> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Garza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: immigration question > > At what cost Paul? Illegal immigrants are one of the largest drains on our > economy... Each year they "export" billions of dollars back to Mexico and > Central America that are untaxed. We already pay for their health care
Of course they couldn't export those funds if people did hire and pay them. Mexico is exporting cheap labor pure and simple. You want to curb that issue make it a felony to hire and pay illegal immigrants. I see no percentage in making existing as an illegal immigrant a felony. Honestly I don't see a "nice" way to keep people from trying to get in. The only thing that will do that is for the quality of life in Mexico to reach American/Canadian standards. (Sending back illegals without their thumbs might also work but I doubt we'll go there.) There is some truth, however, to the idea that the illegal immigrants are taking jobs for rates that American's find unacceptable. We take advantage of that legally with all of the border-hugging factories (where the cheap labor lives in Mexico and the factory executives live just over the border). Perhaps there is a way to take advantage of the labor internally. I really don't know what the actual balance between increased numbers of the lower class and increased cheap labor is. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201567 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
