In a perfect world this would be the case, but it is not. (1.) Those that illegally immigrate to work. Sure, they work for roofing companies, for example. There's no way an employer is going to hire an illegal when there are plenty of legal workers available for the job and this bill makes that all the more painful: $5000 per worker. If I"ve got a company that competes with another who's using illegals to keep price down, I'm gonna turn the guy in. We need hard workers and our borders should be open to anyone willing to work at a job that doesn't have a worker.
Not true. Lots of these employees will still hire illegals because they are working for less money. That does not translate to us saving money; it translates to the contractor making more money because he is paying less per "employee". Sure they take the risk of the competition turning them in, but I am sure that the competition is doing the same thing. (2.) Those that illegally immigrate to commit crimes. They're going to anyway, and this bill does nothing to help them. I agree with this, which is why we need to redouble our efforts on keeping people out. You know that news of this has already hit Mexico and if we start watching, I am sure they are going to see a steady stream of folks heading north. Do this, use the illegals we find to help build a wall to keep others out, then grand them citizenship for helping. Silly idea I know but seriously, we need to do way more to keep folks out. (3.) Those that already illegally immigrated and are working. Clearly we need them. This law will have them admit that broke the law and pay a penalty for it while still allowing them to "become legit", something that benefits everyone. Yeah, they are working illegally, which means they are not paying taxes, but are using some of the same social benefits that we citizens are entitled to. And how many of these "fine" folks have 5G's to throw around for fine? Have you been to some of the areas these guys live? I guarantee that they do not. And what guarantee to we have that after they receive their Z visa and have been here for 8 years that they are going to return to Mexico or wherever they are from and file the proper papers for their green card? We cannot keep up with folks that are here on expired student/worker/tourist visas now. I am not buying it. Looks like political posturing to me. The law, in general, should incent people to work for a living and this one does that. It will free up our border guards to focus more on criminals while giving America hard working citizens and that's a good thing. I agree that the law should give folks reason to want to come here. But there are too many holes in this one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235037 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
