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http://www.cis.org/topics/currentnumbers.html There are of course some hard feelings against legal immigrants and migrant workers here in entry level (usually manual labor) positions, just as ther would be anywhere else if a body of people moves in and, by being willing to work for less, can come to dominate a certain job market. I have heard a lot of bad things from European EAP students and from my own sister who is on foreign exchange in DK currently that there is just as much or more ill-will over there against the middle-eastern and Turkish immigrants. |
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This seems to be true of the DKs. My wife's father was born in Germany and her mother was first generation Swedish. They lived in a town that was made up of about 90% Danish second and third generation Americans. They were standoffish and even hostile toward my wife and her family. The hostility toward anyone, who as SilverPhoenix commented about the Danish not liking anything that is not red and white, seems to hold true even here.
People bring their cultures and customs with them. Some melt well into the mainstream of what we call America and others do not. My father's parents came from Italy. Although I can understand a lot of Italian and Spanish I do not speak it except when it becomes necessary and then I am not fluent. When I was a kid my entire neighborhood was made up of Italian immigrants and you never heard English spoken among them, only Italian. This language custom died with that generation. On the other hand, I live in South Texas where there are a lot of hispanic people. Many are sixth or seventh generation Americans but still speak Spanish daily. This language culture stays with this group as I guess the standoffishness does with the Danes. It's all about tempering your thoughts on this and seeing the positive that a group brings with it when they immigrate. After all this is what makes America what it is, the world's melting pot. America was built on the ideals of many cultures and the freedom to be whatever you choose makes us what the rest of the world seems to desire even though other cultures profess that they hate the American ideal. Maybe it's envy and ignorance that makes this paradox, but very few people who immigrate here return to where they came from. Just some of my thoughts. Thanks for letting me share. |
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I agree with you there, Wingnutz, especially the last paragraph.
On a side note, my dad was in the same unit as yourself, Wingnutz (I'm taking it that that is your unit crest). I'm revealing my ignorance here, but I cannot remember the unit name or anything beyond that it's MI (still figuring out my own branch's units haha). |
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i don't think that an illegal immigrant deserves any benefits such as a paying job simply because he's illegal. if you want to live in this country, go about it correctly. i respect legal immigrants, but i scorn upon those who are not legal. if you want to live in my country then you better go through the legal process. i don't wanna hear the sob stories and how hard life is in other countries such as mexico. we all have sob stories and it's always gonig to be that way.
lastly, i strongly believe that if a person in this country, My country, is illegal, then he needs to get the hell out of here and come back with a greencard. that's my two cents. |
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Well it is just your opinion, so no, but I do disagree with you dang near about 100%. Also with the being "close to death," I have almost died several times and seen several other people actually die and it's not all it's cracked up to be. Quote:
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No I didn't intend to call your country a terrorist organisation.
And you all are not happy with my response. I was just trying to show that there is more behind those persons. I ain't against those US troops, and I problaby made it seem like I got hostile against Us and so forth. It had a worse outcome then it was supposed to have so I will delete it. Not that I do not stand for my poinions, because that is a apart that I stand for. |
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