longemoco
08-01-2010, 02:22 AM
I'm mexican and I'm 50/50 with this law.
We all know that drugs come from Mexico, so by being able to check peoples status at the border state they might be able to stop more contraband from comng up north.
I've lived here most of my life, went to school here, never been to jail, or court, I have moving violations just like every other natural US citizen, I DONT go to hearing when I get one, I pay it in full. I've been filing my taxes since I got my first job when I turned 18, later got married and have never received ANY assistance from state.
It's very easy to say " come here legally" when I came here it wasn't my choice, my dad wanted me here not with my mom back in Mexico so ok whatever I walked my ass over here for like 3 days.
Fast forward to after I got married, wife being a US citizen we hired a lawyer to help us on this process, it's a long process, pictures, 5-6 page letter from friends and familly, fees here, fees there, I have paid 3 times for visa, which was ~$520 and which I haven't gotten yet.
Ive been on this process longer than I can remember, sometimes I just wanna cancel this and "live in the shadows" again. I got my SSN which can be traced back to me, INS, ICE and any other agency that deals with immigrants k os this, they have my info, know where I live and work. But they are taking their time at getting shit done.I just wanna get my permanent resident card.
So my point is, yes people come here ilegally because the wait is too long. And some never start a process because it takes too long and too expensive. ( so far I spent over $5k and that number still going up) they need to please hurry up and come up with something where all the people who never been in trouble, pay taxes and don't receive anything from state can stay here.
We all know that drugs come from Mexico, so by being able to check peoples status at the border state they might be able to stop more contraband from comng up north.
I've lived here most of my life, went to school here, never been to jail, or court, I have moving violations just like every other natural US citizen, I DONT go to hearing when I get one, I pay it in full. I've been filing my taxes since I got my first job when I turned 18, later got married and have never received ANY assistance from state.
It's very easy to say " come here legally" when I came here it wasn't my choice, my dad wanted me here not with my mom back in Mexico so ok whatever I walked my ass over here for like 3 days.
Fast forward to after I got married, wife being a US citizen we hired a lawyer to help us on this process, it's a long process, pictures, 5-6 page letter from friends and familly, fees here, fees there, I have paid 3 times for visa, which was ~$520 and which I haven't gotten yet.
Ive been on this process longer than I can remember, sometimes I just wanna cancel this and "live in the shadows" again. I got my SSN which can be traced back to me, INS, ICE and any other agency that deals with immigrants k os this, they have my info, know where I live and work. But they are taking their time at getting shit done.I just wanna get my permanent resident card.
So my point is, yes people come here ilegally because the wait is too long. And some never start a process because it takes too long and too expensive. ( so far I spent over $5k and that number still going up) they need to please hurry up and come up with something where all the people who never been in trouble, pay taxes and don't receive anything from state can stay here.