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'Pets are treated better than us': Migrants who spent life savings traveling from Africa to NYC complain they've been 'sold a dream by Hollywood - but the American Dream isn't like the movies'
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 01/04/2024 5:49:28 PM PST by algore

Migrants who spent their life savings traveling from Africa to NYC have complained that they have been sold a dream by Hollywood - but the Big Apple is not what they expected.

Hundreds of homeless expats, mostly young and middle-aged African men, were waiting in line outside a church on East 7th Street in Manhattan's East Village on Thursday, hoping to find a place to sleep.

Among them was Landry, 40, from Congo, who told DailyMail.com he spent his life savings of $9,000 traveling to the US, taking the difficult decision to leave his wife and 14-year-old son behind four months ago.

The military veteran had been hoping to land a job in construction but he's been unable to find work in the city and ended up sleeping on the streets in sub-zero temperatures after shelters ran out of space.

Conditions in Congo were 'terrible' according to Landry, with frequent fights between ethnic groups and oppressive laws - but he said life in the Big Apple has been 'even worse.'

'It's like prison here,' he said, speaking in French. 'It's negligence. We have no access to food, toilets, or anything. Animals live better here - pets in the street are treated better than us.

'The UN building is right there to talk about the problems around the world but look at all this on the doorstep... desperation and lack of services.'

'We were sold a dream in Hollywood films and TV, but the reality of life in New York City is not like the movies,' he said, adding that he had been bussed over from California.

Landry said: 'I cry and think, why did I do this? But it's too late. I spent my life savings coming here and now I can't get a job. What can I do?'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: aliens; bidenbordercrisis; deport; fakenews; illegals; invasion; notsendingtheirbest; shelter; tellyourfriends; wellbye
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To: algore

This guy was a military veteran? Where? In the Congo? I don’t see why that is relevant.


101 posted on 01/04/2024 8:18:21 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (America!Biden has turned what was one of the greatest documentaries into a one season retard sitcom.)
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To: algore

I think you’re thinking of this. Porno for Pyros.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE3OuHukrmQ


102 posted on 01/04/2024 8:19:24 PM PST by AloneInMass (You'd think there would be more similarity between "chain letter" and "chain mail".)
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To: central_va

I was wrong. TheCipher corrected me. See posts 34 & 42.


103 posted on 01/04/2024 8:22:55 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't match your biography, what good is it?)
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To: central_va

You are wrong about everything, as your graph shows Asians don’t vote the 90% that you claimed but the main point is the Vietnamese vote.

The Vietnamese vote Republican, don’t you even look at our posts to you?

“Around two-thirds of U.S. registered voters who are Filipino (68%), Indian (68%) or Korean (67%) identify as Democrats or lean Democratic. Chinese American voters are also majority Democratic (56%), while Vietnamese American voters tilt to the GOP (51% Republican, 42% Democratic).”


104 posted on 01/04/2024 8:24:30 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12
90,80,70,60 it is all bad


105 posted on 01/04/2024 8:29:03 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va
I don't have much trust in organizations like exit polling by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, or the National Asian American Survey.

I have more trust in Pew and would question why Vietnamese would identify as Republican yet produce the results those organizations claim.


106 posted on 01/04/2024 8:45:09 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Your trust of the Asain voters is in my opinion misplaced.


107 posted on 01/04/2024 8:53:06 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: algore

not our problem that you come from a craphole of a society, and have nothing whatsoever to offer this nation but complaints.


108 posted on 01/04/2024 9:04:28 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Mears

They came in from Mexico. They can go back home from there.


109 posted on 01/04/2024 9:05:13 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Do the math. L+G+B+T+Q = 666)
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To: algore

I think most patriotic American taxpayers would be happy to pay to send them back where they came from. It would be a lot cheaper (and safer) than letting them stay here.


110 posted on 01/04/2024 9:22:41 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: central_va

I don’t even know what you mean by talking about “trust” in their vote.

I know that they vote more conservative than other Asians and Orientals.

As NBC and other sources say “For example, Vietnamese Americans historically lean more Republican, while Indian Americans tend to vote more for Democrats.”

Here is a quote from an NPR article and the numbers they give for 2016 are from the hard-left Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, or AALDEF https://aapifund.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2016-Eve-Poll-Item-Slideshow-Results.pdf

“Trump also saw a drop in support from Vietnamese-American voters, historically a base of Republican support among the Asian-American electorate. While 54 percent supported Romney and 67 percent supported McCain, Trump only won 32 percent of the Vietnamese-American vote.”


111 posted on 01/04/2024 9:26:02 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Misled and misinformed: Why Vietnamese voters make up the largest Asian demographic in favor of Trump
https://stanforddaily.com/2020/11/10/misled-and-misinformed-why-vietnamese-voters-make-up-the-largest-asian-demographic-in-favor-of-trump/

Why are Vietnamese the most Republican-leaning Asian Americans?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/03/vietnamese-republican-democrat-politics-vote/

Why did Vietnamese voters in Orange County swing toward Trump in 2020?
https://www.ocregister.com/2021/03/07/why-did-vietnamese-voters-in-orange-county-swing-toward-trump-in-2020/

US election: Vietnamese-Americans prefer Trump to Biden — and the president has fans in Vietnam too
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3104015/us-election-vietnamese-americans-prefer-trump-biden-and

Support for Trump is tearing apart Vietnamese American families-48 percent of polled Vietnamese American voters say they prefer Trump to Biden.
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/10/30/21540263/vietnamese-american-support-trump-2020

Vietnamese-Americans more likely to vote for Trump, survey says. How are their liberal kids coping?
Out of all the Asian groups surveyed, Vietnamese was the only one that still swung right, reminding young liberal Viet voters of their disconnect from their parents’ views.
https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2020/09/21/vietnamese-americans-more-likely-to-vote-for-trump-survey-says-how-are-their-liberal-kids-coping/


112 posted on 01/04/2024 9:36:32 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: algore

I see another pain in the ass TV commercial telling you that if you sign up to send in $19.00 a month, they’ll send you an adorable, limited edition T-shirt with this guy’s picture on the front.


113 posted on 01/04/2024 10:14:50 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (America!Biden has turned what was one of the greatest documentaries into a one season retard sitcom.)
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To: algore

Bingo bango bongo, why did I leave the Congo?

Arrogant beggar. GO The F HOME!!


114 posted on 01/04/2024 10:56:23 PM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear; imabadboy99
"Lots of guys used to do that in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century."

True. Many of our ancestors were men who settled in the U.S. first and then sent for their wives and children later.

But, in those days, the U.S. offered more job opportunities. Today, many of our jobs have been shipped overseas, but these foreigners spend thousands of dollars to come here and work. They still believe our country is the land of opportunity.

115 posted on 01/05/2024 12:42:53 AM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

My wife is from the Philippines. She’s always asking if we can travel to New York, Chicago, DC, etc. All the big cities. I keep telling her that in reality, none of these places are like how Hollywood has portrayed them.


116 posted on 01/05/2024 6:03:40 AM PST by flatpickingflyer
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To: Mears

AND they are sending for ALL of their extended families and friends.

I read that approximately 42 MILLION want to come here and steal our welfare and the biden admin is begging them to come.


117 posted on 01/05/2024 6:16:35 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: algore

Recipients of the “How Dumb Do You Have To Be” award.


118 posted on 01/05/2024 6:36:45 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: algore

“What can I do?”

GTFO!


119 posted on 01/05/2024 9:01:39 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: algore

At this point I care more for my 12 year old dying rabbit than any illegal “migrant”.

Screw them. Let the bankers pay for them.


120 posted on 01/10/2024 8:36:07 PM PST by packagingguy
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