NintendoPie said:
You don't mind when people just sit around and do nothing but expect everything? Or not even that; people just blatantly breaking the clearly stated law? Why would you say that? How are either of these things okay? I'm completely perfectly fine with (legal) immigration. When you come into any country legally and literally work for it, you deserve respect and to be apart of the society, if you want to. People should allow you to come in, not push you away. But, when you "hop the border" you are doing something illegal. If you really want to be apart of our, or any, country do it the right way. And make sure you don't sit on your butt and expect, expect, expect. |
Let's say that what bothers me isn't that they're an immigrant and "don't contribute." It would simply be the "not contributing" part alone. There are people who were born here that contribute nothing. I don't think being an immigrant should be a reason to discriminate. Some people say about how our money and hardwork pays for these people, or that they need to earn their right to live here... but I think it shouldn't be thought about that way.
Who really has the right to say that you can or can't live somewhere? We may claim ownership of land, but the way we even gained this "authority" was through dirty means. People who "don't contribute" to society tend to not have all the benefits a full legal citizen has anyway.
I also don't think most people who are here illegally just sit around and do nothing. That's not how you survive in this country. Where would you get the means to survive as an illegal immigrant? Most of them don't have connections to the place they go to. There are also a lot of complications when trying to do things the "right" way. What constitutes the "right" way is a flawed set of rules in the first place. The "right" way can change.
Ironically, this country (USA) was formed from NOT abiding to every single law. The people have, or is supposed to have, some influence on what becomes law. I'm not saying everyone has to agree with me, but I think I'm making it pretty clear that just being an immigrant doesn't bother me or make me upset. There are a lot of reasons why things are the way they are. I would say it's much more likely you'll see people who aren't immigrants sitting on their butts than the immigrants. Think about how much effort it takes some of these people to even get here. Some of them may not do much, but I'm willing to bet that most of them try hard to do what they can.
