Going back home or staying in the US as an illegal? - Page 5
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Originally Posted by lighter
The America of today isn't an appealing place to live in anyway. With the financial crisis, slow economic recovery, and a stronger Republican majority in Congress... I'll just go back home in Asia and relax on the paradise beaches instead of seeing these mf-ing old white men ruin young kid's futures.
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Originally Posted by QuePasa87
When you spend a great majority of time at your job and/or your job results in lasting physical/mental/financial ramifications; and your time/money/effort spent in earning a degree is wasted, I'd say it has a pretty great impact on your quality of life.
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A degree is never wasted and you accomplished more than many US citizens.
Your are half way through your dream...
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Originally Posted by CB124
I am gonna take a guess and say at least 80% will stay, and 95% of those over 30 will stay
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Unless a job in Canada lands in my lap and I'm gone and never coming back unless I'm visiting friends/family.
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Originally Posted by CB124
It's cool, I'm out I think. One thing I really don't want above all else: To be like DA User on here at 33, watching a few decades of life slipping by and having done nothing. There are billions of people in the world who don't live in the USA, and they are getting on with their lives.
Some people say keep fighting: well I see the situation now worse than it was in 2006 and 2007. It is moving in the opposite direction. With the tea party and all that. Plus all of these new republican governors about to pass SB1070 laws |
This all depends if what your parents fought for was accomplished.
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Originally Posted by kuryaki
with this globalized economy anyone can make it in any part of the world. i think that economic opportunities should not hold anyone back from moving to another country, since one can argue that with the freedom to move within an economy legally one already has an advantage over being here.
the only thing that would keep me here is the prospect of not ever seeing my family or friends again. |
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Originally Posted by ApocalypticLabyrinth
Your post is freaking great and I love it, except I disagree with you. American representative have their own priorities and we may be at the bottom of their list but usually those priorities that they have are being dictated by lobbyists backed up by huge corporations with no interest for the American or the pseudo-American(us). I will not be angry at myself for "not being proactive" I was quite active, etc, but just having a ton of calls and lots of action clearly doesn't cut it, we need different kinds of action you can't just ram through this subject you have to find ways to get through. Of course we can't be angry at the country itself, that just seems illogical but I believe you're wrong when you state that the politicians talk for what Americans want, it's been clear that they don't.
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Politicians don't talk for what Americans want, they talk for what they NEED and they are pretty effective about it despite your opinion on the involvement of corporations, PACs, and lobbyists. Although it might seem to you that Americans "want" to help millions of undocumented individuals the reality is that they don't need to, and you can tell this easily because despite the political differences between parties no mob is revolting for us and they probably never will because their cunning leaders know how to keep the people calm and happy. You just seem biased because you are caught up in an issue that concerns you and impacts your life in many different ways, and the whole tumult that comes from your involvement in this issue makes it seem like everyone else around you is also involved. The average American doesn't know and doesn't care about us, otherwise you wouldn't have to raise any awareness or be persistent with the representatives.
We will be dealt with when the time is right or when we start fucking things up. We are no concern for anyone since we are model "citizens" and pay taxes. Now switch your attention to the actual immigration system, border violence, relentless illegal immigration, daily deaths of people trying to cross over, there simply are some issues that have greater intrinsic precedence and DREAM isn't one of them. If we solved everything from a moral perspective America would collapse.
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Originally Posted by ghostface
I hear your point. I am 32 myself, but can they win the battle that easy?
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Originally Posted by CB124
And as for Banished:
You hit it right on the head. I think that people here kind of live in a bubble with like minded individuals. They don't realize there is a whole element to this country they haven't really seen. No one knows what life is like for a bunch of rednecks in Montana. They probally only see latinos on the news on Border Wars or on Fox jumping over fences. I can't say I blame them for having that type of view: people all over the world have a view of the US which is different then it really is as well. And people from south of the border have a false view of life here too. |
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