It probably belongs in “Chat”.
Politeness is indeed the issue. Starting a conversation with a total stranger in order to insult him is considered rude, even in the big city.
In this climate they are kicking illegals and their US citizen babies over the border, so not only was that woman’s comment insulting, but highly inaccurate in many ways.
Kind of the worst of everything from that lady.
Bummer, dude. All my norwegian forebears were forced out of the city when they came through, and headed on west to South Dakota. So, you got slighted. You know you are in the right. Deal.
Yeah, it may not be right, but like Forrest Gump says, “It happens.”
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Lo siento pero es, IMO, muy boring after the 3rd paragraphico. No insult to you or your family, just my comment on the article. All the best you you all.
Lot's of rudeness going around these days I guess.
Complete distortion. While the parents may not be eligible, the child is. Many foreign nationals are receiving government benefits on behalf of their child.
With such an obvious warping of the facts above, I wonder what other part of your essay is also warped/inaccurate? You don't happen to know any of the folks who have been telling their hardship stories to Harry Reid, et al., do you?
You’ve lived in New York City for 10 years and this is the worst thing that’s happened to you? I would count my blessings, if I were you.
I wouldn’t take it personally.
When we lived in Scarsdale, my wife used to walk along the streets with a couple of kids in a stroller, and maybe another on her back. (Actually, we have a lot of kids.) Once or twice a lady in a cadillac would come by, roll down her window, and tell my wife in a rude voice that she should be ashamed of herself for having so many kids, polluting the environment, and contributing to the population crisis.
I don’t remember if my wife answered her, but she certainly deserved a few rude words in return.
But my friend you are not an American living in Mexico are visiting Mexico, you are an American living in America walking down an American street. Think about it!
Thank 12+ million of your countrymen who came here illegally for rubbing the rhubarb of citizens and legal immigrants...
If you’re permanent residents why would your kids have dual citizenship?
seems to me a lot of immigrants want their country here.
It’s America-try to speak English in public and assimmilate
I guess it is pretty safe to say we must have one hell of country and those that came here legally and work here legally are welcomed every day.
PS
I am a gringo and my wife is from Mexico. The looks my wife gets from other Mexicans that do not know us are "not very pleasant." This even happened to us once in Spain. Because she is with a gringo it was assumed she was a hooker. However, in all honesty this is a very rare occurrence. She is actually a graduate of University of Texas and a computer engineer, a US citizen and loyal American. We speak English at work, mostly English at home but when her relatives are visiting it is all Spanish. The best advice I can give is ignore the ignorant.
This is why I don’t understand why there isn’t overwhelming anger on the part of people who became naturalized citizens based on following the law. I’d think they’d want to give the bums rush to illegals more than ANYONE else. The media lumping legitimate citizens and illegals in one big group is disgusting and reprehensible.
However, if a Foreigner is in this country LEGALLY, and a child is born to that Foreigner on U.S. soil, there STILL is no common sense way that the child is any more than a FOREIGN citizen until citizenship is petitioned and completed, period. The mis-interpretation of the Constitution on the words "any person born" was not intended to include Foreign Nationals, but rather to the sons and daughters born to Americans. Lawyers decided that common sense has no place in the interpretation, and that the Framers' intent didn't matter; the WORD they used was interpreted incorrectly at their urging, and we're stuck with American Citizens' tax dollars now supporting ANCHOR BABIES that number in the millions now, and paying their medical bills, funding their education, etc. ANYONE who can sneak across the border to have a baby successfully guarantees the benefits for their child of taxpayer-funded freebies.
That said, you and your wife are here legally. Yall followed the law. Does it bother you that others don't?
Many Americans have been victimized by illegal immigration. You are a minor victim of the outrage. Live with it.
Am I being overly sensitive about this?
Yes.
You must have missed the Amnesty debates because one reason we cannot deport 20 million illegal aliens is because it will spit up families That's what the Amnesty forces proclaimed