How to Be an Illegal Alien

An illigal immigrant Mimi describes in an article under http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0513,york,62456,2.html how to settle in New York within two weeks. In six easy steps she gives some useful advice what to do step by step:

• Seek your opportunity to get into the USA, either by boat or with American invitation with a tourist visa or even over the fence ;)
• Once you’re in the country try to get married. This entitles you to a green card and after three years to permanent residency.
• Find a job.
• If you don’t have a Social Security number and have to live off your tips, claim someone else’s identity – let it be your friend who will cash your paycheck and give the money back to you or a deceased U.S. citizen's identity your overtake the Social Security number from. Besides, there are workplaces where you can get cash in hand at a bit lower rate.
• If you don’t know the language, look for employment at your fellow countryman’s.
• Don’t leave the USA since with some luck you might be granted legal resident status.

Furthermore Mimi argues that the illegal immigrants don’t have a harmful impact on the U.S. economy: “We're just here to live our lives the best we can”. In fact they are the ones who toil for minimum wage to be allowed to stay in the country.

Mimi claims that altogether everyone is illegal in New York. The most important point she makes is that New York City was from the beginning of its history made up of immigrants and in this way illegal aliens are more natural and legitimate residents of the Big Apple that any other residents.

It becomes clear to us that there are certain methods for those who are determined enough. The point is that immigrants are not the baddies - they just want to live decent lives which is impossible in their home countries. And to achieve it they really have hard time in the beginning. Anyway, they don't came to us to abuse our social system, etc., but to look for better opportunities.