It seems to me that there is a reason why so many want to get out of their countries. I have been to both Mexico and the Philippines. Very depressed countries for sure, and much of that has to do with their corrupt government. Rather than blame our system of processing their visas lets focus on the real issue, that their countries suck. In the Philippines there are a lot of ex pats because it is very cheap to live there. When I retire from the Army in five years, I will make about 2K a month in retirement pay. I can live like a king there literally. The only thing I cannot do is own property or a business, but if you marry a local then you have that covered. When I used to go to Mexico to scuba dive, I met some ex pats there as well who live rather comfortably on their pensions, again because their government sucks and their economy is in shambles. So, again, why don't we focus on the real issue. Their countries suck in many ways and all we are doing is due diligence by scrutinizing every application that is sent in to ensure that we don't get the riff-raff. We have enough of that already. And if they practiced birth control instead of holding on to their Catholic beliefs that you must pro create that would help as well. If you have more people than jobs then yes, the everyman is going to have a crappy life.
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't really want to beat a dead horse but I thought this was worth > posting -- an immigrant advocate answering some of the more > thoughtful ojections to illegal immigration. The most interesting > quote: > > ``If you are a Mexican wanting to get a legal visa to work as a waiter > in the United States, you would be dead before you get your visa.'' > > It's somewhat easier to immigrate legally if you have close family > members who are U.S. citizens, but often not by much. According to the > latest U.S. State Department's visa bulletin, there is a lengthy > backlog in several family visa application categories. > > The U.S. government is now processing 1992 applications of Mexican > adult children of U.S. citizens, and 1987 applications of Filipino > brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316936 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
