I notice you're from Germany, a country I love and spent 5 months in back in 2017/18. I too believe in the possibilities of having a better life and contributing to society. For instance when we toured the Audi plant in Stuttgart, we learned that the average age for a German auto worker is 43 and there is a need for new people to come in due to the low German birth rate. America needs engineneers, but that's not what we're getting.
Trust me when I tell you that my city is being bled dry by people who come here with nothing, work under the table for cash without contributing to the tax base and send their money out of the country. We have one of three national immigrant detention centers not far outside of town. The migrants want it closed and so do the local citizens. I would bet, that if you spoke to Americans living near the other two federal detention centers, they would feel the same.
The problem concerning the violence, isn't the women and children, it's the husbands and boyfriends that arrive after them. The MS13 gang was unknown here until the arrival of that center. This brought us our first beheading in the city. The first ever police officer killed in the line of duty in over 250 years. Human smuggling and women being held for forced prostitution, was unknown here until now. Even the most pro-migrant activists have had enough.
The last straw for most people was the elderly woman who was seen being robbed in broad daylight. A woman watched it through her window, before she realized what was going on. She was in her 80's and a 20 year old guy demanded money from her. She reached into her purse and handed him the money. He started walking away, then turned back and for no reason, he punched the senior citizen in the face knocking her down. She hit her head on the icy sidewalk and died two days before Christmas.
Why?
The elderly cigar store owner who was gunned down even after he handed his money over. My friend Jose, who gave credit to poor people in his grocery store whenever they needed it, shot to death in front of his wife when he refused to hand his hard-earned money over. I could go on and on...
People are tired of the violence in this once peaceful city. We want immigrants to succeed, but not at the cost of the good people that live here. The detention center has brought misery not only to us, but to the migrants as well. If any locality wants our federal immigrant detention center to be relocated near them, they are most welcome to have it.
Trust me when I tell you that my city is being bled dry by people who come here with nothing, work under the table for cash without contributing to the tax base and send their money out of the country. We have one of three national immigrant detention centers not far outside of town. The migrants want it closed and so do the local citizens. I would bet, that if you spoke to Americans living near the other two federal detention centers, they would feel the same.
The problem concerning the violence, isn't the women and children, it's the husbands and boyfriends that arrive after them. The MS13 gang was unknown here until the arrival of that center. This brought us our first beheading in the city. The first ever police officer killed in the line of duty in over 250 years. Human smuggling and women being held for forced prostitution, was unknown here until now. Even the most pro-migrant activists have had enough.
The last straw for most people was the elderly woman who was seen being robbed in broad daylight. A woman watched it through her window, before she realized what was going on. She was in her 80's and a 20 year old guy demanded money from her. She reached into her purse and handed him the money. He started walking away, then turned back and for no reason, he punched the senior citizen in the face knocking her down. She hit her head on the icy sidewalk and died two days before Christmas.
Why?
The elderly cigar store owner who was gunned down even after he handed his money over. My friend Jose, who gave credit to poor people in his grocery store whenever they needed it, shot to death in front of his wife when he refused to hand his hard-earned money over. I could go on and on...
People are tired of the violence in this once peaceful city. We want immigrants to succeed, but not at the cost of the good people that live here. The detention center has brought misery not only to us, but to the migrants as well. If any locality wants our federal immigrant detention center to be relocated near them, they are most welcome to have it.