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Bobo
Lv 7
Bobo asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 3 years ago

Why does the US have such a big illegal immigration problem?

Could it be that the wealth and prosperity that Capitalism has brought to the US is attractive to people who live in countries that cannot make their economies work?

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  • JetDoc
    Lv 7
    3 years ago
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    Yep... That and escaping the crime, poverty and drugs that are rampant in their home countries. Of course, it helps that the USA gives all that FREE stuff to "refugees"

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Because most other countries enforce the immigration laws/rules, the US just lets illegals walk all over us.

  • Blonde
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Yes. Once upon a time, if people didn't like their government, they had a civil war. It stayed 'in-house'. But I heard on TV that the reason so many people are trying to get into USA is because of trafficers charging big fees and getting rich off smuggling humans and drugs. Of course everyone wants to come to America, but we can't accomodate so many at one time! We have a homeless problem because housing is scarce. These people were tricked into giving trafficers their entire life savings, selling everything. And Mexico is complicit with it, and seeks to gain remittents as an income source for its government. It's a big shake-down. Not our president's fault, but our goverment in general has refused to DEAL with it before, and now it's compounded. The wall would help. Let's start there.

  • Marduk
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    The problem is artificial. Conservatives/Facists/Racists hate the Brown people.

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  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Why, because Democrats in congress do not want to fix our immigration problem, we all know that.

  • Sandy
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    nor are the people in these countries willing to make the sacrifices (Arlington National Cemetery, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier etc) and create a Constitution so they have a country of laws that protects its citizens. No they want to come to America, not assimilate into the culture, be fed, housed, clothed, given an education and free healthcare.

  • gerald
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    it was created by illegal immigrants way before it was rich it promotes itself a lot like with Hollywood and its rhetoric everything is great we are great and has destroyed quite a few countries by interfering in their politics so there are a lot of places in poverty right now even in America but we never see it they have 10 million living in poverty in America did you know thought not they sell the dream and the more they see of Trump the billionaire as president they think if he can make it I can he is stupid its logic

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    "We have met the enemy and it is us"

    America's love affair with illegal drugs has created the ultra violent conditions that many of these people are escaping from

    Source(s): Pogo
  • God
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    It's hard to believe but I guess where ever they are coming from is even more corrupt than the US.

  • 3 years ago

    Because it has immigration laws that are not followed. The EU has it's own problems of a similar nature of late. Except our laws seem to encourage no skill peoples from failed cultures easy access to prosperous nations.

    Either way the results to the host nations are the same.

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