'This (Illegal) American Life': 'Vanguard' Behind the Scenes

I agree with your comment to a great extent. There are some generalizations you make, and I don't want to get into a debate with you, but I will say that there are many people here who do not despise the Mexican people, nor do they discriminate against them. Give the conscious people of this country some credit, even if they seem like the minority. Also, I think there are many people who live by the rule of law and expect others to do the same, regardless of circumstances in their home country, and many of these people are not republicans, including myself. The most important point I think you make is that there needs to be a clear, legal path toward coming here. There needs to be greater accountability by diplomats who work in the consulates and embassies. Many consulate workers can simply deny visas to people that are applying without any reason given or for what appear to be personal reasons. These workers need to be trained better and should be forced to provide strong evidence that supports their decisions to deny visas, especially if they are coming here to work. As stated in the documentary, it was Clinton (a democrat) who pushed NAFTA through, ultimately causing the rural Mexican farmers out of work, which in turn caused more of the Mexican men to illegally migrate into the U.S. Everything is connected, and therefore, democrats are just as responsible as republicans for this issue.

no es odio, es el desprecio por la gente que no pertenezco aquí

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right on brother

Your ideologies do nothing but cause more problems. You obviously have kn clue what you are talking about so you might as well say nothing...NO ILLEGALS get assistance from ur tax dollars (if u even work) They pay into a stayem they can NEVER claim any benefits from b/c there inability to get a ss#. YES they do pay into the system...u r just an old racist who needs to get with the times!! I'm sure u'd be up for slavery too...Its idiots like you that keep the world from growing!!

First of all I do know what I am talking about. second when the children go to school who
do you think pays for it ? TAX PAYERS. If you own a house which you look to young to
you would know that property taxes pay for public schools.
Third when they get hurt or sick they run to the emergency room who do you think
pays for that TAX PAYERS because they don't pay the bill.
Hospitals all over the country are closing their doors because they are going bankrupt
because of illeagals.
And last I own my own business, and not a racist. Americans of all races work for me
and I treat them great, so grow up little girl and YOU should know what YOU are talking
about before you comment on somthing you know nothing about.

Personally, I am happy to see more Latina women in our country, God knows they are more attractive and down to earth than American women. Don't pay any attention to these dumb racist red-necks that have no clue what's going on in the real world. Best of luck to you and your family.

All right, let's do this. No echoing joe, they can't get federal financial assistance if they are illegal and since they don't have a credit record, they'd have a very hard time getting private help too.

they still can get free medical attention walk in any emergency room and see how many are there. i have to pay my hospital bills. their children go to school for free and pay nothing. how did the girl in the video pay for u c l a it was not free.
if she paid on her own i am sure they would have said so.
I am not heartless but if i have to pay my bills and for my childrens college and i pay taxes
then we as american tax payers should not stand for this.

what a crock why don't they register to become american citizens the right way
over 1 million a year do it the right way.

Spoken like a true human being.

You have no idea what you are talking about, do you? There is no process in place where one can "register" to become a citizen. You either have to have a special visa which are reserved to people with higher education or wed a citizen. They are asking for exactly what you are suggesting exists today, a path to become legal.

you can apply for a work visa and get a ss #

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Understand that you have three options for becoming a legal citizen of the United States: you were born in the United States; you were born to an American citizen anywhere in the world; or you go through the naturalization process.

2
Enter the country. If you were not born in the United States or born to at least one American parent, you can become a legal United States citizen if you go through the naturalization process. To begin the process, you must first come into America legally.

3
Apply for permanent resident status. Once you are granted a permanent resident card, you can remain in the United States for a total of three years if you're married to an American or five years if you are not married to an American.

4
Once you have been in the United States for the required length of time, you must fill out Form N-400, the Application for Naturalization and pay the required fee. Upon reviewing your application, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will inform you that you need to be fingerprinted and where you should go to get fingerprinted.

5
You will be required to attend an interview with USCIS. Remember, during the interview, it is essential that you are completely honest with the interviewer, even if your answer isn't flattering to you.

6
You must take a test that illustrates how well you know U.S. history and U.S. government. In addition, you must prove that you can speak basic English unless you meet specific exemption criteria.

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Once you have taken the civics and English tests, you will be informed whether you have passed or failed. In many instances, you may retake the tests if you have failed.

8
If you've passed the civics and English tests, you must take an oath to the United States at an official ceremony. At the ceremony, you will return your permanent resident card and be given a Certificate of Naturalization upon taking the Oath of Allegiance.

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Congratulations! You are now an American citizen.

this is how you do it right but i guess if you don't want to go to the trouble just cross the boarder and kill this country

I'm not even going to ask you to do some research, just use some logic. If there was an easy way to get a working visa, do you think they would opt to pay 10k or so to a coyote in order to cross a desert, risk their lives, and live here illegally? All they are asking for is what you think is in place at the moment Joe. Think about it.

the system is in place they choose not to use it. just because it is hard does not mean you
follow the rules. is a college degree hard yes you don't cheat building up a business
hard yes laws are in place for a reason the u.s. sets a limit on how many people can enter this country per year it is not an open door for anyone who wants to come here

noble are you kidding they are committing a crime being here.
if i robbed a bank to feed my family is that noble and they do get social services on my dime. what happens when they are sick ? free hospitals.
what happans about education ? free school on my dime. did you ever see pictures of
the boarders where they cross ? looks like a war zone. 25% of all federal prisoners are illegal and violent criminals. they earn money under the table and pay no taxes and send money out of the country. how does this help real americans ? let them apply like over
1 million a year do and get citizenship. this show sucked

Why is there a illegal detention site right across from the strawberry field and not one busted. Because it feeds all the top corps in American and I believe they said it is a 7 billion dollar industry.. The govt can't pick and choose. U know damn well that no american is going to be humped over all day picking them by hand exposing themselves to pesticides paid by the number they pick. 70% of the agricultural industry is illegal. What does that say?

No, I'm not kidding, but you must be. You are equating people who leave their family to enter a country they don't speak the language, to work as contemporary slaves in order to survive to robbing banks. The ITEP has confirmed that undocumented workers contribute $11.2 billion dollars in taxes last year.

If you are really concerned about your tax dime, you should focus your energy on the illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan which will cost us $4 trillion dollars. But again, this was never about finances to middle-America, it's about race and no matter what argument I throw your way, your undignified hate will always rise above.

if you are so liberal go out and find a family move them into you house pay for their food
their hospitals and education on your own but don't force me to foot the bill.
and to say it is about race is just plain stupid. they come from all countrys around the world not just south america I have 2 hispanic and 2 white employees that i work side by side every day with and they hate illegals too because it lowers the salary pool and takes work away from us and you can't compete when people earn 50 dollars a day

Your 100 % right someone is getting paid to look the othe way but that does not make it right to just come to this country this way because it is to hard to file for a visa and do the process. 1 million immigrants every year do it right. our country has a limit on how many every year may apply and be naturalized. if they were not here to be paid SLAVE LABOR
and no american would do the work for minimum wage john deer would build a harvest machine to do the work. no need for that because there are plenty of illegal uneducated
non english speaking people to take advantage of
( which i DO NOT condone the practice of ) but greedy business owners will take advantage of any and all situations to make more money.
needless to say we pay about 2.99 for a container of strawberrys and would gladly pay
6.00 per contalner and more for all of my produce to put an american or someone with
a work visa and ss # to work. it is not a racist thing. when my grandparents came here
from italy they signed the book learned english worked every garbage job there was but
still managed to do it right. took the test and became american citizens.
they did not just show up and say here i am and expect all the rights of american citizens
you are supposed to be invited through a process not just crash the party because they want to. italians immigrating here in the early 1900s were dispised and looked at like scum.
but they still lived like humans and not like dirty pack rats. my grandmother would go out with a scrub brush and clean the steps and sidewalks in front of her apartment in
brooklyn at night and her apartment was spotless. people all over the world want what we have and all people should have a chance at it but you have to do it right.
you can only fit so many oranges in a box and our box is FULL !!!!!!!