Do you truly support immigration in your country?

C’mon over, @Eggie! We’ll have us a bar b que and welcome to the neighborhood!

Are American’s really that much more narrow minded over all as the rest of the world? Surely they have idiotic rednecks in other countries too…..

Its not just the rednecks, its everyone. Blacks vs black immigrants too.

I’m a proponent of open borders. Let the free-market apply to which country I want to live in.

As long as you are not British I say come on over.

Why not British?

@Eggie
Because he gets feelings of inferiority when he sees/hears a British person.

If there was a British restaurant here it would go out of business in a day. At least other cultures have good food.

Really?

To be candid, here where I live you will have a lot easier time being accepted if you are fair skinned. Accents are not a problem and even if you got in illegally, no one would question you, they would just assume you had gone through the proper channels. If you are hispanic or look that way, have an accent and work in an labor trade it is just the opposite, they will assume you are illegal. For some reason, if you are dark skinned you will find acceptance easier if you adopt a Jamaican accent.

If you look like your picture, all bets are off and the only work you will find is with a mad scientist…........ or McDonalds.

I’m asking, would immigrants have an easier time of it if they immigrated to, say, France?

I completely support immigration to the USA.

I’m always very pleased to discover that someone has made the decision to leave a homeland, chosen this country and then made the effort to become an American citizen (I seldom ask, unless I need to as part of my job). It’s very affirming that “of all the bars in all the world, you chose to come into mine.”

Even more than “immigration”, I would like to see a world where anyone can come to the USA to work, whether they’re a citizen or not. That is, in the same way that I can effortlessly cross a state border (as a resident of Connecticut) and move to and hold a job in Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island or anywhere else in this country (or hold the job out of state while I maintain my state residency), I hope that others can come here just as easily and work, whether they’re “American” or not.

I support immigration if it is done in the right way. I shudder at the thought of an open borders policy. In Australia we have a large number of services that are heavily subsidised by taxes for certain demographics – including healthcare, education, public transport, pharmaceuticals, and housing. Because we have these services, I expect any immigrants we allow in to carry their fair share of the tax burden. I also expect immigrants to abide by our laws, learn English, and place our national interests above those of any other country.

Basically if someone truly wants to be a part of my country, they must wholeheartedly sign up to our social contract. If they are prepared to do that, then they are more than welcome.