In my midwestern suburban area, we have had a huge number of Chinese restaurants spring up over the last few years. Ten years ago there were 3 in a seven mile radius. Today there are almost 30.
These are not chain restaurants, but small, privately owned restaurants. How did these people get into the country, and how did they amass enough capital to open a restaurant?
These are not chain restaurants, but small, privately owned restaurants. How did these people get into the country, and how did they amass enough capital to open a restaurant?
OOPS!! I just thought Chertoff wasn't pulling the wool over everybody's eyes. Read post #14
How do Chinese people open restaurants??...#1..they get here on a visa..most are highly educated when they get here or they get their education in the states.#2 They work their ever loving ass off...the majority don't drink nor smoke like we do so that gives more money to the family and to their business endevor#3 They open a business(legally),pay taxes, raise their children to be obediant and assimilate to the culture of the nation they reside in.You will not see them rallying in the streets of American cities demanding rights that they are not entitled to.Mexican people generally despise them(from my personal witness...just thought I'd throw that in).The majority of the people will influence their children in the arts of society and they develope talent and are brilliant and become a success in business or arts.
The Chinese people would be a tribute to America.
They amass capital by hard work and an average savings rate of about 20%. With their exploding middle class (it was close to 5% a decade or so ago, and now is over 20% of the population), they're smart enough to have the new doctor in the family (who attended a US college, and made contacts) save enough to send his cousin to America to open a restaurant. The family works it together, keeping costs minimal, and sells for $30 what they would sell at home for $3. His extended family lives in much greater comfort here, he has a good life there making American wages alongside China's cost of living, and now BOTH are making $50K every year... and STILL putting 20% away. Wait until next decade when they're buying the rental homes in the suburban areas for the full-time income PLUS the property value increases PLUS the principal.
I dont' know how they get into the country. But I do know that it is almost impossible for a Russian woman to get a tourist visa to the U.S., because the U.S. assumes everyone trying to visit from certain countries will try to stay, unless they can prove they have enough interests in their home country to return.
So I suspect a number of them arrived here on valid visas that expired making them illegal.
As far as the capital, I don't know if an illegal can get this. But I heard one American cafe owner complaining about the new mexican restarant across the street. It seemed the government gave them a $50,000 grant to open their business and compete against him.
"These are not chain restaurants, but small, privately owned restaurants. How did these people get into the country, and how did they amass enough capital to open a restaurant?"
Well, not to get too paranoid or anything, but, restaurants have historically been great places to launder money or hide income from the IRS. Not saying that these people are doing this, but I know lots of places that are "cash only" businesses. Makes it easier to cook the books.