NYC Migrant day laborers struggle to find American Dream
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- Опубліковано 27 бер 2023
- Dozens of migrant day laborers gather on the streets of Woodside, Queens every day, hoping to find work for the day. FOX 5 NY spoke with some migrants about their struggles of finding stable work and making ends meet, despite risking everything to come to the United States.
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NYC isn't even easy for regular citizens.
Exactly! Like get tf outta here!!!
And he doesn't speak English.
Temporary jobs agency office looking for temporary workers in NY and other states
That’s what I’m saying
How can theses people survive in NYC?? There’s already thousands of illegal immigrants in the city. This just adds to the problem.
Struggling like Americans already is the American dream 😂💯
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Yup..
Merikkkan dream is for crakas.
Why would wytes make merikkkan dream for minorities let alone negr03z lmfaooo. Uhduhhhh
Come aboooaaaard, we're expecting yooooooooouu!!! The Looooovvvve Booooat!
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The audacity of these people who crossed illegally to expect work to be handed out to them
At least they're looking for work I'll give them that.
@@garcjrsome are just sitting around drinking. Women making more babies when they can’t feed themselves. How does that make sense to come here for this?
To migrants: there is nothing better than your own countries, where you grew up, where you have relatives and friends. Forget the “American dream” BS, dreams can be only personal and you can truly achieve them in your homeland.
American dream is no more😂 our own citizens cant even find work or afford anything. To bad for them right now.
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Exactly!
Such a preposterous news story. They are illegal. Deport them. Disgusting.
That’s what im saying which american dream
The Democrats did this. Should've secured the border.
"That's why its called the American dream, because you gotta be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin
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Good & Real answer 💖
Jobs have been disappearing since the boomer generation and they were the well-educated ppl. What brainiac thought America would profit by bringing in millions of unskilled laborers?
Y'all have only added millions more homeless and more crime to the streets.
@@margaretgreen-cs2gy no its not real..ask the presidential of Goya!! His family had nothing and now he is a millionaire!! Just lazy and want things handed to you
Why they dont create the Venezuelan dream and leave our sacrifices for our citizens.
My wife who is from the Philippines was shocked when i told her that life in America is much harder than she was told. Travelers there always have money, so they actually thought all Americans are rich and never struggle. She was completely surprised when i told her there is a homeless crises here. Just like these people they are actually witnessing the REAL American dream. Everyday is a struggle and there is no end in sight.
They all think the grass is greener and that is not true.
I think those days are gone. The cost of living is to much here for the small amount these people will make.
I was just as surprised that 6 men pay rent for 150 square foot room. And I was thinking a SRO Single Room Occupancy was terrible. A step backwards for someone established in the workforce. But many people are doing it because the rent is so high. I can't imagine one other person let alone 5 other people. But many other countries have this setup!
They watch too many American movie with beautiful homes and cars . I know many who say that oh in my country I watched movies and America looks so beautiful.
@@domingodelgado3944 The mother and children get every thing for free. The men work off the books for un taxed cash. If they don't get badly hurt, or gamble or addicted they can save the cash...they can buy a house in their lifetime and have equity to move up. We are paying for their Dream. I hope they make it. The garbage will stay garbage and fall behind and probably go back home where they can live on much less.
What's really insane is when they do find occasional work you just know the money isn't reinvested into America, but sent back to the homes they left, why else would a mother of 3 children leave them behind in her native country
There's nothing wrong with that. We live in an global economy.
@@duancoviero9759 STFU. They aren’t even getting taxed or contributing.
@@duancoviero9759 there is a huge problem with that actually. It’s sets up a false economy in the country these migrants are from. These countries become a nation of remittances supported by the dollar. That is not good at all.
That is the reality of migrants today as opposed when Europeans migrated. Most latino migrants come here for the dollar. So the fear that they will replace white Americans and change the culture is groundless.
@@duancoviero9759It fucking is...That money is supposed to be taxed and goes towards programs like Aid for dependant families, Socail Security and Veterans Benefits...
How do you think American citizens feels. We’re looking for jobs too.
No, they settle for whatever they can get which is usually grueling, menial, under paid jobs and remain poor in a different country. Life continues to be extremely hard for them.
@rz Poor as in their incomes do not cover their vital needs. This is in comparison to the federal poverty line guidelines set by the US federal government, which uses annualized income to determine eligibility for government assistance for US citizens (undocumented immigrants are ineligible for welfare/gov't aid). So, if undocumented immigrants aren't poor in their home countries I'm sure coming here is a serious culture shock. Because upward mobility is a serious challenge for undocumented immigrants; they do not attain higher incomes the longer they work and live in the USA. As for housing, they often live in illegal unsafe tenements with several generations under one roof. This proved to be deadly twice in recent years, first during the covid lockdown. In NYC, neighborhoods with the highest concentration of undocumented citizens were hit hardest as the conditions in these communities help to easily spread the virus quickly. Then again in 2021, Hurricane Ida killed several undocumented immigrants who were living in illegal basement apartments. As more undocumented immigrants keep coming, these conditions will get worse and unsustainable.
And most Americans are looking for jobs because our own politicians took em away because we didn’t want venom juice stuck in our veins during convid
@Theme Park Steve yep and standing on a street corner the work isn't always going to find you.
News like this should be spread to all Central and South American countries so people know what they're getting themselves into.
It won't work. They will hear $150 a day and come. That's what they make in their country in two weeks. They just don't understand cost of living is also higher here.
Your absolutely right!
Build the wall.
Exactly ❤
How are you seeking asylum due to your country being dangerous but you leave your kids? This is all BS. They don't need asylum. They are coming because they think that they will be able to make money in which case they need to get in line with everyone else that wants to come. They don't realize that the ones who came before them drove wages down. No one is going to pay them a living wage. That's why Americans don't get hired.
As an American citizen living in New York City, with a college degree, I tell all undocumented/illegals the same thing: America is not really a place where you move up alone. And the American Dream is dead. You're seriously better off in your own country, unless you like to struggle. I have a good life but only because family looks out for me in my beautiful three bedroom apartment. But how long can we afford it? Inflation is getting worse, and salaries in America don't pay great anymore....
Talk that shit
It’s true I don’t chase any American dream . I live simple . Used car , basic office job , go thrift shopping , live below your needs type because I know by chasing I’m just stressing .
DING DING DING. Live a minimalistic life and it’ll be easier. Simple is better.
If you move out of NY you can live pretty good.
If you have no money or experience racism then it's the state that YOU LIVE IN which is a hardcore liberal Democratic state. These liberal fight each other everyday then blame other people across the country for what they've done. Stop being stupid and look in the mirror. There's a lot of corruption and racism in Democrats state.
How the heck can a mother just leave her 3 kids behind and travel thousands of miles. That is so messed up. She needs to get home and Raise her children.
Better than those parents who traffic their unaccompanied children, but not by much.
@@cynthiagonzalez658 who know what's happening to her children. She's not there to protect them.
@@Arellano-zc5vb
Maybe extended family...
She left her kids with Family. Hey, many working Americans leave their kids with nannies! Same...
She will leave the kids with the grandma and by the time her kids are 15 they are on their own . In those country a teen is basically grown . And for them they don’t care that woman will be married to another man here by then
This isn’t the 1980’s. With inflation and high cost of living these days, it’s very difficult for anyone to survive
Inflation was high in the 80s. Also the oil industry crashed. Houston went from paradise for all to a mass exodus of workers.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😊😊 bingo I don't know why they still allowing them to flood our states with this bs notion smh same here in Baltimore Maryland they flood social services and get seen qiuck while us whom are citizens all our lives can't even get what we should period we could go to there country and do the same could we
except for the 1% that are out to eliminate everyone below them.
@Grandmaĺovesmebest Doesn't matter. Cost of living was extremely low. Gas and housing were dirt cheap and you could buy anything you wanted at an affordable price. Stop trying to act like the 80s was even remotely comparably difficult to today
@@DRHOLEEFOOK I hate when they want to make it seem like the 80s and 90s were terrible decades. But yet, every person I interacted with said that those decades were the best in term of crime and affordability.
Let their countries takes care of them. Millions of USA citizens are struggling and homeless and our government needs to take care of us the American citizens first.
Those Citizens don’t want to work, they’re on welfare or unemployment, there’s so many jobs available, they don’t need to be taken care of, they need to work and take care of themselves, but people don’t want to get a job beneath them, it’s laziness
Agee
They don't want them!!!
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our streets are f...king littered with homeless Americans and the USA, is just allowing them to die on the streets. It's f...k'd!
Hell, Americans have been facing that same struggle for quite some time!
When I enter the US the immigration officer start questioning me for 5 minutes, like I am a criminal. Only allows to enter after I proved I have money, and paid accomodation, and return ticket.
How these people are still in the US???
Why the immigration office is not doing anything??????????????!
I blame the politicians for giving them false hope.
Democrat politicians
No they never listen even if you tell them
No? How about the Cartels making 500 million a month moving them here? 30% of women and girls are raped, so go missing before or after crossing, this is just the beginning of disgust. Sex Trafficking is way up, cartels pick them up and slave labor or sex, learn about grow operations in northern and southern california, 1100 in one county
I blame American movies and TV. It glorifies the American life. Everybody in America is rich if you watch TV.
I blame Biden for letting them over here in the first place.
Their tactics are old fashion lol. They have this entitlement already. "There was work in my own country, I should have stay there" Bro Americans are struggling, even with a degree. Plus we are in a recession and dealing with inflation. Taxes high AF especially in New York. A pay check these days is like a 360 music deal. Richest country in the world and avg salary is 50k. Americans are not living, we are just existing. Most(98.5%) politicians are just pleasing their big donators while common folks are either getting depression, robbed, killed(Guns), and used. Selfish ambitions is continuing to destroy America.
Well, if they had done the most basic research since they all have phones, what did they think was going to happen.
1000 %
@@cherryfireice8216 most of them have no information of what's going on in US in English because most don't know English, think for a second.
@@cherryfireice8216 no skills, no English. They come here with attitude and entitlement. NGOs are hugely responsible for this. How many average law abiding Americans do you see complaining about 'their dream'? Do they seriously expect Americans to be responsible for making their dreams come true? What about mine? My legal neighbor's?
@@thewwmm25 think again theres also Spanish media news not only English I'm guessing your a young buck you may not see other news channels cause you only speak English but they're a bunch of different news channels to keep people updated of what's going on in different languages.
The problem is they will work for little pay. Meanwhile, the ones who have worked hard to get trade licenses are losing their jobs to someone who doesn't even speak English. It's even getting hard for high school kids and recent graduates to get an entry-level job.
They come over here and take advantage of the free health care they get. It's getting to where I am a minority at the construction site and I'm American.
The woman said " i am doing jobs I've never done before" laying tile? no wonder building construction, food production, home improvement companies do such poor quality work. Thats why business owners want them here.
Food production? Does she practice goid sanitary? Or just prepare food without washing her hands?
There used to be skilled migrants that came across the border. Today not the case those countries are suffering from the same building trades deficit like we are.
@garcjr one guy said he wasn't working for no less than $26 an hour as an electrical apprentice. He didn't have tools or skills and couldn't read or write. But the staffing places lie in the application just to bring in some profit.
I hope their struggles are long and very hard and they go back home.
All these wishes are returning back to you like a boomerang ... if i cant give it i cannot receive it ... next time you complain "why me" think of your wishes for others..peace be to you
I'm so confused...why did they think finding a job here without legal documentation would be easier than in their own countries?
Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars each year in taxes - over $492 billion dollars in total taxes in 2019 alone.No it isnt easy but they will do ANY job offered .
Or not even bother to learn to read and speak english.
Because dementia Joe Biden gave them false hope and left the southern border wide open. You can blame the democrats for this.
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Who’s promising them these false things
As a foreigner I damn well know that today's America is not the Great America it once was.
Yeah, ruined by Democrats and progressives.
And we are damn sick of supporting the whole freakin world by our corrupt leaders! Get out!
I wonder why?
........because of all the foreigners.
La gran pregunta????...
Speaking as a Texan , we hope New York enjoys these gifts we have shipped to you. We have plenty more to send you as long as y'all keep voting the way you have.
We can't understand you Texan with Desantis manhood in your mouth like that.
@@duancoviero9759 like I said , enjoy your gift.
You know what we need a system like emiratis in Dubai have, a guaranteed income for US citizens monthly stipends, a home interest free, free education up to college, and free healthcare. Not socialism or communism. It would be funded just like how Alaska funds it citizens with the oil dividend but on a larger scale. This will unite all Americans no ethnicity classification, no race classification, just nationality. As Americans
@@eccentricmma898 that is completely doable and would be amazing because it would definitely eliminate all the race and class comparisons. It would allow people to truly be free. Something that those in power don't want at all.
@@duancoviero9759 right because they want us divided, they divide and conquer. The WEF and the elites.
In Los Angeles we find this hardworking people hanging around Home Depot parking lots looking for work; but most of them are lazy wise guys trying to stretch a small job into a week long assignment and expecting a $100 or more for their one-day shameless performance. FSLN
I remember when I used to live in Mexico and telling the locals how it really is here and them not believing in me or being shocked by it. Sadly some locals would be better off in their own country than coming here illegally, finding work or even a stable life is TOUGH out here, even for the ones born here.
Facts
Same here, people from taixtan michoacan mexico. Treated me like shit, when i told them . The USA has homeless veterans
Honestly, US got one of the lowest unemployment numbers in the world, lower than France, Finland or even Germany, and the same as Norway or Australia. The problem is not enough work. The problem is not enough low-skilled jobs. I'm pro-immigration and I don't blame them for coming, I would do the same had I been born in Latin America...but 80% of Mexican immigrants have either high school diploma or not even that. Only 6% has bachelor degree and higher (both claims are from Pew Research Centre Survey in 2016). If there is a country where you can become a millionaire without college it is the US, but if millions of millions of uneducated people that don't even speak English come through the border what do you expect them to do except cleaning your pool or working in Mexican restaurant? This is not to shame them...but...yeah...that's the reality. Look at Indian immigrants or even African immigrants especially from Nigeria. They come here either after getting university diploma or complete it right here and then take high paying high skill jobs, you don't see them begging on the street. There's only so much low-skilled jobs the US can offer and over 2 million people in 2 years...that's fucking nuts, considering the fact that even low-income Americans exist + the inflation forced even more people to have a second job. And you know who's to blame for this chaos...
👏👏 BRAVO👏👏
@@naverich4603 i know a teacher that sell drugs in taixtan, michoacan mexico because he said the show breakig bad.. his name is arturo
That same teacher, doesnt believe that persidents run for office.. DONT CHEAT IN SCHOOL AND MONEY SHOULD NOT ALLOW YOU TO PASS. Past and present and future
Stuff like this destabilizes finding a job for legal citizens, nobody wins in this scenario it just raises the bar for the average citizen and destroys everyone’s chance
And because you Americans are lazy racist motherfuckers, that's why we Latinos come here to steal your jobs and fuck your wives. cry cry cry snowflakes 😂😂
This is another reason why the birth rate is down. Imagine not having enough money to raise kids only for them to grow up and not be able to find jobs of their own
Wanting a better life is not the same as seeking asylum...chasing a dream is way different than fleeing in terror. Just saying!
The other day on Roosevelt Ave in Queens there was a line of people about 150 long waiting to get free food. Remember our politicians aren't experiencing this and their actions caused this.
Exactly, politicians are mostly rich and they may be out of touch with most working class people. Some people who are OK with mass immigration are somehow having a NIMBY attitude towards immigrants living in their own neighborhood. The Martha's Vineyard fiasco lays bare that sentiment.
Democrat politian's are filling the country with more and more illegal migrants
@@abellyold4859 Nah. They are working for the rich parasites who use them for cheap labor and rent them apartments which is why a rat infested slum apartment in LA is $2000.
Please remember we are in a active invasion on America soil don't help it's treason
Yall voted for the Biden administration
Unfortunately it's better to struggle at home than to struggle abroad
And invade countries that you water the sovereignty of; they don’t even respect America
huh?
Facts
@@karlthomas2360 since you a little slow let me explain it to you familiarity is always more comfortable than unfamiliarity. If you suffer in a place that you grew up in and know everything about it is a easier remedy then going to a far away place that you don't know anybody and nobody's going to help you and you're suffering how about now you get that
@@paultheiiiblah blah blah. You're full of crp.
So the employers hiring illegal workers are not worried about being fined?
$150 per day....is $18+/ hr if working 8 hrs. Wtf. Americans dont get that for unskilled labor!
Plus they are not paying taxes
An average American is not living the “American Dream.” It’s not the same. 😢
The American Wet Dream
@Theme Park Steve like u😂😂
WAIT! As they all came through the border, didn’t they all say “we’re running for our lives”, “we are starving in our country”, etc. Now, it’s, this is not the American dream!?
..🤣 SMH.. THOUGHT THE GRASS WAS GREENER .. BLAME SOCIAL MEDIA AND REALITY SHOWS
Make it make sense
Your reading too much into the clickbait headlines😊
.. FOUR CINEMATICS THAT CAN PREPARE THE AVERAGE IMIGRANT FOR COMING TO AMERICA , AND NO , ONE OF THEM IS NOT COMING TO AMERICA .. ROOTS , MALCOLM X , SCARFACE AND THE WIRE ✌
well they are permitted to change their story being thought by democrats who just want them to have lots of babies who will likely vote democrat
Regular citizens couldn’t even find it. Everything is so expensive. A lot of layoffs. People can’t even afford to buy a house after working so many years because everything is so expensive like food, rent, etc.
Yea I used to live in USA but now I’m back in my country. I make way less than what I use to make in USA but here I’m happier cuz I’m not lonely and I don’t gotta pay $3000 for a closet and sharing my living space with 5 ppl
Hey at least you got an option to live somewhere else.
Thanks for that perspective. You have hard won wisdom.
@@janemorrow8802 you’re welcome. Idk y ppl r trying so hard to go to USA like it’s heaven there. What’s so heaven when you have criminals running the city high tax $h!tty roads rude ppl and other adversities that u gotta deal there. I’m so glad that I’m back in my country. I’d never wanna look back my usa days even if they offer me a green card I’d never wanna go back there ever again it was my worst nightmare. And ppl seem to think like there’s no other option to live a life worth living than USA when in actuality there are tons of other places that offer much much better life than USA
I don't feel bad for anyone except the homeless Americans and victims of the constant natural disasters throughout the country. God Bless America(ns).
Most homeless are homeless because they are crackheads or lazy bums. America needs hard working people.
I'm working 4-5 days a week living in a tent with two college degrees, no criminal record, and no drug addiction. I just got tired on the constant stress of barely affording rent. My college education did nothing for me except plunge me into debt.
@@dreaminez472 No one cares about your college degrees. Companies looking for electricians, plumbers, carpenters etc. Hard working builders. Your college is a scam. Nothing else.
Keep working hard you’ll get there
Well they should go back home and take the lazy blacks with them
I'm Latino and when my family in Guatemala tells me they wanna come over here i let them know we suffering down here to. All these migrants think we got it easy out here but we don't. We struggling just like everyone else
They forget how many Americans had to die for the privileges we have today.
Too
Yeah but not to many people leave, because here you'll away eat..
Aquí los pobres tienen carro, iPhone, son los más gordos que están.. internet gratis o casi gratis.. y andan con los últimos jordans.. pero sufren porque viven la apariencia
@@GregMoress stupid comment. Matter of fact ignorant comment. How do they survive not working for generations? Welfare was changed to limit of five years under President Bill Clinton. Your is just another ridiculous comment. A trolling comment!
Especially these younger males and maybe older ones, too (like the first man appeared to be), will likely turn to crime of various kinds when time goes by and they can't find sufficient work; perhaps some will return to their homeland. But, I could see by the ones nearly mobbing that car, that they are hungry/aggressive. Also, they will become prey for many types of predators. The women are very vulnerable and have no caution or wisdom.
I am currently in college, and my major is laboratory management, with a minor in biology.
New York is one of the highest paying states for my chosen profession. I was planning on moving to NYC once I get my degree and bring my skills to the city.
However, seeing what Mayor Adams and his gang has done to NYC, I'm sadly reconsidering another state. Unless, the next Mayor rectify this situation.
Migrants coming over to find work? I'm an American with a bachelor's degree and can't even find work
Those are not migrants! They’re illegal Aliens/ invaders.
I'm a American with no college degree and I found work at Amazon
You have to learn to lower your expectations in order to survive outside your parents house.
How is that possible with 10 million jobs available? SMH
Warehouse aka exploitation plantation
$150 a day tax free is better than most starting pay!
Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars each year in taxes - over $492 billion dollars in total taxes in 2019 alone. 50-75 % find a way to pay State and Federal taxes . They want to work , they want to contribute to the country.
Yes it actually is. I doubt they work a full 8hours as well.
Once a week if your lucky that’s not making it .
about half of them do pay taxes when it comes time to file. It makes it easier if they do qualify for a legal status later on.
@stevenroshni1228 half???? That's a overstatement!
Bro has no respect leaning on someones hard earned Mercedes and they come wanting the dream without being humble and knowing how much it cost to have rights and uphold your truth here! 😮😂
One experience I’ve had is that they all said a price of 150 a day and no one’s allowed to drop their pay scale they are united
If they can't find jobs they will be desperate and start breaking into cars, homes, businesses etc... I know they are already doing this, but it will get worse. Doomed for sure!
And sell drugs to survive
Exactly imported poverty equals a crime wave eventually.
That’s my biggest concern
This is hilarious. So if you were an educated professional you didn't do the slightest research on what day to day life is like in the U.S., bother to learn rudimentary English, or have any plan? It's like a giant Home Depot parking lot.
compaines don't accept degrees from many countires
Most foreigners have bough into the ovrused hype that US is the land of opportunity and where everyone can become rich, they don't even realize many American born citizens are struggling living paycheck to paycheck, and when they come here and realize the truth, it's like their world comes crashing down because most of them move here without a set plan to go back home until they make it well financially.
Some of these claims lack credibility.
If I moved to a foreign country in search of opportunity, I would be working hard, very hard to learn the language. That is the first and most important job skill you need.
So true! That makes a major difference! 😊
The sooner they realize "It was all a dream" (in my Notorious BIG voice) and that's it, the better!! 💯
Well I'm glad they are realizing that the American dream they thought they were going to get being here is false. I hope they tell their people back in their country what they are struggling with here in the USA. Wish them the best and luck
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American dream is not false... you can succeed here in this country and millions do so.. If you have a skill, at least graduated high school and speak some English you can find work here.... The issue is that these people are illegally here and has no right to work... I'm not a whiny leftist fool who blame American dream or America when lawbreakers are suffering consequences...
@@angelamunoz2889 but American dream is true 😂 my family members have succeeded in usa 🥰🤣
People think they're woke, the dream is for the politician.. NYC receive almost 1 billion to deal with the asylums seekers.. it wasn't the family who lie to them.. is the politician.. o you really think Erick Adams is such sweet heart???😂😂😂😂
@@lilamayoral1031 thats why they have American dream 😂😂😂😂🤣😂 send all illegals to nyc
"They are professionals, went to college and got a degree..." Yet, they never figured they would never find a job here without legal documentation, unless it's under the table or something.
It's hard to get sponsored in NYC. heard from friends who applied to countless jobs who just didn't have the money to pay for the sponsor.
Unless you're an engineer, I imagine that a literature degree or even a communications degree just isn't enough
Went to college & got a degree . . . But wasn’t taught common sense.
Went to college and got a degree but still looking for a job here.
@@dylanm3181 but even tech companies are laying off people now.
Undocumented work wasn't really known, of what I saw in the news during 80s, 90s. Most likely it was there but wasn't on the news. Only paid in cash work I heard and saw. From construction work, physical work. The Downtowns in all states started finding out about undocumented workers during the early 90s. I believe it slowly dragged the wages down. Because owners don't want to pay full price when u can find a hard working cheap undocumented for half a price
People think especially immigrants think they will be just like Ahmed getting off the plane in NYC, becoming a Stocker at a 7/11 then becoming a billionaire. Those nyc dreams are 1: 1000000. Everyone wants a bite of the apple.
I've never leaned on a Mercedes benz that comfortable in my life.
😡😡me neither nor would I ever.. Unbelievable
They need to bail. The cost of living is out of control.
There hasn't been such thing called American dream, Never.
Wake up, people!
I'm sick of them everywhere tryna sale overpriced candy bars like it's the 80s...hope they get the message and leave the same way they came because I'm tired of my taxes paying their way
😂😂😂 yasss 5 dollars they can kick rocks
😂@ over priced candy, an that shit looks old too.
I couldn’t imagine embarrassing myself like this, have some pride and dignity in yourself and go back home and fight to make your own country better for the future of your countrymen
^^^ .. HERE COME THE PATRIOTS. ..SMH.. GUESS MR BRADY GONE SIT THIS ONE OUT
EXACTLY 💯
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Easier to ride others coattails as u scream about bootstraps and hard work. They don’t really have the will to fight for change.
Yeah these people are pathetic
@@citizencoy4393 exactly the issue
Why are you reporting this? Shame on you fox 5 NY shame on you!
Earning $150 a day cash with no deductions like state and federal tax, ssi, family leave act is like earning $225, not a bad living.
Americans themselves are struggling to find the American Dream 😂😂😂
The American Dream? The American Joke of buying a house that renters/squatters can live for free?
somebody needs to tell them that the dream died a long time ago, now the dream is to work to pay the bills.
No one forced this on them. There are many who are born and raised in America struggling to make ends meet.
What background checks are done on these people vs what they deny citizens for?
They shouldn't have come. The United States really does need to have a worldwide education campaign to tell people that the U.S. is not easy.
Fresh out of the PANDEMIC and we invite hungry broke downtrodden people to our already struggling economy city this is insane
Vote bank!
makes no damn sense
Glad some of them are realizing that it’s not paradise here, like they thought, hope they tell all their friends back home the truth, so they stop coming
Im sure they are being paid under the table so they dont pay taxes to support themselves
Construction sites don't want em. No one is letting a migrant that doesn't know what they are doing on their site.
I've always wondered why do migrants think so highly of the US. It's not what yall think. YOU are literally on your own here. Greatest advise is to take all of your talents and working skills to other countries that will gladly accept you. 😊
Was great in the 80s and 90s theyre better off laying in a beach in their homelands and just doing enough to eat a meal a day or two
The wytes make it look dandy😊😊😊😊. Because it is dandy for the wytes. No? Hahah
@@travelandeats8518 🤡
Right....there OWN country!
@@travelandeats8518 because it’s dandy for us lmao the envy is horrific
I am 32 and grew up around this area in Queens. I am confused as to why American news outlets are choosing to report this now, when it's been like this in the neighborhood since I was 11. Sometimes it's worse than others, but seeing ppl lined up since 4/5 in the morning has been the norm for me since childhood
Facts…. Why now?! Let’s see the agenda….
The rest of the country doesn't know...
Because their coming over by the millions, not by the hundreds when you came over.
The democratic party wants them here for cheap labor, and votes 🗳️. Thats why they made it a big deal not to have an i.d to voteZ but that failed miserably. Anything this administration touches fails miserably.. the illegals were bought here with no solid plan. Thats why we need a border wall and process in place so it is not like this. Now they will be forced to commit crime if they cant find work smh
Because it’s MUCH worse now. Before they used to stay in a couple areas in Queens and for the most part they were self sustaining, shared apartments with several people but were able to support themselves somehow.
Now they are in MULTIPLE areas all over the city. They are burdening the shelter system and it will cost millions of dollars to house, feed, provide health services and education for their children in the long run.
This is our Tax dollars, so it affects all of us.
I live in México, i have no need to leave my country own my home , my car have savings in the bank , and i could Take a few days off work without Being scare , own my business , there no need for the american dream i could make 150 dollars in 3 hours of work !
It’s hard to find a job even if you’re a well educated American
That’s what happens when you act with no real plan. You know what happens when you try to build something without a conclusive plan? It falls apart.
Heck i don't even go on a day trip without a lot of planning, and these folks didn't even bother.
Most don’t have a choice, they come from places where they get harassed by gangs and often in fear of their life. If you had a chance to go somewhere you never been to potentially find something better you would take it
@@frannie045 i’m an immigrant from a Third World country are filled with violence and poverty, so if anyone knows it’s definitely me. At the same time you got to come here the correct way. There’s a reason there’s a system set in place for immigration. You can’t just have a whole bunch of people flooding into the country without having the resources to take care of them.
@@frannie045 also, how do you know those same people who were in the gangs and are hurting people aren’t the same ones coming over illegally as well
@@cherryfireice8216 oh they know Uncle Sam will take care of them.
The only difference is we have to pay rent/food/iRS . No free things for Americans citizens
Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars each year in taxes - over $492 billion dollars in total taxes in 2019 alone.
You don't have to pay taxes. Work for cash.
I’ve been trying to find the dream from I arrived, legally over three decades ago….I’ve never known much beyond struggle. Hopefully they’ll share the secret to the American dream.
What made them think that they were gonna be helpd before Americans.The people picking them up for jobs should get in trouble.
It’s almost like these people saw what America looks like thru the eyes of influencers… You know it’s bad when someone says they should have stayed in their home country.
But he hasn't left, wonder why
It’s hard for legal people! 🇺🇸 not the same
Right, Laser, it's much worse for Americans, they are blamed for their situation. Migrants are housed and fed and given health care, education, and encouragement.😢
People voted for it.
@@ChatBloom BINGO!!!!!!
@@sunshineandwarmth The American Dream? The American Joke of buying a house that renters/squatters can live for free?
.. SMH .. THEY MUST HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE SCARFACE 🤔
Somebody forgot to tell them that there is no American dream, ever. All lies.
Time to return home, even Americans can't find the dream.
Well, now you know. Grass isn't always greener on the other side. We have problems in this country too. It isn't a utopia like foreigners think it is.
Yeah these guys didn’t know it’s 4 dollars for a bottle of water and 20 dollars for a sandwich
It’s been hard for everyone to find a job those days.
Nope. I got 2 jobs cause no one is looking.
BS. Everyone is hiring right now because woke generation don't want to work.
There’s no American 🇺🇸 Dream anymore that ship 🚢 has long sail lol 😂
Right wtf. Our own citizens and people cant afford stuff or find jobs. And that guy said he would of stayed in his country. Hes always welcome to go back😂
@@LiKWiDjay facts
Your not wyte that why you type that lol😅😅😅😅😅😂😮
Go to Ukraine 🇺🇦.......they git all our money
The American Dream? The American Joke of buying a house that renters/squatters can live for free?
What MADE them think America will give them Job to do??? There are lots of laid off everywhere!!!
Even Americans stopped believing in the American Dream
I’m from America … I’ve been trying to find the American dream as well ..
As An American Citizen, If You Have The Will You Can Achieve The American Dream! You Don’t Even Need Talent; Just Look @ Most Of Today’s Young Entertainers.
@@AndriaaLeoLove Ohh shut up
Good luck trying to find the "American Dream". I'm 53, born here, and STILL haven't found it...
Smells to me all the way in Connecticut You must not be a wyte? Smells like that
I found the American dream... going to space and mining for resources.
im almost 60 and still did not find the American dream, neither did my ancestors who helped build and defend this country.
The American Dream? The American Joke of buying a house that renters/squatters can live for free?
@@tiggercares Why did you not find it???
There is no more American Dream... just a Nightmare
In guatemala ive visited many times ... people have work they dont go hungry ... no drug zombies in the street , no tent cities . They paint the USA like a dystopian place which is not ... its a declining country , they should stay home !
It’s not just coming , if your illegal , don’t speak the language, no diploma or experience forget it.🤷♀️and those that have all of that still difficult.
Business owners will fire citizens and rehire illegals and pay them cash. No taxes. Simple.
Crime will become the only option soon.
Facts
And the governments response will be tyranny for all of us
Based.
yep
Then prison ....
Wait, she leaves her kids behind. That is not a asylum
seeking.
Boy were they duped. There hasn't been an American dream for years. The more people that come the more competition. Its going to get worse
I was born here and that dream is not what y’all see on TV & Hollywood.
The real question is, how did you make it all the way to NYC? As if it wasn't other countries and states in between that could've had work? Last I checked, liveable wages aren't even the minimum wage of the US. Especially NYC, where everything is overwhelmingly crowded and overpriced.
Aren’t you aware of the governors from Texas & Florida.. the bus loads of Migrants that they transported from Texas/FL to NYC months ago?…
@@antonioa6518 That's in the last few months, the issue of illegals swarming NY and the northeast has been ongoing for years. It's an issue which can be blamed on Bush Jr. and Obama for granting clemency via DACA and DREAM.
Sanctuary city.
Florida has over 1 million illegals living in the state!
@@antonioa6518True..but they voted for it so let them share the burden as border states do.
Didn't anyone tell them nobody wants them here,so why would anyone give them a job under the table we in a daaamn recession Btwayz U can't even work 4 food let alone for money. 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Nancy Pelosi said we need immigrants to pick the crops and do jobs Americans won’t do the rich need house keeping
I experience this first hand. I live on Queens Blvd and take the 7 on 69th street everyday. There are literally thousands of people fighting for a few cars who are exploiting them for low pay for contractor/ moving work. I mean who are they to blame though for their situation? They chose to come here illegally and know not only are they living a safer life but they know the consequences of their choices.If they were expecting everything to be sunshine and rainbows they have another thing coming. Especially with how Covid effected us in the long run even people who are legally employed may not have a job tomorrow. I may have a steady job but I pay tens of thousands in taxes every year(which they don’t) and the govt doesn’t give me anything for my food and rent and for sure didn’t find me a job when I didn’t have one. There are vets who don’t even have homes or jobs. VETS WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE THEIR WHOLE LIFE. I truly don’t feel sorry for people who cheat the system because my immigrant grandparents and parents never did.
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How ironic they left their country cause there are no jobs only to come here and find the same situation
These migrants are just beginning to understand the struggle of living in the US. Remember they don’t pay rent, food, healthcare right now because the City and State is paying for hotels and emergency shelters with additional services that cover all their meals and medical needs. Imagine their situation with an empty stomach and being homeless because you can’t pay housing costs.
I also wonder how much welfare these guys are getting? He definitely doesn't look like he goes hungry. Illegal immigrants that come to the US get hundreds sometimes thousands of dollars for welfare. These guys and if they have families are living pretty good. The Americans are always put on the back burner if we need help. Sad country we live in.
Welcome to America. We experience this everyday
My family is American, counting back into the 1700s. I worked for a Bachelors Degree and a Masters Degree loan free. Because I knew it wasn't likely for me to find jobs that compensated me fairly, promote me based on merit, pay fully for "benefits" or keep more than select employees for over 1-2 years. As a matter of fact it is this turnover of staff in the pursuit of cheap labor that generates waves of immigrants and offshore workers, skilled and unskilled. I, for over 40 years, have not been able to live the American dream in the workplace. Right up until yesterday I struggle with workplace nightmares. The housing market is crashing, many of us "Middle Class" homeowners will be met with astronomical taxes because of the manufactured high housing prices, inability to move because of rising interest rates. We live on American dream streets and have not been able to wake up to balanced government budgets or regulated private industries that our tax payer dollars pay feed.