Originally posted by Night Star
I don't understand why illegals cry poverty. They come here, are overweight, drive gas guzzling vehicals, have nice clothes own their own homes, have cable television, expensive cell phones, computers etc. How do you come here as a poor person and live better than than most of us legal citizens???
That was an incredibly broad brush.
Most of the illegals move to other countries because they DON'T have those things.
Many jump borders between nations in the backs of other vehicles, not their own gas guzzlers. The fact that they're coming illegally means they don't already have a nice home to move into, nor cable television (never heard of portable cable TV if thats what you're implying), yes cell phones are the norm, but that's because they can get the higher value cellphones for cheaper in their original country... and I've never seen a border hopper coming across with a computer.
That must be quite the spectacle to watch. They should stick cameras on the border and make a comedy show of that. Gas guzzling vehicles going off-road to avoid checkpoints, toting a nice home behind it, computer in the passenger seat, talking on a cellphone while watching cable TV.
Yes, I'm being sarcastic. I know that's not what you meant.
My point is, they come over without these things, and strive to get them after the fact. Sure, they aren't paying taxes, but they aren't exactly getting the high paying jobs either. So I actually give them some credit for pushing themselves hard enough to buy those things... on minimum wage, sometimes less than that.
Seriously. They are just as varied as we are. Don't paint them with such a broad brush.
[edit on 16-7-2008 by johnsky]
