Okay, that's it!!

I'm not disputing the fact that we took over the land from the Natives, nor am I disputing the fact that Americans migrate all the time to other countries without knowing the languages, but I am stating that if ANYONE, wants to become a citizen of another country they should know the language, the culture and the laws. Furthermore, while the Native Americans had residence here, there was no established country. EVERY country was formed by someone other than who was native there.

I agree. However, this country has NEVER been a country with only one language. Before the Europeans came here the Natives have many languages. Then the English came and the Portugese, the Germans, the French and the Asians. We have never had just one language spoken here. It has been part of our charm and part of our culture.

Actually, it is that difficult. But aside from that, do you mean to say the when the Europeans came here 200 years ago, they all spoke Cherokee, or Suix, or Arapaho or any of the hundred or so languages that were native to this land? And people "migrate" to Mexico every day without knowing a single word of Spanish. In fact, Americans move all over the world and know little or nothing about the culture or language that they are going to.

If it's for someone that is being prosecuted in their own country....for whatever the reason may be.....yes I agree....we should help.Simply because those people are usually more then willing to do whatever it takes to become a part of this country. The reason they are having such a hard time obtaining a visa(which you have to get through the Consulat of the country you are planning on going to)is because......the U.S. is being flooded with loads of immigrants(both legal and ilegal)each year. I do think the goverment should have guidelines that give people which face prosecution priority.....but in reality that is not the case.It can take month for them to decide if you qualify or not and by then it may already be to late. My husband was the reason I came here....had it not been for him....I would not have moved here 13 years ago. I guess my point is....if you have a good reason why you want to live here....than you should be allowed to do so.....but if you are only here because you think you deserve a piece of the the pie and that the rules that everybody ells has to follow don't apply to you....than no....you should not be allowed to be here. I don't just feel that way with immigrants....but with Americans as well.If you are able to work....but choose not to and rather live of the goverment...than you should be send away.Just where do you send those kind of people.....if we don't want them....who will? It is sad to see someone that has worked all their life....just to end up living below poverty when they are old enough to retire....simply because....to much of the money they had given to the goverment each year....is being handed out to people that have done absolutely nothing for it. I'm sorry....I guess I really went on a rant here....but it's the bad apples that spoil the bunch and those are the ones we need to get rid of and that is where the immigration and wellfare laws lack the most.

I can't speak on the subect of immigrants that simoly come here to sponge off of the government. I have never met any of these people. But I have met many of they other kinds of immigrants and I guess that's why it bothers me so much to hear people rant about how horrible they are and they need to learn OUR language. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your well thought out and intelligent response. I agree with you on nearly everything! Thank you again!

Legally by who's standard? Certainly not by the standard of standard of the, then current legal residents. I am absolutly certain that my ancestors did NOT want to be slaughtered in their sleep, killed by deadly diseases and marched across the country at gunpoint simply because the Eurpoeans had every "legal" right to their land. Further, the vast majority of the people comming here now ARE in fact looking rto make a better life for themselves. MAny will work any job at all and live in conditions that most of us would find unacceptable in order to send money home so that their families can eat. I know many Mexican Immigrants. Whether they are legal or not, I don't know or care. Not one of them has EVER said that they think that we need to "kow tow" to them. They work two, and sometimes three, jobs and drive old junker cars that they have to constanly work on so that they can save every penny to send to their families. The people who undermine our country are the people who are isolationist and ignorant. Not the immigrants.

I agree with you completely. It's just tunnel vision. People only see what they want to see and only belive what they want to believe. It doesn't have to based in fact of any kind. Thanks for the response!

I couldn't agree more!

In response to your first comment I speak 3 languages how many do you speak? It seems that you refer to your ancestors being American Indian I do angree that they were the first inhabitants of this country and should be respected for that. However if Europeans had not come to this country and brought new ideas with them I doubt that the USA would have become the country it is today and it is what our country has to offer today that is what the illegals want without having earned or paid for it.

Tell me, what have you done to, "pay for it"? How much have you sacrificed to be here or to enjoy the benefits of this country? I'm very glad that you can speak three languages. Goes to prove my point. I wish that I could speak all languages but I can't and, frankly, that isn't the point. And being nasty really isn't either. If you can't respond in a manner that is polite, then please refrain from responding at all. I was born in this country. My family has been her for hundreds of years. I love this country and I don't want to see it defiled by hatred any more that it already is. I happen to know many immigrants and, as I have stated before, I know them to be hard working people. They risk their lives to come here. They put themselves in bondage to stay here. They leave their families behind -- sometimes to never see them again so that they can just live because the persecution in their home country makes them subject to immedeate execution if they go home. I'm not saying that we should just open the door asn not pay any attentio to who comes here. But we DO need to make it easier for people to do so easier that it currrently is. And we need to stop expecting them to speak "our" language. Because we don't have one. THAT is my point.

Frankly, I'd like to see every single european sent back to their own country.

I agree with wertzburg1. I would like to add that if you move to most countries I think they would expect you to know their language how can you live in a place where you don't speak the language. Seriously I don't get it. I don't understand why we are forced in high school to take a foreign language when most schools only offer spanish