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We can't even afford it here ourselves... Try to get your country back under control if possible. There is already so much competition right now in Denver that I will need a wife to afford to buy a home here. It is ridiculously hard to get a home here unless you make $100k a year and were sent here from California with $50-100k support from their families, us normal people cannot compete with that.

I am an American citizen whose family came over in one of the first colonies and after losing our dream home in foreclosure we can not find housing because the prices have doubled and in some places here tripled here in GA. If we could afford to take them we could but we can’t and trying to riot and force your way into this country is WRONG.

We have our own crisis and we cannot afford to take on the world's problems.

Sad thing is Americans fought hard for this freedom we have now these ppl need to do the same thing and make there own we can't afford no more of this nursing other countries bullshit it's time for Americans to pull the teet away the milk is running dry from All this shit going on!

This is so sad! Our economy itself here in the US is going downhill. We cant afford to house more illegal immigrants. Something needs to be done to help control this illegal immigration that were facing in our border.

Damn I mean I get it but we can't even afford ourselves rn and yall take it all?

Little do they know shit is harder to afford out here it ain't easier trust

The border problem has got to be addressed immediately, we can not afford to let everyone who comes to the border to enter the United States.

Don’t come here you can’t afford to live, our professional sports players are even struggling. You’re just hurting the economy

Canadians cannot afford anymore taxes to support these migrants!!! Stop this flow now!!!?

Canadian here, and this video is right on the money for some of the most frustrating things about Canada! \n\nOur proudest achievement is our healthcare system, but up until recently, the government has been choking it little by little. Making it so difficult for any Doctor/Nurse to even consider finding work here (and making it impossible to afford getting a medical degree) because you are literally doing it for the love of the game at this point. \n\nEven if you become a specialist in a specific field (which pays really well compared to most careers here) it is unlikely any hospital will hire you. Our hospitals are only interested in making profits by pushing painkillers on Canadians, rather than hiring medical professionals to help fix them. If you become a family Doctor, it is a bit better, because you can open your own practice. But kiss your social life goodbye if you do! The most annoying part of this problem is some people blame all this on the fact that we have healthcare and assume a private American system would be better. Where the real problem is we need more workers and funding into our healthcare to make it better. Not making lives harder for poorer Canadians!\n\nWeirdly enough our Tax system issue didn't stand out as a problem to me until I left Canada and see how taxes are marked elsewhere! It blew my mind that I didn't have to do math when I visited another country and the way we advertise wages is purposely deceptive! In Ontario, we succeeded in getting a $14 hour minimum wage (only in Ontario and maybe one other province). Which sounded amazing until you realize that's $14 without tax... To compare, I was incredibly lucky in Toronto where I found a place for 750 a month and was earning $16 an hour. Sounded like more than enough for the cost of living, but after taxes I was pretty much putting more than half my monthly income in rent. On top of that I had to pay for student loans and other bills. \n\nBottom line, if you are wanting to move to Canada for our beautifully scenic environments, free healthcare, and a stable job? \n\nMove to Finland.

Currently making $25 an hour working 40+ hour weeks and I can’t even afford an apartment… where do they think they’re going to go?

If they came together like this to fight back the cartel and the corrupt government ??‍♂️ we can barely afford to live in America az it is they guna be in a rude awaking when they see rent is 3500 for a 1 bed 1.5 bath smh

send them over to bidens and harris home, they invited them let them take care of them. Americans already pay enough taxes. we cant afford to support more people, biden and harris are rich, they have millions and billions.

We came for the free shit!!! But that actual Americans paying all the bills can barely afford shit. Wonder why we hate them

Americans can't even afford to live in America, why is it appropriate to demand entry to a country you weren't born in? It's not like there isn't a legal way to immigrate, and if you're fleeing your country there is a legal way to declare refugee status. I can't just walk into France and demand citizenship.

The news asking why ? well let’s see we’re in a horrible recession. Everything is extremely expensive. I can’t find affordable housing. I can’t find a good job.. just imagine how bad it is in South America… CNN stop being stupid

I feel for them, but we have enough homeless here in America that we can't afford to have anymore. We need to take care of our own first.

I wish I could take in a family, but I could not afford it.

Please build a wall. We can’t loose any more territory like California Arizona Utah New Mexico Texas Colorado Oklahoma to gringos crossing over who can’t afford the inflation in the United States, We need a wall. Make México great again, Viva Mexico ??

Not like the money they earn stays here. Our country is on the brink of disaster with our geriatric president and staff. Our enemies are forming further alliances. Chinese are buying our country as fast as they can gobble it up. Americans cant even afford our way of life. This will drain our economy even further. These people should go home and build their own country because the American dream is quickly deteriorating.

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Why are we doing this Americans can can’t even afford to live especially in California it’s really awful down here

It's not fair for US taxpayers. Biden cause all of this to happen. I'm a Democrat but the truth this never happens under Trump's administration. This is way out out control. They comes in the US then Biden gives them housing and medical insurance but yet taxpayers here can't afford housing or health insurance. ?

American Citizens can barely afford houses or housing in general.

The whole Native American argument is irrelevant. Hate to tell you but the borders have been set and the land has been tamed. Learn native history as well before you make the “did the natives say the Europeans were welcome here” because other tribes can make the same comments towards other tribes. Now that we are a country we have laws. We can’t be picking up the slack for other countries and taking on new immigrants while we can’t provide adequate affordable housing for our own people. Don’t tell me Americans are just selfish because the housing in this country is fked. Heck only a quarter of my graduating class has moved out of their parents because the rest of us are in school tryna seek better careers with more pay. Don’t tell me housing is affordable when the cheapest house in Sacramento was $300,000 and was a two bedroom burned house.

It’s sad when Americans can’t find affordable housing or have affordable groceries but allowing undocumented aliens inside is just fine. No way of tracking them, no way of identifying. Just come and we’ll pay you??‍♂️

They’re not asylum seekers, they are asylum breakers. If asylum is what they seek, send them to the insane asylums. You gotta be crazy for wanting to voluntarily move into Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York or Chicago. You know, the worse places in the USA to live. Unless you are well off to begin with.\n\nMy rant: I swear politicians use the illegal immigrant border crossings as media fodder or campaign debate ammunition. Why not set up a program financed by their home country and ours to get them physically and financially healthy to work or start businesses in their home country? Physically, because they are coming here with all kinds of old world curable diseases, due to being born into an inadequate healthcare system. Not really their fault. The cost of living is so low for them that they could afford a future of prosperity or middle class lifestyle in their country of origin. Force their governments to change economically to sustain themselves for their interests. Imposing themselves upon a nation no longer prospering as it did during and after the Industrial Revolution is senseless. There is hardly any upward mobility in blue collar jobs, ever more so in the labor market. If they are not making $40K/year (assuming the majority has not a college degree in something marketable, advanced skills, a tradesman or artisan) then they’re struggling like everyone else in the service industry. Jobs for teenagers, entry level workers, part time jobseekers like for students, people needing extra income cause it’s so expensive in CA, NY, Austin, TX, Chicago or SF living off work entry-level service jobs. Technology has created a shortage or labor gap between unskilled jobs. Jobs that Americans need while pursuing training or technical degrees for the new skilled jobs. \n\nImmigrants do not need to fit the stereotypes of working in the service industry or as farm workers. American citizens can fill these labor positions quite easily. No, immigrants, work visa or not, do not work any harder, smarter, slower or faster than anyone else wanting to work. If someone is motivated to work an unskilled labor job then they will be just as effective as the next person. The HR for these companies definitely virtue signal and satisfy diversity quotas every time they hire someone due to their work status or ethnicity. Everyone and anyone can be replaced and so the question is, who do you, as an employer, want to replace the job vacancy with? Gonna hire cause they are a good fit or because your helping some politicians cause? Gonna grant asylum cause their lives are in danger from a government firing squad or because Biden/Harris will pat you on the back? \n\nThere is reason to illegally enter this country and it is disrespectful, disgraceful, dishonorable, dishonest and disheartening to the ones who are here legally by going through the process like everyone else paying time and money. Even Christopher Columbus paid to be here, no one handed him a free ticket to ‘paradise.’ The Mayflower patrons weren’t met with resistance by the indigenous community, they were harmonious. If there was a border in Maryland at Plymouth Rock, I am sure the Puritans would stop there first to get their passports stamped. I mean hell, these ‘asylum seekers’ don’t have the courtesy to get passports, why not? Passports are not that expensive considering what they pay coyotes. It makes no sense and is suspect. They won’t get stopped at the border if they have a passport!!!

I’m Lebanese , i applied for work permit 1.5 year ago, got approved a month ago and got my visa 2 weeks ago( for Edmonton, Alberta). My hourly wage is 16.46$ before tax. I’ve calculated my cost of living ( rent, food, transportation, etc.. ) It was acceptable back then . When i applied earlier , it was my dream to come to canada. I’ve struggled a lot to get the visa and I’ve booked a flight that was supposed to be next week , but honestly things have differ from when I’ve applied. I used to see affordable housing and cost of living, not anymore. Things have changed there, from cost to living to rents to increased crime rate ( it’s even higher and more tragical than Lebanon itself in his worst current situation) and so on and so forth. I’ve literally canceled everything and I’m not even regretting my decision.\n\nWorking on a slight above minimum wage, in a weather that’s -20+ for long months just to be in ‘CANADA’ and live from paycheck to paycheck isn’t going to seduce me honestly.

I can't believe we're taking in Asylum seekers from the US are you kidding me? This Country is a mess it's lowest but our Government just keeps sticking us with paying for anyone wanting into Canada. We shouldn't have any homeless vets & why does Canada think we can afford more people? Our small house we worked for & had 2 children in won't be able to keep it because the cost of living & taxes keep going up. Hours being cut & not enough money to put away. Building supplies doubled after the pandemic. I can't find the medical help I need. God help us as our Government isn't going too. No more people we should start a movement like the truckers that took over our City last year.

They lower wages due to working illegally. They hurt the lowest of wage earners. People can't even afford to live here working 2-3 jobs. Keep them out.

This is sadly the right decision. Asylum is a special status reserved for people in imminent danger, it shouldn't be confused with economic migration. The folks crossing through the US are already in a safe country, relatively speaking. We let in a million people legally last year and most end up in major cities that lack the infrastructure to fully support them and creates undue hardship for already struggling Canadians. We are a generous nation but migration has to be balanced with affordability and opportunity for locals. This is all absurd based on outdated models of economic growth. Tax the damn billionaires that hide money offshore and build capacity for all then we can help those in danger more but we have such issues with poverty, healthcare, education, roads,food affordability and a housing crisis. Time people put Canadians interests first.

Unreal so Canadians are paying for these illegal migrants been a long time and then you wonder why we have inflation now ya money going to this when everything I see is crumbling no affordable apartments food sky rocketing and the list goes on crazy

Those ppl are rich. Look at their clothes. They can afford legal processing. We are being slammed and our tax payers money is being sucked by those ppl. I'm glad it's closed now. Enough of using our pity to make free money and housing.

“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

Stop all immigration for the next 5 years. Send them all Back.\n First we need to fix this country, people living on the streets, people living in poverty, lack of affordable housing and food. Then overhaul our social safety net programs from coast to coast to coast and get all the free loaders off it and back to work. Then we need to take a look at all the Indigenous communities living in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do, except wonder if there going to go hunting fishing or collect fire wood for the day living off government checks! Then once all that crap is fixed let's see how many legal immigrants and only legal immigrants we need to let into this country.

Corruption lies media manipulators destabilizing America we need to stop this in America we can afford the housing prices and the illegal are shiped to hotel room food and cellphone no COVID test no payment in the public system yes I see they say I'm illegal and that's all new York is deteriorating at the level that we have gun's and all in my family are capable of use and maintain my guns they know everything about security with guns

Our politicians have allowed Canada to become a default destination for so called refugees who are more often economic migrants looking to benefit from Canada's largesse. With such massive numbers of immigrants and refugees entering the country, we should not wonder why affordable housing and rental units are increasingly difficult to find for the existing population and why our social and health systems are overwhelmed.

I am an American living in Québec. The woke media would have you believe these are refugees. These are illegal migrants, many of whom are facing expulsion from the US. Thank God this was just closed. We in the West need to immediately extract ourselves from any and all international conventions on refugees. These are economic migrants. Real refugees couldn’t afford the trip to illegally cross the border and are in some refugee camp overseas. Millions of taxpayer dollars in Canada are wasted on these faux refugees. Deport them now!

Anyone who actually stops investigates will find that almost every major country ( UK, France , Germany, Japan , Korea) are facing the same issues on matters such as affordibility and health care issues . All one has to do is read publications such as The Economist to see the evidence . During my career - I an recently retired - I was located in a few other countries and Canada still remains a great country with opportunties . I also know that most who claim they will never come back almost always do because there comes the point where they are older and have health issues and in most cases they come back to Canada. At the same time, we are charged excessive fees for internet and cell phone useage. I note that both major political parties ( the Liberals and the CPC) ever take any real action to address the excessiv charges rendered by Shaw, Rogers, Bell Media, and similar conglomerates .

Long overdue. Send the ones who came here before illegally back Trudeau. We simply afford to fund and welfare these people for the rest of their lives and their posterity as well. Having said that,leave their countries alone so they can thrive.

Long overdue, Canada can't afford or should I say refuses to house and provide medical/dental for people who have been here for generations. Canadian government likes to wallow in the spotlight sending millions in aide overseas when it can't house and provide proper health care to its own! We may have land mass but we cannot house the world, not as it sits now.

Yes!! Good job ? we Canadians cannot afford all these immigrants coming by the hundreds!! We have Canadians who need housing and cannot afford to pay their rent. They must go to the immigration office in the right and proper way. Roxanne road should have closed a long time

The welfare state is the problem.\nI have no problem letting our borders wide open if:1 we get rid of all taxes.\n2 we privatize everything.\nWe cant afford to help our own people RIGHT NOW.\nCanada needs real capitalism not corporate facism

It's about time because the country can't afford anymore people coming in.

Its our border we never needed permission from Biden,we needed a real PM.Send all ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSERS back to the US our infrastructure and tax base cannot afford these ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSERS Send them back CANADIANS FIRST!!!!!!

This isn't going to change anything. They will still come. May as well just hand over your land/house/security to them now. Eventually, they will take anyway. They already are. I use to love being a Canadian when it was just us living here, not he rest of the world. I have been wearing the same shoes with holes all winter and probably next winter to because I can't afford a new pair and yet, them people are waring all new clothes after illegally entering Canada. The government takes better care of them , then their own people.

I know people that Can Not Find a Place to Rent at alone afford the high Rental cost.

Sadly they don't realize until they get here it's fk up also i see homeless migrants freezing and sleeping on the street in ny. No work high rent etc etc the average ny cant even afford to live ?

Given Canada's extensive welfare state there's no way they will put up with this . They simply can't afford to !\nThis is why welfare in general has to go . Its nothing but a magnet for the useless .\nNotice how no country south of Texas even has any welfare programs ! Why should Mexican taxpayers pay for the slugs when they can just cart them over here ?