| My dad is an immigrant from Hong Kong. If he hadn't immigrated, he would have never had my mom. They would never have had 7 kids.
My parents worked 18 hour days. My dad paid his taxes like everyone else. He never went to the doctor. He never drew unemployment. He never took any form of social assistance. Neither my mom (who is Canadian, born and raised here) nor my dad ever did. We are very financially secure because my parents made good business decisions.
The way I see it, a lot of immigrants have to work twice as hard to "prove" themselves. There are many who take advantage but there are many who never do. These people who don't are only beneficial to a country and what the meaning of immigration stands for - the right to provide a good life for you and your family.
I guess you have to take the bad with the good. It's unfortunate that there are those who take advantage. There are also those who are NATIVE to the country and do this as well.
But what about those like my dad? Surely, he came over here to make a life with my mother and provide for his family by extremely hard 18 hour days then the 2 of them coming home to raise 7 kids.
My father coming over to Canada was never a bad thing and I am grateful every single day of my life for that [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
[ 04-14-2004: Message edited *Juli* ] __________________
Now I know what you all are thinking, "Josh bought the Usher CD and all of the sudden he thinks he's in Night at the Roxbury"... close but not true. - Josh Partington |