# Where are the illegals going? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827 "2009-08-18T08:17:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![contradancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@contradancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/contradancer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/1 "2009-08-18T08:17:19Z")
I wondered where a lot of the illegals were going now that the job market is so bad, and some states have e-verify. I knew some of them have gone back across the border, but many of them, with children here, don’t want to do that. Well, guess what? They are moving into your neighboorhood. My son lives in a nice condo building in Chatsworth, CA (very close to LA). In the last few months he has not been able to find a parking space in the underground garage because they’re filled (permanently) with junk cars loaded with people’s possessions. these people either have relatives or friends in the building or groups of them are sub-letting from people who want to sell but can’t. Also, the grassy areas are now covered with dog poop, which was never there before. I guess these people are hoping that the jobs will come back and are staying in the country. Meanwhile, they are gradually bringing down the value of these condos and will eventually turn it into a ghetto. I picture groups of them sleeping on the floors and with no maintenance these places will be almost worthless when real estate does recover. anyone else seen this or something smilar? ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/2 "2009-08-18T12:44:43Z")
> [@contradancer](#): > > Also, the grassy areas are now covered with dog poop, which was never there before. Some would say these dogs are simply pooping somewhere American dogs don’t want to poop. I disagree, and I think we should deport them. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/3 "2009-08-18T13:10:58Z")
> [@contradancer](#): > > Well, guess what? They are moving into your neighboorhood. We don’t have any underground parking garages in my neighborhood. We do have some poop. I blame Canada Geese for that. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/4 "2009-08-18T14:00:16Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > We do have some poop. I blame Canada Geese for that. I hate those illegal immigrant geese, coming here to have their babies so they can stay in this country! They need to go back to where they came from! ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/5 "2009-08-18T14:05:28Z")
And here I thought fags were the new niggers. ---
**Author:** ![contradancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@contradancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/contradancer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/6 "2011-09-19T18:23:44Z")
I know, it’s always funny until your living space is invaded. And as an aside, I think the gay people in the building would be offended by your remark about niggers and fags. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/7 "2011-09-19T18:29:23Z")
You live in the garage? ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/8 "2011-09-19T18:46:16Z")
You know how you want to say something in a quick reply but you just can’t think of the right remark? Wow. Two years, **contradancer**? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/9 "2011-09-19T18:49:38Z")
> [@gregorio](#): > > You know how you want to say something in a quick reply but you just can’t think of the right remark? Wow. Two years, **contradancer**? It was such a priceless remark that added oodles to the thread! Glad I was here to witness it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/10 "2011-09-19T18:59:09Z")
Maintenance staff for our complex mentioned additional dog poop and non-residents caught using the laundry facilities will be procecuted for trespassing. The culprits are presumably illegals. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/11 "2011-09-19T19:13:06Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Maintenance staff for our complex mentioned additional dog poop and non-residents caught using the laundry facilities will be procecuted for trespassing. The culprits are presumably illegals. Yesterday, I found an expired jug of milk in the back of my fridge. I, being a God-fearing, red blooded American, always drink all my milk, leaving none to spoil this way. Clearly, there is only one logical explanation: illegals. THEY TOOK RRRRR JAAAAWBS. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/12 "2011-09-19T20:28:28Z")
How exactly can you _tell_ that these people are illegal immigrants? Do cats hiss as they pass and plants wither at their touch? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/13 "2011-09-19T21:13:19Z")
The spots are “permanently” occupied has nothing to do with immigration. It’s because the car’s owners fell victim to the C.H.U.D.s. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/14 "2011-09-19T21:25:56Z")
The OP said that they were moving into my neighborhood, but I live on the East Coast, so I’m confused, am I supposed to be living in a parking garage in CA? ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/15 "2011-09-19T21:47:22Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Some would say these dogs are simply pooping somewhere American dogs don’t want to poop. I disagree, and I think we should deport them. Laughed at the above. But serious response: Could these possibly be people, legally here, who lost their homes due to foreclosure and now must rent? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/16 "2011-09-19T22:30:25Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > THEY TOOK RRRRR JAAAAWBS. I can’t figure out if this is talking like a pirate or talking like a zombie. I’ll pretend that it’s a Zombie Pirate! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/17 "2011-09-19T23:31:09Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I can’t figure out if this is talking like a pirate or talking like a zombie. I’ll pretend that it’s a Zombie Pirate! It is a South Park reference. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/18 "2011-09-19T23:38:53Z")
I got the reference earlier, but now I think I’d rather pretend at Zombie Pirates. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/19 "2011-09-20T01:24:10Z")
Did I get lost on the way home? My neighborhood is full of illegals now, not just low-income losers who shit where they sleep? I guess I gotta get out more. Where’s the OP been? Out of the country for the last two years? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827/20 "2011-09-20T01:33:23Z")
> [@contradancer](#): > > I guess these people are hoping that the jobs will come back and are staying in the country. I’ll bet they are just cashing in their 401k’s and kicking back. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-illegals-going/506827.md?page=2)