Path to Citizenship

[anarchy]

I am looking at the latest Immigration Amnesty that is a supposed compromise and all I can say here is another corporate give away. My heart goes out to the children of the parents who made a decision to break our laws and come here illegally and if anybody deserves some consideration it would be them. However, here is the bottom line Illegal Immigrants take jobs away from law abiding Americans.

Unemployment is now officially at 7.5% and is probably a lot higher when you count in people who have just given up looking for work. Now we are going to legalize a group of people who came here illegally to steal jobs from the unemployed. You will hear our "friends" in corporate America say the illegals take the jobs that most Americans aren't interested in. Oh really, maybe if they paid a living wage Americans would be interested in taking the job. Which adds to my final argument that illegal immigrants drive down wages?

So what do we do with all of the illegals here VERY SIMPLE? First we take away from them what Illegals want a job and we do that by increasing enforcement of our existing laws. ID verification must be a requirement and it must be accessible easily. Any employer found to have illegal employees is fined severely and the fines become progressive with each violation. Anybody arrested has their legal status checked and if found to be here illegally is deported. Illegals are denied the right to welfare, food, stamps, or any sort of public relief. Nonprofit organizations including churches must also check legal status before providing assistance if they don't they risk losing their tax exempt status. Basically the idea is that illegals self deport because life in the United States is now hostile.

We are a society based upon laws and I am sorry too many people who played by the rules need jobs and I have little faith in the government to solve this problem.

[Professor]

IBTL

BTW, I don't think that illegals "take away jobs" from citizens. They simply force citizens to find new (higher-paying) jobs. Interesting that the unemployment figures have not risen concurrently with illegal immigration numbers.

[The Dude]

They're taking jobs citizens don't want to do. I've yet to hear a citizen say "f**k illegal taking away my opportunity to pick produce in the 100 degree sun of the Cali desert."

[The Dharma Bum]

[The Comrade]

[exploited]

Canada has a minimum wage double that found in the States. My family has tried to find help for our farm, at roughly 1.5-2 times the minimum wage... 40 hours a week... that is a $30,000 a year job with zero qualifications required.

Guess what? We cant find anyone willing to work it, even with the highest unemployment rate in Canada. Most up and quit within a day or two. We end up having to bring in foreign workers every year.

[The Comrade]

hire me

[NAB]

[The Dharma Bum]

[exploited]