What do you know about the illegal immigrant community in your area?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

I'm guessing that many of you live in are area where there is some type of illegal immigrant presence, be it large or small. What do you know about it- how they get jobs, register cars and insure them, make their way into and thru the immigration process etc. Some came on a legal visa and overstayed even though working was supposedly prohibited. Others came across the border, some on their own along with many who used the services of a coyote.

Do you know or have you heard of any who married a US citizen just to get papers, paying the US citizen for services rendered?

Discuss.

[웃 910]

A friend of someone I know (a guy) married his best friend (girl) because she was going to be deported...He is gay and felt it was the right thing to do.

I know of a lot of illegals and they all were guided across the southern border. They have fake IDs and social security numbers...They all work kitchen jobs, get paid by check, taxes come out, and they get tax refunds...Some at McDonalds or coney island.

I don't think they have a real authentic drivers license. The ones I know drive illegally. I think they try to get a legal person to get the car in their name so that the plates and tags are up to code.

These are not personal friends they are former coworkers of my wife.

Interesting and complex web of illegal-ism!

[SuperDuper! 230]

Sounds like you are doing research or writing a book.What's up with that...?

Just contact Sheriff Joe, and he will tell ya ALL ya need to know.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

There is quite an underground web with many citizens in on it from the border on up. It is a real eye opener. And the prices paid to come in thru Mexico are quite high depending on the country of origination.

[B_J 2,752]

I'm guessing that many of you live in are area where there is some type of illegal immigrant presence, be it large or small. What do you know about it- how they get jobs, register cars and insure them, make their way into and thru the immigration process etc. Some came on a legal visa and overstayed even though working was supposedly prohibited. Others came across the border, some on their own along with many who used the services of a coyote.

Do you know or have you heard of any who married a US citizen just to get papers, paying the US citizen for services rendered?

Discuss.

I live in a city where there are many illegal immigrants. Many of the males get jobs in construction or landscaping. Many females work in restaurants. As I was told, just go to any small Mexican restaurant and you can work there. The people I know either buy cars with cash, or get the car in somebody else's name and they just make the payments. There are also some small used car lots that advertise no security card needed; so you can guess who they're targeting with that ad. None that I know have car insurance or a license.

Everybody I know was brought here as a child and grew up here. None have ever paid somebody to marry them.

Edited April 20, 2011 by B_J

[sachinky 464]

I don't know of any illegal immigrants, personally and thus, know very little about them or how they operate. Most of my friends in the US are US citizens or other international students on F-1 visas. However, many of them have returned to their home-country post-graduation/visa expiration; some are now attending grad school.

There was this Mexican woman who was hired as a janitor at the school where I work, she couldn't speak a lick of English. However, on the second day when she was asked for work authorization documents, she couldn't produce any and had to be let go. The school's pretty strict on that stuff.

I did hear of one parents talking about one of their friends who married a black woman, twenty years senior to him just so he could AOS off his B-2. It seemed, from her telling, that it was a marriage of convenience where the woman just stayed with him so that he could get his GC. I didn't get the impression that any money exchanged hands.

Edited April 20, 2011 by sachinky

[Peikko 1,575]

I neither know nor care. I am not an employee of the federal government and don't get my jollies by worrying about whether my neighbours are legally present in the US. Of course, I know I'm in the minority on VJ, for many here worrying about the immigration situation of people around them is the number one hobby

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Most are coming in through Cnada on their way to warmer places, They immigrate to Canada under more lax policies then cross the border and head south. Haitians for the most part, lately.

They do not register cars or anything else. They get on down to bigger and warmer places.

What few illegals we do have to work here(lowest in the US) are here as migrants to pick apples in the fall. There may be a few working on dairy farms but they would be very few.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

I neither know nor care. I am not an employee of the federal government and don't get my jollies by worrying about whether my neighbours are legally present in the US. Of course, I know I'm in the minority on VJ, for many here worrying about the immigration situation of people around them is the number one hobby

Will you pay my share of the taxes that provide them with services?

[Peikko 1,575]

Will you pay my share of the taxes that provide them with services?

How does that make any sense? People who say such things are normally short on the little grey cells, you do not have that excuse. Policing unauthorized immigration is not my responsibility. The US is not a country where snooping and grassing is part of the culture, for good reason.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

How does that make any sense? People who say such things are normally short on the little grey cells, you do not have that excuse. Policing unauthorized immigration is not my responsibility. The US is not a country where snooping and grassing is part of the culture, for good reason.

I don't know where you live, but where I reside the free emergency medical care comes from the state budget. There are many thousands of illegals in schools here using services that are taxpayer funded. Policing them isn't your personal responsibility, but it affects you in many ways whether you know it or not. You may not care, but many do.

Actually, I don't want to turn this into a for or against thread. I'm really just curious what people actually no about the underground community in their area.

Edited April 20, 2011 by spookyturtle

[misterbigtoe 45]

How does that make any sense? People who say such things are normally short on the little grey cells, you do not have that excuse. Policing unauthorized immigration is not my responsibility. The US is not a country where snooping and grassing is part of the culture, for good reason.

Is the pot calling the kettle black? I haven't seen anything resembling a call for policing unauthorized immigration.......... of course maybe in addition to my apparent deficit of grey matter(as I share Spook's question) I am blind or my reading skills are failing me prematurely. Oh well!

[Peikko 1,575]

How do you determine that someone is present is present in the US without authorization simply by looking at them? I do not have those particular skills and without them I am at a loss to understand how one can honestly answer the questions posed. Making wild accusations based on ethnicity is not my bag even if it is yours.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

I have met a few illegals in my time, they were all uniformly nice. One is actually now in the citizenship stage. Another is a sadder case, with a USC toddler and no idea what to do about her overstay situation.

We live in farm country so I am sure I have seen in passing many more. While I agree I likely pay some price for their presence I don't get too upset about it.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

How do you determine that someone is present is present in the US without authorization simply by looking at them? I do not have those particular skills and without them I am at a loss to understand how one can honestly answer the questions posed. Making wild accusations based on ethnicity is not my bag even if it is yours.

If you were out and about in the local community of your non citizen partner's home country group, depending on where they were from, I can guarantee that your eyes would be opened to what goes on right under our noses. Again, some don't care. I'm merely curious what those who frequent this forum actually know. It has nothing to do with accusing someone based on ethnicity. It is apparent by your comments that you either don't know or don't live in an area where it is prevalent.