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Imagine the horror these poor people must face. To put yourself through that journey out of your country. BUT Surely the word must be out that chances are you won’t find refuge here in the US. Why do they keep coming knowing how dubious it is? How horrid their living conditions must be to be willing to risk it. Too much suffering.

they’re humans not animals don’t throw barbed wire at them ? America is full of homeless people & drugs addicts give these hardworking intelligent people a chance at life!!!!!!

This is not the way to do it. Its safety reason's. My grandma came from Mexico and she did it rhe right way. Wanting to bring her kids over to give them a better life. She lost two babies over in Mexico. I hope that everyone wanting to make a better way has a chance to

Bro hope ap thk honge bro meri scoring ka letter aya hoye almost 5 months ho chuke hn lakin mera medical letter nhi issue ho rha could u please explain k kis number say call anay k chances hotay hn aur 19 mheenay ho gue hn muje work permit apply kiye hoye

All they need is a chance. An opportunity is all they want.

Moats with freakin laser sharks, mine fields, killer drones, a wall with robot turret machine gunners, funded by 24/7 pay for view. Anyone that gets across gets a free tour in the USMC and a chance at citizenship.Let the games begin.........

This is not correct because that's just not the way to enter the United States of America just what are they thinking if they ever had a good chance to come to this beautiful country now they for sure don't because what there doing just send a message to the United States that the don't care about the LAW here SMH

Don’t let them in. Their is barley any housing left for American citizens. Immigrants have a better chance on getting a house then an American citizen. Make that make sense.

@Mac Ronan \nOh, there's _plenty_ of housing, however, unlike my parent's and grandparent's generations, the buying market is unfathomably skewed, to the detriment of single families. This is largely because of the bulk buy up of properties by hedge funds, which in turn rent these properties at exorbitant costs, and severely limiting the supply of homes available to buy by prospective homeowners. Another factor is the curtailing of multiple family housing (as in affordable apartment buildings and duplexes) due to unprecedented restrictions on development zoning permits for the average citizen,\ninstead favoring the whims of commercial and gated community developers, most of whom have contributed to the campaigns of the various city council members who enact these policies. Beginning with deregulation and less focus on community development under Reagan, the crowding out of potential new home buyers saw an upsurge after the '08 crash. With thousands of Americans facing homelessness with impending foreclosure, most were forced from their homes, and thus a huge upsurge in demand for lower cost rentals for tenants that now had terrible credit ratings.Their former homes (sometimes entire neighborhoods), however, were purchased dirt cheap by aforementioned hedge funds and large rental property realtors from banks desperate to recoup even a fraction of their losses due to the crash. This policy of 'pump and dump' mass property purchases continued, largely turning the once suburban neighborhoods of homeowners into strictly assets to be squeezed for every bit of profitability possible. Even as the economy stabilized, even after the big banks profited overall from these foreclosures, because there were no lasting effective measures taken to prevent this housing situation from reoccurring, nor was the issues surrounding the housing market for single family home ownership ever addressed, let alone properly rectified, the housing market steadily constricted. As the U.S. gasps a last breath in it's death nell through late stage capitalism, there is no future policies or government reforms championing loudly for affordable home ownership on the horizon, and this is not likely to change anytime soon, not as long as the megalomaniacal entities continue to usurp any chance for the American Dream to be realized for all future generations.

IT IS TIME TO STOP THE EXPLOITATION OF OUR WELFARE SYSTEM\nIT IS TIME TO SHOW AMERICAN PASSPORT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR WELFARE ASSISTANCE. \nALSO WELFARE ASSISTANCE SHOULD NOT LAST MORE THAN 3 YEARS ( excluding exceptions with people with disabilities)\nSOME AMERICANS HAVE FALLEN INTO HARD TIMES AND THE SYSTEM HAVE DENIED THEM ASSISTANCE \nWHY IS THIS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT ENTRENCHED IN THE SYSTEM AGAINST AMERICANS? \nBLACKS DONT STAND A CHANCE TO GET HELP . RIGHT NOW ITS SO HARD - THE SPANISH SPEAKERS HAVE I FILTRATED THE WELFARE SYSTEM AND GETTING ALL THE ADVANTAGE. IT LIKE BEFORE YOU CAN GET ANY ASSISTANCE YOU MUST BE - SPANISH -A-PLUS\nTHIS TREND IS A RECIPE FOR CONFLICT

Goosebumps.. wt we try to escape. N have to go threw feeling it may b the only hope to take that chance.. some of y'all have no idea what that's like .. nd it shows .. plenty of space we're just set up off greed nd selfish ways of operation, among our own society. Which is built up from everyone around the world but Hispanics have been in the land Texas nd California was originally theirs .. man life is weird , so much gets fuzzy n blemished we don't see the mere existence in the eyes of some these ppl .. the countless ppl that die trying the screams .. the treachery.. \n\nWe're all one ..

Why aren't we helping these people?????? \n\nThey want jobs and a chance - that is all. \n\n*OPEN THE MOTHERFUCKING BORDER!! STOP BEING EAST GERMANY!!*

There should be booby traps in the no man's land that lies between the mexican border and the U.S.A. border., and make it a well known fact to the illegals. If they then still choose to try to get in that way, they know there's a chance there gonna be blown up.

This is deplorable and it’s going to destroy our country in so many ways. First, our social, educational, and criminal systems cannot absorb this many people all at once. We have enough people immigrating here legally. We don’t need all these illegals flooding over.\nThis is all Joe Biden and the Democrats’ fault, for not doing anything for two-plus years, except inviting these people to come here. These people get benefits, free healthcare, welfare probably, phones, and they shouldn’t. They should be told to go home. They should not be given a court date and then released into the United States! That’s ridiculous. They should be loaded on a C-130 transport, retrofitted with seats and shipped home. The majority of them are not going to show up for their court date. They’re going to disappear into the United States, work under the table, take jobs away from Americans, and send billions of more dollars back to their home country where they have family. I think currently, $250 billion gets sucked out of the US economy every year, due to illegal immigrants all sending $50 each, per month, home to their families in their native country. That money should be being spent here.\nLastly, all these illegals and the “anchor babies” they are going to have here, and the descendants of those babies, are all going to vote Democrat in the future, because of this lawlessness. Then we’ll have one-party rule in this country. That will destroy the country. It’ll be a socialist dictatorship, which is not good. The worst part is, many of these women coming across, are going to have a baby within a year. That baby, who by law is automatically a US citizen, becomes their key to citizenship, because once that baby turns 18, he or she can sponsor his parents to become citizens and also sponsor other family members. It’s not right. That amendment to our Constitution, was meant for descendants of slaves to become citizens, NOT to be used the way it’s being used today.\nAnd if we’re not careful we will all be speaking Spanish in the future.\n\nVOTE REPUBLICAN! It’s this country’s only chance and DEFINITELY vote for Trump in 2024. He’ll fix this mess…

....and yet Democrats voted every chance they got against a border wall.

the comments are confusing …? we can’t let people in our country because we have to fix it ? every country needs to fix something. and these people are probably gonna have a better chance here than wherever they’re coming from. they’re CRYING at the boarder and y’all are complaining ….?

Hey \nIf I am showing my bank statement instead of my mother's bank statement how much chances of getting visa ?\nAnd is it really necessary that bank funds should be before past 4 months ?

They just want a better life for themselves and their children.. their country is in shambles, people starving, can't find jobs. They need to fight for leadership change unfortunately in that country they shoot you if you try to go against the government. With everyone struggling there's not much chance of overthrowing the government so they run to other countries where they think we can provide a better life. In the past I wouldn't have had an issue with this,. but our own issues have been getting worse and worse,.

I'd love to live in the US but I'm a white Brit so no chance

Let them in everyone deserves a chance for a better life and remember this planet belongs to everyone

Bring them in for fuck sakes. Ain't not much better here but I'm damn sure our southern friends deserve a chance. They're culture is almost the same as the USA. And the more people we have in the USA willing to fight for human rights the better. The world is on the verge of ww3

Americans first for forever and always. These people will not just get an easy opportunity to come in and do whatever they want. Yes, they deserve a chance but do it the right way. The tax payers will not and should not pay for their wellbeing.

Let them over stop being trash to the people that barely have shit to survive smh they all need a chance at life like all of us Americans they probably even have family here. What’s a free coin if nobody can come here free. Then again this is America where nothing is free

If\nyou’re not a born again Christian \nthen chances are that \nyou’ll \nbe unable to place your right palm on the KJV and say these words once only in a calm coherent manner-> I refuse to spend eternity in hell.\n????????‍♂️

The US government already let approx. 5 million migrants into the states. You had a chance to enter. It's too late, NO MORE ILLEGAL ALIENS! BEAT IT, GO HOME OR WE'LL TASER YOU!

it's the indoctrination of young minds in education all across the west that all this is permissable that should be the real worry. As long as there's an electorate that can make the decision to vote a hard wo/man in to deal with upholding border security then there's a chance but if the country is rotten from the inside...

All of yall saying your american because it took your family years to migrate cmon these people are less fortunate than you they didint choose to be born in poverty ,whats the difference between you and them they deserve the same opportunity you got ,you are no better then them , the us has resources and opportunity to let these people work amd prosper but instead the us spends thousand of dollars to keep prisoners nice and healthy in jails to provide for the scum of the earth , in my opinion we should deport all the american trash we have behind bars and committing crime and give these men and women who come from poverty a chance to make a living and raise their family in this country

I can see potential strippers asking for a chance ?

I'm getting my guns ready! Shit... I ain't playen around. Fuck with me and my family and find out! I already know what they've been doing in south Texas on people's ranches..... I'm not taking any chances! I'm just a drive away from the border.

What this is gonna cause is revolution of Americas financial system what they will do is move to implants and do away with physical currency and social security cards and debit and credit cards and other things and implement this into some sort of RFID chip because the more people come here illegally the more chances are your gonna end up not being able to buy anything or work without those chips because eventually it won't matter if you cross over or not because all you will be able to do without becoming legal is observe. I guarantee you they will eventually move to some sort of RFID chips and this will drastically change citizenships across the globe

Canada is soo weird. University students who spend 100k+ on education and are in the Canadian system are having problems getting residency, whereas shady people who get here illegally or get residency by immoral do it without much problem. I mean not even illegals but some south asians who are literally scamming and exploiting the system, have no problem and then when you take people from very low income class enter your country and who do uncivilized things you are astonished what else you are expecting a lot of them are uneducated who are not civilized, make your screening process better, if you want immigrants due to labour shortages and slow population increase, try to incorporate students and potential people who have more chances to fit your society. This trend will lead to an anti-immigrant narrative. We have seen a similar trend in Europe. They took the worst people in who were problematic in their countries to begin with

I submitted immigration sponsorship for my family and have been waiting for the last 15 years. What do these people think they are entitled to come just because there are issues in their own country? This is getting ridiculous. I am outraged by the fact that we go through the legal system and waiting period has been almost two decades with just one hope that someday we get to reunite with our family and these people keep ruining our chances.

No need to hate because if Americans can barely make it the have no chance

I disagree with welfare at the conceptual level the same way I disagree with robbery .\nThere can be no “ reforming” to make right what is fundamentally wrong .\nThe only solution is to let every slug face the same life the rest of us face every day .\nWORK OR STARVE ……It’s good enough for us ! In fact give Demorats a chance and they’ll take even more . They even want to force the retired to hand their paid off homes to useless , lazy rats instead of family when they die !

The idiots on the far left progressive democrats side strongly believe this country should be setting up communism; just like Venezuela did. \nSo; why are THEY risking their very lives to trudge over many thousands of miles and several hostile countries just for a chance at rushing into our border?!

This is BS ! I have NEVER EVER had to wait a full YEAR to see a doctor. Period . I live in Toronto. I write this in late March 2023. In the USA....you are on YOUR OWN when it comes to things like social issues and healthcare. Your so-called private insurance plans do not ALWAYS cover what YOU THINK they cover regarding healthcare. You could not pay me enough to ever move to the US from Toronto. My parents had MULTIPLE heart-related medical procedures in Ottawa that would have BANKRUPTED them if they were Americans. You are taken care of IMMEDIATELY if your life is in danger when it comes to healthcare. Americans never mention this. This actually happened to my 41-year old daughter. STOP listening to the DRAMATIC LIES among the comments below. Get real. Then there is the HUGE chance of being shot , say , in a school or a church or even a WALMART in the good ol'US of A. Even Christian elementary schools are not safe. I kiss the CANADIAN ground here in Toronto.

And my life turned upside down this Friday by illegal immigrants here in Louisiana. They ran a red light, smash my car, totaled it. While running from border patrol and customs. I counted eight people running out of the vehicle and not one gave two shits to check on me, even though I was injured. Seven of them got away the only one they caught was a 14 year old Honduran child that claimed amnesty. So vehicle which they stole, which had stolen license plate, and apparently was full of stolen tools all was seized. The owners will be lucky if they get anything back since it is being held as evidence. I was told by My Attorney chances are my insurance will not pay me in full for my vehicle. Also, I only have a few payments on my car left, and I’m forced to pay it even though now I have no vehicle to get to work, because all my equity is tied up in it, funny thing is I recognize this kid from one of the jobsites down the street. They literally beat me in a bid on. Mind you only buy $400 differences I’m having to pay taxes it’s a joke when you say these people take jobs and no one else wants thing is it’s not jobs no one else wants it’s jobs that have become jobs. No one wants because of the pay continues to fall prices continue to increase, everyone thinks he’s illegal immigrants make no money on these jobsites most of them have nicer vehicles and live in nicer places than the guys I know. The Democrats who are used to vote for because I thought they were for the workingman have completely switched. Their allegiance is to the large corporations that just want to drive down competition and raise their profit margins. They don’t care about America. They want a global economic system in which we have to compete with people that are willing to do the same work as us for a little less because they don’t have to pay what we have to pay and they go back to their countries and live like kings where our dollar buys a lot. They literally use their influence and corruption to take down Trump‘s administration because he was actually doing something about America’s problems. What a damn shame it’s time to change the system. If you’re not voting for a Bernie Sanders or Trump you might as well not voted off because you will get no change. Frankly, I think Bernie Sanders is a terrible choice, but it beats Joe Biden, because at least Bernie Sanders does care. Trump 4 more years!!!!

I have a fix to all this. Make every American that came from a legit system, and grand parents, and parents who came legally back 4 generations count only and offspring.. No Tno anchor babies allowed from anyone who came illegally past 4 generations, record department can validate all this. All natural born and maybe been legally also count. Ok, everyone mentioned get mandated to wear a tamper proof wristband linked to ownership and picked up from the DMV and the bands are electronically active for six months, if cut it sends a signal RFID signal for warranted arrest. Everyone with a band can go to work, shop, travel and it's only temporary for 6 months then gets legally removed. All illegals can register on the way out and need grabbed to cube back through the front door if they have no violent or theft charges or rape/assault felonies. Temp residents/work Visas get a band too. Bring in NATO and our military to start operation clean sweep, we offer bus rides back and ditched air flights back to what ever country you can't from, the sweep comes from N.S.E.W. circling in..if caught after having a chance to leave and didn't you will have a index finger on left hand cut off as a marker for being a invader to our homeland along with a RFID microchip embedded into the wrist bone, the chip will signal in the future if you even get with in 500 miles to border and all airports coming into America. Solar drones charge and patrol the border in drives 24/7. All who participated can get in line to come back as long as clean record mentioned prior. Finish the wall using 9 billion dollars we save each year by removing All illegal from our prisons and send them back chipped and marked by missing finger...THIS IS THE ONLY ONLY ONLY WAY TO EVER CLEAN AMERICA UP!!!!! MANDATE THIS A.S.A.P. This is the only thing that will every week and send the message to the world ? This is my idea!!! Have any better solutions, this will cost us nothing being we pay NATO anyways and military. I'm waiting...???

what is the chance these people go on to become productive law following canadians when literally the first step into canada they take is illegal

Im sorry if you try to come illegally i hope you never get a chance to get in. Cause those people who do that process are getting fucked. This needs to be kept out.

This is obviously illegal but people need to remember that our “homeless population” is chalk full of scummy junkies that don’t want to work and succeed. I’d wager these people will actually get a job given the chance. Maybe just round up all of our homeless junkies and drop them off in Mexico and Venezuela. Even the score

“Heartbreak for migrants” is this supposed to elicit sympathy? These queue jumpers are an affront to the immigration system. And that includes REAL refugees languishing overseas in refugee camps, waiting for their chance, who can’t afford flights and greyhound buses to Canada

Hello just chancing on this . I learnt until you travel before you get an international passport. I’m in Ghana . So how is it possible to have an international passport

Just seeing this is creating an even greater hatred in my heart towards right-wing politicians who don't give a crap about these people and what their reasons are for wanting to come to our countries, even though them being here is not going to cause any harm or misfortune to our citizens, it's just the knowledge that foreigners are coming to our countries illegally, is the only excuse that these bigoted Hippocrates have for not wanting them here. \n\nAren't they so lucky that they were born in a country where they didn't have to worry about any of these problems, but sadly for these people this was not the case for them but they are just as human as any of the rest of us and deserve the same chance to at least not live in fear or in the poverty that they came from. And it is so ironic that these people use their Christian religion as an excuse the pass certain laws or forego certain amendments that gives certain minority groups equal rights or the right to bodily autonomy, yet they ignore all the vast passages in the Holy Bible where Jesus insisted on having compassion for people like this, but in reality these fake-ass Christian right-wing politicians don't care about that. I feel so sick even thinking about this.

People saying they’re nice and polite. I mean why would they be rude? These people are not committing a serious crime. They’re simply seeking help and a better life. Immigration in Canada is not as bad as the US so chances are these really are hard working people.

Should've annexed mexico when we had the chance. The Mexican citizens would've all been better of part of the U.S.\nThey'd have a lot more power under our system than the cartels that govern them now and the south border of mexico would be much easier to manage where all the people who we know absolutely nothing about would have to go through the bottleneck between America and South America

While they wait for the asylum process to be completed, they will be issued a work permit. They will start improving their lot, have babies who will be Canadians, marry into or out of their community, etc. With the passing of time, their chance to become Canadian citizens will improve. It's immigration out of any planning or control. \nNow, here are the real questions, how many should/could Canada welcome before having a social crisis on it's hands? And how will this stampede improve the situation in the impoverished countries they come from?

Then you have fkd up Canadian Gov't who wants to deport students who paid their tuition and taxes while working back to their countries. \n\nIllegal immigrants and refugees have better chances that people who try to get to Canada through proper channel!!!

Good. If theybwant to stop all this, tix there country. Get rid of all the corruption and cartels and people will have a chance. \nOtherwise they will keep coming...

again these people are just like you and I, just dealt a bad hand, everyone deserves a chance