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Immigration

  • Video by: Max Joseph , Chris Weller | Music by: Ratatat
  • Posted: October 24, 2008 at 4:29 pm

People have flocked to the melting pot we now know as America for the last 13,000 years. Since 2000, the U.S. has welcomed more than 10 million immigrants, who leave behind places like the Philippines, India, China, and Mexico. Our latest video, “Coming to America,” explores the history, politics, and challenges of taking in the world’s “huddled masses.”

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DISCUSSION: 9 Comments
    • Posted by: WyReD55
    • on October 26, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Watching this make me wonder.  Is there a cut off point to where you are no longer an immigrant?  Like, how do they figure out some of these numbers.  After yu are here for 5 years, are you no longer an immigrant?  Just curious…

    • Posted by: jrs
    • on October 27, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    1 – i like ratatat2 – dont worry about the problem.  i’m emmigrating, so they can take my spot.

    • Posted by: Max Joseph
    • on October 28, 2008 at 4:08 pm

    In the video an “immigrant” is defined as an individual who was born both outside the U.S. and without U.S. citizenship. 

    • Posted by: Anonymous
    • on December 21, 2008 at 5:30 am

    Bullshit! Who is not immigrant in this country other than Native Americans… People just try to get a piece from the cake and the cake is in the USA. 

    • Posted by: alamodude2009
    • on January 5, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    They made mention of the wall that is being constructed on the southern border with Mexico, why are they not constructing one also on the Northern Border as well? Don’t people sneak in from Canada as well? I know many  Canadians that live here and yet we are not so much as thinking about a construction project of sort for the North. This poses the question Why Not? 

    • Posted by: Anonymous
    • on February 10, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    first of all they didnt make a mention of the wall that is being constructed on the usa’s southern border with mexico in this video.  they made a mention of the wall in question in the ‘what will the next preseident inherit’ video.such a wall, which costs 49 billion dollars, over 670 miles comes in at 73.13 million per mile!with a canada usa boarder that spans 5525 miles, the total cost of such a ‘wall’ would be 40 billon dollars!!!!
    so when you take that into consideration, and add in the fact that nobody from canada wants to sneak into the usa anyways, id say its kinda a waste of cash.  but since your government has already proven to be so good at that, see the cost of the iraq war, whats the harm in adding a couple more drops to that bucket.

    • Posted by: Anonymous
    • on February 10, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    my apology my keyboard decided to quit working on me in middle of my last post.  a usa canada boarder wall would cost 404 billion.

    • Posted by: Anonymous
    • on May 17, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    The reason so many immigrants are here illegally is because the immigration system itself is broken, almost to the point of beyond repair.  For an immigrant with a spouse in the USA that is a citizen or Permanent Resident, it can take anywhere from five to twelve years for them to receive citizenship.  For people with no relatives here, but want to work, it can take twenty to thirty years before they are naturalized citizens!  What used to be a simple system has now been mired in bureaucracy and politics and become so tangled that sorting it all out will mean either starting over from scratch or spending decades untangling the mess of red tape.Want to try your hand at immigrating to the USA?  Try this handy flowchart, and see how long it’ll take you!

    • Posted by: TL Winslow
    • on June 22, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    The age-old pesky U.S.-Mexico border problem has taxed the resources of both
    countries, led to long lists of injustices, and appears to be heading only for
    worse troubles in the future. Guess what? The border problem can never be
    solved. Why? Because the border IS the problem! It’s time for a paradigm change.

    Never fear, a satisfying, comprehensive solution is within reach: the
    Megamerge Dissolution Solution. Simply dissolve the border along with the failed
    Mexican government, and megamerge the two countries under U.S. law, with mass
    free 2-way migration eventually equalizing the development and opportunities
    permanently, with justice and without racism, and without threatening U.S.
    sovereignty or basic principles. For for details, Google “Megamerge Dissolution Solution”.

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