Guys, I'm definitely in agreement here, but can we get back on topic? (And I drifted off topic myself in my first post.) Can someone explain the defense of illegal activity? Do many Hispanics in this country really feel this way??
On 3/25/06, Jeff Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But it's not just "cheap labor" that they're taking. Sure they're working > the fields of California and Arizona, but they are also becoming general > contractors and construction workers. On a radio talk show here recently an > american electrician was complaing that 10 years ago, he was able to make a > decent wage, but that wage has now more than halved mainly due to the influx > of cheap mexican labor coming across the border illegally. He's having > trouble finding a job... The employers are hiring illegals and paying them > under the table... Also, if you cut off the hand that feeds, mainly the > employers, you'll find an even worse situation... Those that came here to > find jobs will turn to crime instead... > > I agree that being an illegal in this country should be a felony with > deportation as the minimum sentence and incarceration for repeat > offenders... I'm just growing tired of the compassionate response to these > people. If life sucks so bad in their own countries, they should band up > and make things better there. > > Fed up... > > Jeff Garza > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 3:06 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: immigration question > > > -----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:5:201569 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
