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Post by OldCoyote on Feb 18, 2019 21:08:03 GMT -5
Naaa, We don't need a wall,.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 19, 2019 0:32:43 GMT -5
They are gonna need a bigger ramp.
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 19, 2019 1:59:51 GMT -5
smuggling POT into the US? now THAT is stupid.
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Post by OldCoyote on Feb 19, 2019 8:49:53 GMT -5
smuggling POT into the US? now THAT is stupid. They took the coke and heroin with them, couple of pounds is ez to carry!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 11:24:28 GMT -5
More nothing. I gotta say that after reading your back and forth with everyone here you absolutely sound like a second grader. Just about on par with your idol! And still nothing on the topic.
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 19, 2019 11:45:49 GMT -5
smuggling POT into the US? now THAT is stupid. They took the coke and heroin with them, couple of pounds is ez to carry!! link?
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Post by mroped on Feb 19, 2019 12:46:39 GMT -5
I gotta say that after reading your back and forth with everyone here you absolutely sound like a second grader. Just about on par with your idol! And still nothing on the topic. Ok, let’s make it simple here: I WAS an illegal immigrant! That’s how I came in the U S, crossing the border on foot. Didn't speak a leak of English either, understood most of it but never used it for communication. Fast forward 23 years to today: I run my own business, I employ people, went to college, got married(with American born and raised) got two great kids, own my home. It took me 11 years to become a citizen. I respect all those that I know and I believe they do the same even when we are on opposing sides on any subject including politics. Now, talk to me about that assimilation or integration of “illegals”? Are you talking about 4th of July, Labor Day and Thanksgiving celebrations? Because those are the only things/events that are purely American. Everything else that you might think about as “tradition” was brought by immigrants and perpetrated through time. I think you meant to say “ hey, we have such a rich cultural tradition thanks to all this mixture of immigrants and that’s what sets us apart from the rest of the world, makes us unique!” THAT sounds like a true American! What you are implying in your posts is just toeing the line of a very conservative, close minded movement. But that’s alright, we need that too as long as it’s not becoming a way to spew hate and discrimination. I know that i said it in the past but I feel like I need to reiterate: unless you descend directly from any of the Native tribes you or yours were at some point an immigrant! What makes you dislike the other immigrants?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 14:17:40 GMT -5
And still nothing on the topic. Ok, let’s make it simple here: I WAS an illegal immigrant!That’s how I came in the U S, crossing the border on foot. Didn't speak a leak of English either, understood most of it but never used it for communication. Fast forward 23 years to today: I run my own business, I employ people, went to college, got married(with American born and raised) got two great kids, own my home. It took me 11 years to become a citizen. I respect all those that I know and I believe they do the same even when we are on opposing sides on any subject including politics. Now, talk to me about that assimilation or integration of “illegals”? Are you talking about 4th of July, Labor Day and Thanksgiving celebrations? Because those are the only things/events that are purely American. Everything else that you might think about as “tradition” was brought by immigrants and perpetrated through time. I think you meant to say “ hey, we have such a rich cultural tradition thanks to all this mixture of immigrants and that’s what sets us apart from the rest of the world, makes us unique!” THAT sounds like a true American! What you are implying in your posts is just toeing the line of a very conservative, close minded movement. But that’s alright, we need that too as long as it’s not becoming a way to spew hate and discrimination. I know that i said it in the past but I feel like I need to reiterate: unless you descend directly from any of the Native tribes you or yours were at some point an immigrant! What makes you dislike the other immigrants?What I don't like is the thinking that the first bolded and the second bolded are the same thing, and posting it as such. At no point do I dislike legal immigration. Nor have I posted anything negative about it. (legal immigration) Congrats on being a citizen. However, your previous immature postings that were quoting me, leave little to be desired. That type of posting tends to qualify the poster making them, more than the recipient.
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Post by mroped on Feb 19, 2019 20:06:01 GMT -5
There is no meaningful, real legal immigration to the US and that is one of the reason so many resort to illegal immigration. Standards for legal immigration changed so much in the last 30 years that even the Mayflower people wouldn’t make it in with all their religious persecution and so on. until we have an immigration laws overhaul it is to be expected to have Illegal immigration. And what is the issue with “signs in Spanish”? What language should they be on? What is the law saying when it comes to that? If one is living in a predominantly spanish population area I believe it should be expected that the signs are in Spanish.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 19, 2019 20:18:24 GMT -5
There is no meaningful, real legal immigration to the US and that is one of the reason so many resort to illegal immigration. Standards for legal immigration changed so much in the last 30 years that even the Mayflower people wouldn’t make it in with all their religious persecution and so on. until we have an immigration laws overhaul it is to be expected to have Illegal immigration. And what is the issue with “signs in Spanish”? What language should they be on? What is the law saying when it comes to that? If one is living in a predominantly spanish population area I believe it should be expected that the signs are in Spanish. I'm not sure what he is talking about. I lived in a pretty hispanic neighborhood, and I guess there were some ads in Spanish, but it isn't like they changed the stop signs or anything.
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Post by OldCoyote on Feb 19, 2019 21:26:51 GMT -5
And still nothing on the topic. Ok, let’s make it simple here: I WAS an illegal immigrant! That’s how I came in the U S, crossing the border on foot. Didn't speak a leak of English either, understood most of it but never used it for communication. Fast forward 23 years to today: I run my own business, I employ people, went to college, got married(with American born and raised) got two great kids, own my home. It took me 11 years to become a citizen. I respect all those that I know and I believe they do the same even when we are on opposing sides on any subject including politics. Now, talk to me about that assimilation or integration of “illegals”? Are you talking about 4th of July, Labor Day and Thanksgiving celebrations? Because those are the only things/events that are purely American. Everything else that you might think about as “tradition” was brought by immigrants and perpetrated through time. I think you meant to say “ hey, we have such a rich cultural tradition thanks to all this mixture of immigrants and that’s what sets us apart from the rest of the world, makes us unique!” THAT sounds like a true American! What you are implying in your posts is just toeing the line of a very conservative, close minded movement. But that’s alright, we need that too as long as it’s not becoming a way to spew hate and discrimination. I know that i said it in the past but I feel like I need to reiterate: unless you descend directly from any of the Native tribes you or yours were at some point an immigrant! What makes you dislike the other immigrants? Mroped, Making America Great!!That you are!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 9:03:52 GMT -5
There is no meaningful, real legal immigration to the US and that is one of the reason so many resort to illegal immigration. Standards for legal immigration changed so much in the last 30 years that even the Mayflower people wouldn’t make it in with all their religious persecution and so on. until we have an immigration laws overhaul it is to be expected to have Illegal immigration. And what is the issue with “signs in Spanish”? What language should they be on? What is the law saying when it comes to that? If one is living in a predominantly spanish population area I believe it should be expected that the signs are in Spanish. I'm not sure what he is talking about. I lived in a pretty hispanic neighborhood, and I guess there were some ads in Spanish, but it isn't like they changed the stop signs or anything. All you have to do is quote and ask. The discussion at that point was about businesses. Example; Home Depot.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 9:07:23 GMT -5
There is no meaningful, real legal immigration to the US and that is one of the reason so many resort to illegal immigration. Standards for legal immigration changed so much in the last 30 years that even the Mayflower people wouldn’t make it in with all their religious persecution and so on. until we have an immigration laws overhaul it is to be expected to have Illegal immigration. And what is the issue with “signs in Spanish”? What language should they be on? What is the law saying when it comes to that? If one is living in a predominantly spanish population area I believe it should be expected that the signs are in Spanish. Agreed on immigration procedure. Efforts should be applied to immigration process, not ignoring illegal border crossing. Or blurring the conversation between legal and illegal.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 9:11:24 GMT -5
There is no meaningful, real legal immigration to the US and that is one of the reason so many resort to illegal immigration. Standards for legal immigration changed so much in the last 30 years that even the Mayflower people wouldn’t make it in with all their religious persecution and so on. until we have an immigration laws overhaul it is to be expected to have Illegal immigration. And what is the issue with “signs in Spanish”? What language should they be on? What is the law saying when it comes to that? If one is living in a predominantly spanish population area I believe it should be expected that the signs are in Spanish. I'm not sure what he is talking about. I lived in a pretty hispanic neighborhood, and I guess there were some ads in Spanish, but it isn't like they changed the stop signs or anything. If you said 'great beautiful' Spanish neighborhood, you might be following in Trumps linguistic footsteps.
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Post by mroped on Feb 20, 2019 10:28:37 GMT -5
There is no meaningful, real legal immigration to the US and that is one of the reason so many resort to illegal immigration. Standards for legal immigration changed so much in the last 30 years that even the Mayflower people wouldn’t make it in with all their religious persecution and so on. until we have an immigration laws overhaul it is to be expected to have Illegal immigration. And what is the issue with “signs in Spanish”? What language should they be on? What is the law saying when it comes to that? If one is living in a predominantly spanish population area I believe it should be expected that the signs are in Spanish. Agreed on immigration procedure. Efforts should be applied to immigration process, not ignoring illegal border crossing. Or blurring the conversation between legal and illegal. It is easy for someone born here to say that the lines between legal and illegal immigration are blurred. Legally, yes the lines get blurry but if you look at the bigger picture things change. Nobody would come illegaly if they could do it legally. You think that anybody likes doing it the round about way? Doubt it! If the labor market would not need it-so there is no work available- there wouldn’t be any illegal crossings. And so on, you get the gist of it! The system would allow US to “import” 20000 (just a random number for the sake of argument) for the tourism and hospitality employers that have teams of layers to handle that but won’t consider a small contractor or a farmer that needs help. Is all about who you are and whom you know! And that defines a broken system
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Post by NastyWoman on Feb 20, 2019 17:33:39 GMT -5
Ok, let’s make it simple here: I WAS an illegal immigrant!That’s how I came in the U S, crossing the border on foot. Didn't speak a leak of English either, understood most of it but never used it for communication. Fast forward 23 years to today: I run my own business, I employ people, went to college, got married(with American born and raised) got two great kids, own my home. It took me 11 years to become a citizen. I respect all those that I know and I believe they do the same even when we are on opposing sides on any subject including politics. Now, talk to me about that assimilation or integration of “illegals”? Are you talking about 4th of July, Labor Day and Thanksgiving celebrations? Because those are the only things/events that are purely American. Everything else that you might think about as “tradition” was brought by immigrants and perpetrated through time. I think you meant to say “ hey, we have such a rich cultural tradition thanks to all this mixture of immigrants and that’s what sets us apart from the rest of the world, makes us unique!” THAT sounds like a true American! What you are implying in your posts is just toeing the line of a very conservative, close minded movement. But that’s alright, we need that too as long as it’s not becoming a way to spew hate and discrimination. I know that i said it in the past but I feel like I need to reiterate: unless you descend directly from any of the Native tribes you or yours were at some point an immigrant! What makes you dislike the other immigrants? What I don't like is the thinking that the first bolded and the second bolded are the same thing, and posting it as such. At no point do I dislike legal immigration. Nor have I posted anything negative about it. (legal immigration) Congrats on being a citizen. However, your previous immature postings that were quoting me, leave little to be desired. That type of posting tends to qualify the poster making them, more than the recipient. What type of immigration papers/visa did the early settlers have to be legal immigrants? They, like today's undocumented immigrants were ILLEGAL, yet you claim they were so much better than undocumented immigrants today. Taking this its logical conclusion: your only claim to legitimacy would be that the early illegals refused to leave
...says the woman who has all her life followed immigration rules in any country she lived in to a T
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Post by djAdvocate on Feb 20, 2019 22:36:43 GMT -5
That only show they don't have a clue!! From one that deals with them every day!!
your anecdotal experience is not reality any more than mine is.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2019 9:15:23 GMT -5
Agreed on immigration procedure. Efforts should be applied to immigration process, not ignoring illegal border crossing. Or blurring the conversation between legal and illegal. It is easy for someone born here to say that the lines between legal and illegal immigration are blurred. Legally, yes the lines get blurry but if you look at the bigger picture things change. Nobody would come illegaly if they could do it legally. You think that anybody likes doing it the round about way? Doubt it! If the labor market would not need it-so there is no work available- there wouldn’t be any illegal crossings. And so on, you get the gist of it! The system would allow US to “import” 20000 (just a random number for the sake of argument) for the tourism and hospitality employers that have teams of layers to handle that but won’t consider a small contractor or a farmer that needs help. Is all about who you are and whom you know! And that defines a broken system Doesn't matter what they like to do upon arriving. Doesn't matter how many jobs are available. Doesn't matter the individual situation of each and every arrival. This is all a smokescreen to blur the line between legal and illegal. You say broken system. I say misguided belief that the US exists as refugee solution for any/all who wish to show up. There is a legal way in, and there is a criminal way in. (Illegal) I support the legal way in. If the legal way in is too onerous, efforts should be applied to make it better, not look the other way when illegal crossings occur.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2019 9:19:21 GMT -5
What I don't like is the thinking that the first bolded and the second bolded are the same thing, and posting it as such. At no point do I dislike legal immigration. Nor have I posted anything negative about it. (legal immigration) Congrats on being a citizen. However, your previous immature postings that were quoting me, leave little to be desired. That type of posting tends to qualify the poster making them, more than the recipient. What type of immigration papers/visa did the early settlers have to be legal immigrants? They, like today's undocumented immigrants were ILLEGAL, yet you claim they were so much better than undocumented immigrants today. Taking this its logical conclusion: your only claim to legitimacy would be that the early illegals refused to leave
...says the woman who has all her life followed immigration rules in any country she lived in to a T
Early settlers weren't entering a country. The rest of your post is based on this error. The concept of a country, didn't exist to the indigenous, that were already here when the settlers arrived. Don't see how it applies to following the laws of this country, in this time. Don't recall saying anything about settlers that you claim I said, as in "so much better". Link to my post ?
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Post by mroped on Feb 21, 2019 20:36:36 GMT -5
“There is a legal way in, and there is a criminal way in. (Illegal)
I support the legal way in.
If the legal way in is too onerous, efforts should be applied to make it better, not look the other way when illegal crossings occur.”
But I can bet thta every time you voted you voted for people that refuse to address the problem of immigration so one could say that you are the root of the problem!🤔
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Feb 21, 2019 20:41:12 GMT -5
“There is a legal way in, and there is a criminal way in. (Illegal) I support the legal way in. If the legal way in is too onerous, efforts should be applied to make it better, not look the other way when illegal crossings occur.” But I can bet thta every time you voted you voted for people that refuse to address the problem of immigration so one could say that you are the root of the problem!🤔The same people who are caterwalling tne loudest vote for the same politicians who refuse to deal with comprehensive immigration reform.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 9:32:16 GMT -5
“There is a legal way in, and there is a criminal way in. (Illegal) I support the legal way in. If the legal way in is too onerous, efforts should be applied to make it better, not look the other way when illegal crossings occur.” But I can bet thta every time you voted you voted for people that refuse to address the problem of immigration so one could say that you are the root of the problem!🤔 Neither side is addressing the issue. The root of the problem criminal behavior. Your not the fault of someone breaking into your house because you have money in a drawer, or nice furniture.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 9:35:28 GMT -5
“There is a legal way in, and there is a criminal way in. (Illegal) I support the legal way in. If the legal way in is too onerous, efforts should be applied to make it better, not look the other way when illegal crossings occur.” But I can bet thta every time you voted you voted for people that refuse to address the problem of immigration so one could say that you are the root of the problem!🤔The same people who are caterwalling tne loudest vote for the same politicians who refuse to deal with comprehensive immigration reform. And comprehensive migration reform would be a nice concrete wall with guns, to repel large groups of invaders ?
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Post by mroped on Feb 22, 2019 20:21:37 GMT -5
Comprehensive immigration reform would look into what we need and what we foresee on needing as filling in hour general populace. If we foresee shortage of heart surgeons in the next 5 years because no med school students have any interest in it then we allow all those that wanna be heart surgeons in. If it look s like we will need plumbers then construction people it is. And always, always, always- young, possibly married, couples with young kids! Giving a green card and a path to citizenship to an electrical engineer, 55 years old from Brazil or Nigeria doesn’t solve our future problems. 5-10 years and he is done for!
As it stands now we have the Lottery Visa that brings 50-70000 of various backgrounds but primarily college graduates or higher. we have our own of those! The rest of those that come in a legal way are at the begining with a work visa that later extends to permanent stay. That is unfair for those that are educated in US because work visas are a way to undercut wages. there are also many that come on work visas for position such as hotel house keeping and so on. These are kids that most of the time graduated college in their home countries(anywhere but Western Europe) and will take a job for $7.25 because that is a lot more than what they’d make home. Little do they know thta they will be charged rent (packed hotel rooms) and miscellaneous and they’d end up with almost nothing. Next year there is a fresh batch of suckers! And the list goes on! Not as simple as people think but not impossible either!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2019 8:10:41 GMT -5
Comprehensive immigration reform would look into what we need and what we foresee on needing as filling in hour general populace. If we foresee shortage of heart surgeons in the next 5 years because no med school students have any interest in it then we allow all those that wanna be heart surgeons in. If it look s like we will need plumbers then construction people it is. And always, always, always- young, possibly married, couples with young kids! Giving a green card and a path to citizenship to an electrical engineer, 55 years old from Brazil or Nigeria doesn’t solve our future problems. 5-10 years and he is done for! As it stands now we have the Lottery Visa that brings 50-70000 of various backgrounds but primarily college graduates or higher. we have our own of those! The rest of those that come in a legal way are at the begining with a work visa that later extends to permanent stay. That is unfair for those that are educated in US because work visas are a way to undercut wages. there are also many that come on work visas for position such as hotel house keeping and so on. These are kids that most of the time graduated college in their home countries(anywhere but Western Europe) and will take a job for $7.25 because that is a lot more than what they’d make home. Little do they know thta they will be charged rent (packed hotel rooms) and miscellaneous and they’d end up with almost nothing. Next year there is a fresh batch of suckers! And the list goes on! Not as simple as people think but not impossible either! I really don't think that they are that naive when coming here. I forgot who posted that most stay with family when arriving. If they know where to go upon arrival, there is communication.
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Post by OldCoyote on Mar 1, 2019 9:04:56 GMT -5
Out of curiosity I asked My good friend Ramon, now a U.S. citizen.
How did you get into the U.S.? He said, the first time, a little ways down from the Port Of Entry was a hole in the fence, he climbed thru it, he said,
Border Patrol seen him climb thru, they did nothing, went over sat down on a park bench, waited for his friend to pick him up with a car!!!
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Post by mroped on Mar 1, 2019 12:47:52 GMT -5
Comprehensive immigration reform would look into what we need and what we foresee on needing as filling in hour general populace. If we foresee shortage of heart surgeons in the next 5 years because no med school students have any interest in it then we allow all those that wanna be heart surgeons in. If it look s like we will need plumbers then construction people it is. And always, always, always- young, possibly married, couples with young kids! Giving a green card and a path to citizenship to an electrical engineer, 55 years old from Brazil or Nigeria doesn’t solve our future problems. 5-10 years and he is done for! As it stands now we have the Lottery Visa that brings 50-70000 of various backgrounds but primarily college graduates or higher. we have our own of those! The rest of those that come in a legal way are at the begining with a work visa that later extends to permanent stay. That is unfair for those that are educated in US because work visas are a way to undercut wages. there are also many that come on work visas for position such as hotel house keeping and so on. These are kids that most of the time graduated college in their home countries(anywhere but Western Europe) and will take a job for $7.25 because that is a lot more than what they’d make home. Little do they know thta they will be charged rent (packed hotel rooms) and miscellaneous and they’d end up with almost nothing. Next year there is a fresh batch of suckers! And the list goes on! Not as simple as people think but not impossible either! I really don't think that they are that naive when coming here. I forgot who posted that most stay with family when arriving. If they know where to go upon arrival, there is communication. You think that American kids have naïveté market cornered?😂 Granted, not all of them are that naive and yes there are agencies that in fact treat them humanly and according to their contracts but most of them even collect their passports for the time being. One of my cousins daughter came first after graduating college management and public relations. Her contract was saying that she will be a “trainee” at the front desk in a hotel owned by no other than Donald Trump. She got here and that’s what they had her do but in her off time she had to pitch in with housekeeping in exchange for rent- a room thta she shared with 2 others. Upon her return my cousin went to the agency and squeezed the pay for housekeeping out of them. He is a cop and quite influential in the area. Her second round was for a different outfit that had her work in LA. Did again front desk but just as any regular front desk person. She stayed with some distant member of the family that just happens to live in the area. Pay on both contracts was $7.25/hr.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2019 14:20:01 GMT -5
I really don't think that they are that naive when coming here. I forgot who posted that most stay with family when arriving. If they know where to go upon arrival, there is communication. You think that American kids have naïveté market cornered?😂 Granted, not all of them are that naive and yes there are agencies that in fact treat them humanly and according to their contracts but most of them even collect their passports for the time being. One of my cousins daughter came first after graduating college management and public relations. Her contract was saying that she will be a “trainee” at the front desk in a hotel owned by no other than Donald Trump. She got here and that’s what they had her do but in her off time she had to pitch in with housekeeping in exchange for rent- a room thta she shared with 2 others. Upon her return my cousin went to the agency and squeezed the pay for housekeeping out of them. He is a cop and quite influential in the area. Her second round was for a different outfit that had her work in LA. Did again front desk but just as any regular front desk person. She stayed with some distant member of the family that just happens to live in the area. Pay on both contracts was $7.25/hr. I don't know what you mean by your first line. (bolded) For the rest of your post, are you saying she should of stayed home ?
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Post by mroped on Mar 1, 2019 16:28:18 GMT -5
The bolded line: there are naive kids/people all over the world. Many think that is just an American problem because our kids are asking/demanding things like better pay, health care etc. No, I’m not saying that she should have stayed home, I’m saying that the practice of bringing foreign workers is to circumvent paying proper wages. Corporations are using it constantly for the sole purpose of saving money. However, the number of legal workers brought that way are counting as “legal immigration”. To me legal immigration is to move to US with the intent of staying. For temporary workers I’m not sure if the employer needs to pay into SS funds or Medicare funds while filling a job that an American can do. And it clogs the embassies and immigration services with paperwork and what not for the time being. To many of these kids, coming here for the summer/year and work is good because they learn English and gives them a leg up when looking for a job in their homecountries. The kid in my family is now a manager of sorts for Samsung(or was last I checked) in Romania and because she’s fluent in English and has somewhat the understanding of how business is done in US she is very well positioned with the company.
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Post by NastyWoman on Mar 1, 2019 18:45:33 GMT -5
The bolded line: there are naive kids/people all over the world. Many think that is just an American problem because our kids are asking/demanding things like better pay, health care etc. No, I’m not saying that she should have stayed home, I’m saying that the practice of bringing foreign workers is to circumvent paying proper wages. Corporations are using it constantly for the sole purpose of saving money. However, the number of legal workers brought that way are counting as “legal immigration”. To me legal immigration is to move to US with the intent of staying. For temporary workers I’m not sure if the employer needs to pay into SS funds or Medicare funds while filling a job that an American can do.And it clogs the embassies and immigration services with paperwork and what not for the time being. To many of these kids, coming here for the summer/year and work is good because they learn English and gives them a leg up when looking for a job in their homecountries. The kid in my family is now a manager of sorts for Samsung(or was last I checked) in Romania and because she’s fluent in English and has somewhat the understanding of how business is done in US she is very well positioned with the company. Since the workers have to pay into SS and Medicare it is not much of a stretch to assume employers need to do so as well.
Many people over the years have made the case that it doesn’t seem fair for H1B visa holders to pay taxes for Social Security and Medicare when they are not U.S. citizens. However, the IRS website is very clear on this point:
"Wages paid to resident aliens employed within the United States by an American or foreign employer are subject to Social Security/Medicare taxes under the same rules that apply to U.S. Citizens."
The publication U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens, No. 519, addresses any exceptions or special cases. This guide goes on to specify that, "Resident aliens are generally taxed in the same way as U.S. citizens. This means that their worldwide income is subject to U.S. tax and must be reported on their U.S. tax return. Income of resident aliens is subject to the graduated tax rates that apply to U.S. citizens."
www.e-forms.us/why-do-h1b-visa-holders-have-to-pay-social-security-tax/
It appearslike legal temporary workers are another group shoring up the SS and Medicare funds. And unless (i) they are here for more than 10 years and (ii) their home country has some kind of reciprocal agreement with the US they will never see a penny of that money back.
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