programs and also federal programs don’t let undocumented immigrants apply
All of them follow the same logic. I don’t feel victimized if an undocumented immigrant goes to school, or receives public services. After all, they PAY TAXES. So they are ALREADY PAYING FOR THOSE SERVICES. You want to live in a world where this caste of people pays for these services but doesn’t get to use them, which is fucked up.
Here are the ways that illegal immigrants cause harm on the country 1) they tarnish our rule of law. If there’s no punishment for violating a law, then law begin to become meaningless. 2) It inflicts a capacity problem on us. Schools lose spaces for America children, ER rooms get filled and citizens may be turned away, housing is taken, social services siphoned… 3)Then there’s security. People who enter illegally also bypass background checks, allowing dangerous people with ill intent in.
again, upwards 50% of undocumented immigrants haven’t broken a single law, it isn’t against the law to overstay your visa, it’s a civil offense, it’s a small fine and again, the “capacity” issue is because of government spending on military and government subsidies, nothing to do with immigrants, just saying the same refuted points over and over isn’t gonna change anyone’s mind dumbass
For every illegal immigrant that takes up schooling of service resources, it diverts those resources from reaching Americans first. The taxes they pay go to the federal government but never to the local government which puts enormous strain on the local communities. It costs more for schools, hospitals, puts more pressure on police, fire, and housing.
The wealthy have nothing to do with this. I know that immigrants do pay taxes but because the federal government knows that benefits don’t apply to them, they don’t increase funding to local federally funded systems like education and hospitals. Therefore, the strain shows up on the local governments instead of the country as a whole. And I’m all about my community. That’s who I care about first.
Because they’re here illegally. I think we should give them citizenship after deporting them, if they can earn it. Coming to this country is a privilege. We get to decide who we let in. I’m sure you’d agree that we’d want the smartest, safest, most contributing immigrants into our country and not the ones that will cause harm, right?
Alls I’m saying is the world is in an obvious and very real burgeoning population crisis. We had a steady stream of good, honest people coming to this country who are ready and willing to have a bunch of kids, and we squandered it for racism. From a state building perspective, pretty dumb.
Well every country has a history test. And I believe that our official language is English considering that percentage wise it’s the most spoken language in the country. If they really want to become American, I think they should have to show some effort to actually become American. That starts with knowing our history and our language.
No the U.S. has no official language, saying it’s English is factually wrong, Spanish and English and even Creole all have the same level of recognition And considering most Americans are functionally illiterate, I doubt they know the history either, seems unfair to force immigrants to know something that citizens don’t even know
So let me get this straight. Are you trying to say that English is not the highest percentage spoken language in the US? The US literacy rate is 99%. And even if America somehow doesn’t know their own history, that doesn’t change the fact that immigrants should want to be American and part of being American (just part) is knowing the history.
Official language is a government-recognized status, it’s not based on what’s spoken Functional illiteracy means reading below a 5th grade level and that applies to 1 in 5 U.S. adults (21%, or 40-45 million people) And the history thing seems nitpicky, I don’t think you need to know American history well enough to pass a test to contribute to American society positively
yes, 1 in 5 people speak Spanish, walk into a restaraunt, statistically multiple in there speak Spanish This doesn’t even mention how Spanish speakers tend to live together in communities where they all speak Spanish to each other Many countries have multiple languages, it’s not an issue for them, why would it be for us?
Okay my argument isn’t that so many people speak Spanish that it’s somehow a problem for the country. You frame everything so weird. I’m saying Spanish is so widely spoken, and in some places is the original language of the people who live there before the land belonged to America. Seeing as it’s so widely spoken, and is literally native to our most populated areas, I think having a single language as our nations “official language” is kinda dumb.
The US won a war against Mexico and annexed Texas. The people there are now under a new flag with new rules and new language. For their benefit, I would absolutely think they’d learn the language to assimilate if they didn’t want to leave. And a lot of them did, and were welcomed for it.
“Erm they lost a war and now they’re under OUR flag, and baby, things are gonna be a changing-“ Like stfu what the hell are you talking about. We got by fine for hundreds of years without an official language, many people here don’t speak English and that’s fine. Stop embarrassing yourself.
I think the benefits outweigh the bad parts. Take a standardized measurement system for example. If one scientist used his foot to measure things and another used meters we wouldn’t have gotten to the moon. Standardization is important and language is as crucial as metrics.
“Actually we have to do it because like scientists use standardized units to measure things and stuff-“ What are you talking about. That’s stupid. We got by fine for hundreds of years without one. We gain NOTHING from making English our official language but the feeling of alienating the people who don’t speak it. It’s soy.
I care about the present. I don’t support colonial conquest from the US right now or in the future. I can’t change what happened in the past. I want what’s best for people. And living in a country that you don’t speak the language of is very challenging and not what was best for those people. So, most of them learned English. I would die, defending my country from China. So no.
It absolutely dos have everything to do with quality of life. Let’s say you go downtown to buy food. The vendor doesn’t speak your language and gets frustrated that you can’t understand them. That’s friction that believe it or not is considered in quality of life. And I absolutely think we should adopt the metric system. Imperial is stupid.
I looked back and did see a comment that I missed from you. It’s hard when you write your replies in so many different comments. There are levels the your economy argument. They hurt our economy because housing costs go up, they strain the local economies because local govs bear the costs of schooling and hospitals and infrastructure. Also, GDP does not equal quality of living.
Do you really think undocumented immigrants are buying houses en masse? They’re poor people fleeing cartel violence in El Salvador or something, they’re not buying single family homes Blame Blackrock, not immigrants, the ones who are, idk, actually buying homes en masse to sell them for a profit?
Good night bro. For what it’s worth, I hope you stay safe out there. I won’t insult you or anything because I do believe you care about these people. I just care about my American brothers and sisters first. It doesn’t mean I don’t care about immigrants. Good luck out there 👍
Except you can’t because I’m not a white supremacist and I’m not even white. I want what’s best for *Americans*. I could just randomly claim that SPL is Marxist and supports black supremacy (like you’re randomly claiming that FAIR is white supremacist) and that you’re a Marxist and black supremacist. 🤷♂️
FAIR: - Holds anti-Latino and anti-Catholic attitudes - Accepted $1.2 million from a racist foundation, the Pioneer fund - Hired key officials who also joined white supremacist groups - Have had board members who regularly write for hate publications - Promoted racist conspiracy theories - Its founder, John Tanton, said once, in 1982, “As whites see their power and control over their lives declining, will they simply go quiet into the night? Or will there be an explosion…”
Continuing… - Former press secretary Joe Gomez filed a complaint in 2018 with the Washington D.C. Office of Human Rights alleging racist, xenophobic, and ableist harassment at FAIR - FAIR claimed (wrongly, so they lied) that the officer dismissed the complaint because it had no merit - The office only dismissed the case once a settlement was reached
This was actually happening though with Biden, I’m pretty sure Trump cut it off. The illegal people were allowed to come in and go stay in fully funded housing or hotels for free. They received money on cards for food and survival. Surely you understand that the American people pay for that, it is not a free gift. Someone paid for it.