So where does that migrant entitlement
mentality come from?
American Thinker,
by
Monica Showalter
Original Article
Posted By: PageTurner,
1/31/2023 2:25:44 PM
As if the cost alone weren't enough to make the millions of illegal migrants brought in by Joe Biden's open borders unpopular here, the ingratitude and entitlement mentality of these illegals now seals the deal.
According to National Review:
More than 50 migrants camped outside the Watson Hotel in Manhattan in protest on Sunday night as the city sought to move the single male migrants to a new shelter at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to make space for migrant families.
The new shelter holds as many as 1,000 single adult men and provides the same services the migrants had been receiving, city officials told the New York Post.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
marbles 1/31/2023 2:45:00 PM (No. 1391511)
Democrats.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DrOstrow 1/31/2023 2:47:21 PM (No. 1391512)
This is the REASON for the invasion and has been for MANY years !
People come here for the freebies ! What have we got now, 7 MILLION left over from the Covid debacle who have not gone BACK to work because they can live as good if not better on all of the duplicate, overlapping and in some cases breathtakingly profitable 'support mechanisms' ALREADY IN PLACE and costing billions - it DOES NOT include the tens of thousands that have come over
boarder since come-on-in-we-got-plenty-of-everything-you-need-and-it's-all-free-Biden took office !!
They, the federal gov't, is going to continue printing money to cover the cost of this so
INFLATION IS HERE TO STAY at least until this is slowed or stopped.
These are NOT undocumented immigrants or undocumented migrants or
any other 'feel good term' you care to use - they are squatters, invaders and COLONISTS!
You don't think they are going to leave voluntarily do you ??
This country is being overrun by ILLEGAL BOARDER CROSSINGS and if it isn't stopped
or slowed soon there will be no fixing it. The United States I grew up in will be GONE FOREVER !
Think it over.
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I remember my forays into Mexico. Nogales, Puerto Penasco, Hermosillo, Monterrey, Cabo were all so accomodating when I stayed at those hotels and ate all the comida por nada. They made me buy my own tequila (which was a great insult to my pride). /S
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Birddog 1/31/2023 3:00:05 PM (No. 1391516)
Trump should remove the "U" in the sign on his hotel replace it with an "A", Making it "Tramp Tower", rent out every room for $500 night , billed to NYC, then get the new residents to protest over the Black Lives Matter graffiti on the street out front as it is now racist against the hispanics living there...take a tax deduction for damages and loss of value, leaving the City and State owing HIM massive refunds at Tax time.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/31/2023 3:01:06 PM (No. 1391517)
Joe Biden did everything but send engraved invitations: Y’all come! Free everything!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
earlybird 1/31/2023 3:09:51 PM (No. 1391520)
"People come here for the freebies !” It was not always so. I am only three generations removed from immigrants on both sides. In both cases there was a lack of work opportunity in their home countries of Scotland and Switzerland. My Scot great-grandfather worked for two years in the mines before his family could come. My Swiss great-grandmother sold her property in order for them to have enough money to pay their way here and give them a stake. The times were desperate for young men with families. They had to be healthy and self-supporting. They loved our country and taught their families to do the same. We were Americans!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
MickTurn 1/31/2023 3:33:20 PM (No. 1391533)
It comes straight from Joey's crooked pockets.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Venturer 1/31/2023 3:56:22 PM (No. 1391563)
The services are not the same. They had expensive hotel rooms with showers, micro waves and TV's and they are being moved into barracks like living quarters. We don't owe them anything, but move them out of a hotel room and into a barracks and it's easy to understand why they aren't happy.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Lala 1/31/2023 4:07:40 PM (No. 1391572)
Let them go back to the hell holes they came from if they're not happy. This uncontrolled invasion is bankrupting us, endangering our citizens, and destroying our cities. I'm pretty sure when my ancestors landed here from Ireland and Scotland, they made their own way without any handouts from the government. If they could not make a go or it or did not have sponsors to support them, they either starved to death or got back on the boat. We do not owe these invaders anything.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
singermom9 1/31/2023 4:12:29 PM (No. 1391577)
If the homeless had an organizer THEY would take over the tent city the Illegals will not. It has comforts and food. All ready to go.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
former lurker 1/31/2023 4:27:28 PM (No. 1391586)
It used to be that young healthy men actually got jobs, now they seem to do nothing but sit on the sidewalk waiting for some ridiculous bleeding heart to come along and hand them a sandwich.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Luandir 1/31/2023 4:29:56 PM (No. 1391588)
It couldn't be playing out in a more deserving swamp than NYC.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bpl40 1/31/2023 5:13:20 PM (No. 1391611)
If ingratitude for what you got for free is the issue, start with the Mooch.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 1/31/2023 5:39:19 PM (No. 1391624)
The only time you would ever see me in a large city would be on an interstate highway passing through. I am blessed to live in a rural setting.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
3XALADY 1/31/2023 6:01:52 PM (No. 1391633)
#5 Remember when Zippy used to have planes fly over and drop the invitations to the ground?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
padiva 1/31/2023 6:10:03 PM (No. 1391635)
My great-grandfather came to the US about 1880 with my great-grandmother and their 6 kids. I think he had a job lined up in a woolen mill in CT.
My grandfather came about 1896. He worked in another woolen mill in CT. H married the youngest of the above 6 kids.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
smokincol 1/31/2023 6:16:19 PM (No. 1391638)
the "migrants" are being led by the communist activists within the administration of Captain America, Eric Adams and will be used as a pawn in their plan until they are no longer useful, which is par for the course for the demcommies and the card carrying commies hiding out, in plain sight, within almost every level of our local, state and federal levels of government
I believe this was the kind of situation which brought the downfall of the Roman Empire due to the influx of non-Italian, non-Roman citizens through conscription into the Roman military and the capture of slaves, later brought to Italy to serve the Roman aristocracy
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Historybuff 1/31/2023 6:24:52 PM (No. 1391645)
Leave them on the sidewalk. It will be 3 degrees on Saturday.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 1/31/2023 7:01:03 PM (No. 1391673)
Commercials being broadcast are telling us that illegal migration is a human right. No it's not. But Lame Duck and his minions say come on in. Now the illegals are telling us that a fully furnished home is their right. No it's not. Go back where you came from. No one invited you, except Lame Duck.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
danu 1/31/2023 7:17:22 PM (No. 1391682)
some of our posters here have better ideas; however: here are the ones we are
looking at: the dimwits at state dept gave el savador, PRI -era mexico etc. tonnes of free everything-
possibly for generations, allegedly to keep them from crashing the border night
and day, and twice on sunday. there were periods and policies to trim the
hand-outs down to essential staples like rice, which were met by screeching
ingratitude. where's the coffee and chocolate?? well. they have their own,
and brag it's better than ours.
and so it is, no good deeds go unpunished.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
bad-hair 1/31/2023 7:26:02 PM (No. 1391685)
Pile it on. Educated employable New Yorkers will make their way south as fast as their little feet can fly. Fill Manhattan with "no Inglese" illegals and see how long it takes for the lights to go out.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Sully 1/31/2023 7:52:06 PM (No. 1391693)
Infuriating. Disgusting.
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Fumigate that entire hotel with no advance notice.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
janjan 1/31/2023 8:50:06 PM (No. 1391717)
Illegal immigrants are demanding taxpayer funded freebies and privileges that American citizens don’t have. How Dare They. This is the most disgusting display of misplaced, totally non-existent entitlement I’ve ever seen.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
bighambone 2/1/2023 12:48:16 AM (No. 1391791)
History will record that during the Biden era in USA so-called sanctuary cities, that homeless US citizens slept in tents on the streets, and migrants (illegal aliens) slept in four star hotels. That’s an example of Biden era and “woke” leftist Democrat equity.
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Interesting that countries like Mexico don't allow foreigners to own property. We should be taking over Mexico and other countries instead of them taking over ours.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Clinger 2/1/2023 7:54:41 AM (No. 1391900)
Our rhetoric is broadcast for the entire world to see. "We" stole their land to begin with, "we" oppess them . Our wealth was stolen from them so they have every right to take it "back."
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It comes from the political party who encourages them to violate the rights and freedoms of Americans while giving them freebies that Americans must pay for.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Strike3 2/1/2023 8:47:04 AM (No. 1391946)
These "migrants" did not have the courage and ambition to rise up and overthrow the dictatorships in their own countries so I would assume they will not help Americans when we must conduct our own. They think they have lousy food now, wait until the government freebies stop because the government is gone. It's pretty difficult for Biden to deny his role in this illegal invasion when it began on his inauguration day.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 2/1/2023 8:54:47 AM (No. 1391950)
My maternal great grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with the clothes on his back, a small suitcase, and a brick of cheese to eat while on the ship from Poland. While on the ship, he learned basic English from others. He took a train to northern Illinois after he landed and linked up with family who were already settled. Within weeks, he opened a tailor shop and made a steady living making men's business suits. He never once mooched off of the government sugar daddy here. And by the way, after he memorized the Pledge of Allegiance, studied the Constitution, and took/passed the citizenship test, he became a registered republican.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
JimBob 2/1/2023 9:20:58 AM (No. 1391968)
My understanding is that a number of opinion surveys have consistently shown that recent migrants from central and south America vote 80% Democ'RAT.
That is the key.
The obvious 'Rat scheme is to:
1) Flood the country -particularly states that presently vote Republican, but by modest margins- with illegals.
2) Issue driver's licenses to the illegals so that they can "come out from the shadows".
3) Use (abuse) the motor-voter laws to register these illegals to vote when they are issued drivers licenses. My understanding is that in many states, the person getting the license used to have to sign on the form that they were an American citizen in order to be registered to vote. Apparently in many places this signature requirement has been replaced by a small 'box' that they 'check', no signature required. And to go one step further, in some places the 'box' is 'pre-checked' when the form is printed.
4) Democ'RATS sit back and enjoy a permanent voting majority.
My understanding is that Political POWER is the only thing that matters to the Democ'RATS.
That the open border is controlled on the Mexican side by the drug and smuggling cartels is OK.
That the cartels send a bunch of illegals to one area to distract the Border Patrol, then ship tons and tons of illegal drugs across the border at a different point.... well, that's ok too.
It's all about Political POWER with the 'Rats.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 2/1/2023 10:12:41 AM (No. 1392018)
I'm sure she knows this, but to answer Ms. Showalter's title question: Entitlement Mentality was born in the same litter as ADC, SNAP, and gifts from the benevolent Lyndon Baines Johnson. The act that began the welfare carousel, that never-ending poverty cycle. It also caused poor husbands to desert families so the families could get more ''welfare.''
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Speedypetey 2/1/2023 10:52:52 AM (No. 1392064)
I traveled the maquiladoras and factories throughout Mexico and they are family oriented, religious, great sense of humor, hardworking associates. They warned me a decade ago that we don't want the criminal and lazy migration wave they said was coming. They are correct.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Zigrid 2/1/2023 11:16:21 AM (No. 1392098)
Those future voters must be taken care of....given what they want so they will illegally vote for democrats...the battle for America has begun...and with our General....President Trump at the head of our force...WE will succeed....
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
AIRFORCE1 2/1/2023 12:41:57 PM (No. 1392193)
Let them all move in with Briden at the white house since he wants them here.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
red1066 2/1/2023 1:10:51 PM (No. 1392219)
Let's not leave out all those church groups that help many of these illegals get to the border and then cross it illegally. They then pay, at least for a while, for food, housing etc. The word goes out, "Come to America everything is free". All of these groups advocating for illegals are at least in part funded by religious organizations from church donations. So, the next time that offering plate comes around, question how much of that money is going to fund illegals.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
faceincrowd 2/1/2023 2:34:17 PM (No. 1392255)
Demoncrats been doing this sort of stuff for a long time. Remember that scene in "Gangs of New York" when the Irish were coming off the boats from Ireland? Being handed political pamphlets and encouraged to vote Demoncrat?
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
bighambone 2/1/2023 8:29:29 PM (No. 1392465)
Only in the USA could Biden and his crew set up a situation whereby homeless US citizens and veterans are sleeping on the streets in tents or in the open air, while the illegal aliens being called migrants to keep from hurting their feelings are given housing at taxpayers expense in four and five star hotels in so-called sanctuary cities.
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