I have no problem with sending someone out of our country who by their very first act of being here, show disrespect for our laws by being here ILLEGALLY. If your first act in entering a country is to give the entire country a big hearty fuck you then they deserve to be brought to court, found guilty, sent to jail, then sent home when they are done with their time. Those coming into this country illegally are one of several things that are driving this country into the shitter.
I have no problem kicking illegal immigrants out.. The law is the law and it should be enforced.. this is why I support the Arizona law. but the idea that illegal immigrants are driving "this" country into the shitter is just not supported by any evidence.
How the hell is a Latino working for below minimum wage driving the country into the shitter?
I think a far better case could be made that illegal immigrants are the one thing keeping the country from the shitter. Can you imagine how much less competitive our economy would be without this source of low cost labor??
And that is why regardless of the posturing by Republican candidates you haven't and won't see any change. The United States needs illegal immigrants. Otherwise why make it so easy for them to come in?
By allowing a business to not hire a valid citizen and thus leaving one less job for an american who deserves it.
Your counter point is all but a joke. First off the nationality of an illegal is 100% irrelevant. But they take jobs form legal citizens. Normally are paid under the table and thus do not pay taxes. They spend little of their money back into the economy with most of it being sent home. In other words they are a huge drain on the economy.
incorrect on so many levels...
1. A business has no desire to hire an illegal over an American citizen. In fact they'd rather hire the American for obvious reasons such as wanting to avoid breaking the law. Businesses don't want to break the law if they don't have to. Moreover, it sounds like your problem is with the business doing the hiring. If as you say Americans want these jobs there is nothing precluding them from getting them. Go stand outside the Home Depot or wherever, take jobs as nannies, become contractors or whatever.
2. They spend little of their money? How do you figure this? They aren't exactly making so much money they save very much. Do they send some money home? Of course. But most of their money is going to be spent in the US on the basic necessities.
You want to think illegal immigrants are a drain on the economy but the reality is they are a big plus which is why the United States lets them in. Someone has to do these jobs and Americans aren't going to do them at those wages. Its the same situation in Europe. Of course, the United States can't very well admit this.
There is a long tradition in tough economic times of scapegoating and blaming/kicking the ones below you.
