I know that the subject of immigration is not so important right now….you see since Oregon the mental midgets have moved on to the gun reform issue….apparently they can only handle one issue at a time.
This will be me breaking from a rule I have had for myself……I have tried to stay away from personal observations because it is usually met with condescension and insulting words…..but this immigrant thing is getting out of hand with all the accusations and such……
First, let me say I am NOT saying this is the norm……because I have NO idea what it is like in your area….this is just observations I made over a 6 month period here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Since 2005 there has been an influx of immigrants coming into the area because of the reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina in 2005……and since 2006 the area has been growing by leaps and bounds……
First I worked for the state housing authority and we were first responders 2 hours after the wind died down we were at work….there was massive amounts of debris and we hired people to remove this debris at $10 an hour…..we hired 15 people…of those 15 5 were immigrants, legal or not do not know…we needed people and we hired them as they came looking for a job. Anyway after 10 days I had 5 people left for debris removal….the 5 immigrants…the Americans had quite or just walked off the job…..one even told me that he did not know it would be such hard work…..others never said just cut and run…..I would hire those 5 guys again if I needed them.
While working for the Housing Authority I had 125 units that I was responsible for and of those units none were rented by immigrants…..I worked there for 10 years and none were there in my tenure…..
Next observation is a medical one……a family member had battled cancer, heart attack and major surgery in a 4 month period….I spent a lot of time in emergency rooms over a 3 month period…..there are 3 major medical outlets in my town and I visited all three……after multiple visits I can tell you that not once in any of the ERs was a immigrant waiting to be treated…..granted I was not there 24/7 but the odd times I was there I saw no one that I would point to a call an immigrant.
Lastly is all that “free stuff” that immigrants are stealing from the government….all I can address here is the EBT card abuse that I hear so much about.
I shop in 3 major food chains for my area and usually go on Saturdays or Sundays……one of the stores has a major immigrant consumer base and I have observed the habits of the people when buying their food….and in the six months that I observed the habits I not once saw someone use an EBT card (we do not have food stamps anymore)…….the people are not buying junk but rather traditional food stuffs…..I could not find any abuse……
With the data that I have available to me….my conclusion is there is NO wide spread abuse….at least in my area. So if there is no abuse the best I can say for the accusations is that they are…….LIES!
I know this is not what most people opposed to the immigrants want to hear…..like I said…this is my observations…but if you truly want answer for being genuinely concerned then……..Try this simple test research in your area……see if you are being lied to by you fave reporters. That is if you want to know or if you had rather spend your time believing CRAP!
Once again…I cannot speak to these situations being typical everywhere….I am just telling what I have observed in my area……
I imagine France and England and The Netherlands and Germany might have a different story to tell. Everything is not always the same everywhere.
Exactly…..and I only watched in my area….there have been so many people telling me about the cheating…I have not seen the cheating….that was my point people will listen to crap and never check things out….I did and I am not worried about my area…..I will let others worry about theirs…..
The problem is that what you are talking about is a spreading malignancy and it will reach your area in due time.
I will be dead and the haters can have the day…..until then I just write what I see…..and NO one wants to hear it because it does not fit the hate they spread…..sorry but I will hate those that have proven it id deserved….
The haters have had the day ever since the elections of 2000 and now a new crop of haters is on the march across the world screaming “Death to Infidels” and “Death to America.”
Maybe you haven’t seen any of these in your area yet but give it time … give it time.
I agree; any problems don’t lie with the immigrants who end up here. It is the downtrodden American citizenry who perpetrate much of the abuse, as they have been trained to do all their lives, by being boxed into the lowest income levels with no way out, and no way to survive, except to cheat…. And, most of the abuse is to buy stuff they have been trained to consume on TV, and by those same supermarkets… Most of the food in markets today are not even food, anyway… Instead we have Pasteurized Processed Cheese Food rather than actual cheese. I know of one Safeway where the ONLY real cheeses in the store are all imported…
Immigrants are always careful to follow local laws: think about it. They’re a stranger in a strange land, with only their hands and what they can carry as resources… How much would any of you test the limits as they are accused of doing? None..
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Let’s face it. Unless you’re a Native North American; WE are all immigrants! dru
Agreed! How soon we forget that one fact….chuq
I really feel like Americans need to chill. i mean…. if someone who isn’t from your culture and doesn’t speak the language can replace your job maybe it’s time to reflect on what that says about you, rather than whine about them ‘stealing’ American jobs. they cannot steal jobs, the employers give them the jobs because they are willing to work harder for less.
Maybe more should be done to help American citizens gain more skills to be less replaceable (retraining programmes rather than welfare should be where the money is spent – teach a man to fish, and all that), and Americans themselves should stop whining and stop the culture of self-entitlement that seems very pervasive in American society. In Singapore one of the first lessons we are taught is that no one owes you a living… maybe that should be applied more in America.
Wells said…thank you…..chuq
Agreed. Unless someone is truly handicapped in any way; no one is owed a living but many could really use some help; particularly in developing skills to become self sufficient. dru