Do you think immigrants are only interested in welfare?

That's the line from the right, but is it true? The only immigrants I know (I don't know whether they're illegal or not) are very hard-working. So going by anecdotal evidence, I would say "no".

My one qualm would be they all seem to have large families and their families keep getting larger. Seems like if your financial resources are limited, you might put less of an emphasis on a large family, but I'm just saying. That happens with "native born" Americans as well.

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revenant · F

I am in Canada : older immigrants worked hard . Nowadays it is a free for all for free stuff , both for many legal and illegals ( yep they are not turned away ).

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@revenant An older El Salvadoran man with a business here said that he worked his butt off when he came here some 30 years ago, nobody gave him anything and he didn’t expect it and he helped younger family members come here and now regrets it. He said they feel entitled and want everything they can get for free and that they need to go back. I told him that I agreed, if they don’t want to work we don’t want or need them here. The system will collapse soon at this rate. And I do respect those who have worked hard to build a life and are willing to pay their dues. It’s not easy living in a different culture, speaking a different language and learning all the laws and such.

revenant · F

@cherokeepatti same story here. The immigrants who really really worked hard are the most pissed off at what they see is happening. Well when the bread basket will be empty..who will fill it again ?🙄

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@revenant things need to change to build the system back up again