A lot of people, I suspect, still think of illegal laborers as cash only workers picking lettuce in California. What I don't think some people understand is that a lot of illegal aliens work for corporations and get paychecks with forged papers. I am not trying to minimize the impact on our society, nor the expense to our social system, but what's really weird is that these 11 million people actually contribute to the economy in a big way.
The reason these people are here is because there are jobs available. The reason there are jobs available is because that sector of the economy needs them. The reason that sector of the economy needs to hire is because it is growing. If the govt lets 'em come in, the campaign donations keep flowing because the PACs members keep making money. Therefore, why close the border?
What a fine mess our government has gotten us into. By ignoring the problem for so many years we now cannot live with them, and we cannot live without them. Good job, Congress.
Interesting story on CBS news yesterday. Two years ago AZ had 680,000 illegal immigrants. Today, that number has declined by 100,000 primarily due to the actions of the Maricopa County Sheriff ( I never said he wasn't effective!). What is the initial impact? The demand for rental housing is drying up, and landlords can't rent their houses. And the landlord they spoke to was a white guy complaining that he is a citizen and the crackdown means he has 7 unrented houses. Even though he knew they were illegal renters!
BTW, the reporter also mentioned that the illegals were not going home, but fleeing to % less wages than you would otherwise, and they pay taxes, and are required to conform to use rules in housing, and all the other processes that they normally would do we would be just fine. But they don't and employers employ them because they are cheaper than dirt, and that means the employer makes more money.
So who should we be blaming here? Who benefits when the illegals get here? Once we go after THOSE folks, and put THEM in jail, THEN we will see a decline in the importation of slave labor..need I remind everyone that paying cash wages is illegal...we have laws to correct this, but we are using the wrong mode to correct the problem. I don't blame illegals for trying to better themselves, but if when they got here they couldn't get a job..this would all end in a heartbeat.
BOON,
With all that said, if you were the AZ Gov, what would you do to remedy the situation?
1. Enforce the current fed laws.
2. Enforce the new AZ laws.
3. Ignore all the current laws and make the city/state a sanctuary city.
4. Crack down on employers.
5. Build the wall and enforce it.
You brought up all good points, just like the rest of the concerned people.
But if you enforce any of the above, you will be on someones attack list. Tough choices sometime. I lived on the Mexican border for a couple of years, and everyday I would watch
these people come accross that Cali border, now that state if financially paying the price
for saying YES to everyone and everything....
We need tough people to make tough choices to a tough situation....so what would you do?