Jan Brewer, immigration laws
#141
Maybe if we had an actual system in place, a fair market would exist. But we dont, which means that employers get to basically screw over the illegals who have to take what they can get. In other words, your wonderful 'free market' is one where you dont have a balance between supply and demand. Way too much supply, meaning the commodity (a human ******* being in this case) is either devalued or gone.
And frankly your arrogance regarding some of these jobs smacks of another East coaster who thinks he is middle class when in fact he's a rich more than someone from TX. Picking apples is not a 10 dollar an hour job. Operating heavy equipment, doing decent cement work, plumbing, electrical, paint, machine work, carpentry? Takes skill, and its hard work. Believe it or not, a lot of these supposedly unskilled, dumb illegals are pretty smart and skilled. As opposed to Mr. Manuel Labor that most people seem to picture.
You want to stop illegal immigration with a wall? Or by checking people's papers? 's
"Let's just shoot em at the border!" Good luck with that. You got nothing on these guys or this wall:
And you know how successful they were. People find a way.
Quick, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!", that wasn't just a speech against the evils of Communism, he was talking about Oppression as well.
The idea that illegal immigrants don't pay taxes is laughable. This is to ignore the fact that they pay almost every other tax except for income, ss (which they don't qualify for) and medicaid (also don't qualify for). They pay sales tax (local/state funding) and property taxes (which pays for education in TX). You want them to pay income tax then don't make it a crime to report the income. Also, the businesses pay their Income Taxes which are a function of their prosperity (and probably higher if they are paying employees under the table).
So then it's down to Medical Care? Our system is so jacked up (even more so now) and the illegal immigrants are the ones ruining it for everyone else? Sure. You go look at the type of medical care they get (the bare minimum) and then you tell me they are putting one by on the system. BTW not treating a patient in need is unethical in any country regardless of immigration.
So then there's the violence and crime. Most of the violence and crime that is blamed on illegal immigrants has is drug-related. The easiest answer for both countries would be to legalize all drugs and I don't completely understand why Mexico hasn't unilaterally done so.
So let me see if this is correct: The drugs are at least related to the violence. So lets make the drugs more available. Great solution.
Incidentaly, a lot of the violence just might stem from the fact that you have desperate people with little to no cash in an unfamiliar land with a fair amount of hostile people around. Allowing businesses to pay the absolute market minimum is probably not going to help that.
Seems like the hardcore Conservatives would also be for this, keeping the Government out of your life by legalizing all drugs. Hell, then they could tax em. Take a trip down memory lane and visit Prohibition versus post-Prohibition.
Or is this simply a case of Conservatives thinking that this is a good enough reason to stop someone from hurting themselves and therefor(e) mandates that the Government interfere? Ohh the irony.
Another economic long-term goal is growth, correct? What happens when your birthrate continues to decline? You have a dwindling youth supporting an aging population. This is already happening in Japan, which has a small physical barrier to easy immigration as well; ""One major long-term concern for the Japanese labour force is a low birthrate. In the first half of 2005, the number of deaths in Japan exceeded the number of births, indicating that the decline in population, initially predicted to start in 2007, had already started. While one countermeasure for a declining birthrate would be to remove barriers to immigration, the Japanese government has been reluctant to do so." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_economy
Retiring Baby Boomers + less immigration = a declining US Economy. This is not really the long term economic model I'd like to see.
So in conclusion, we are a nation of immigrants, like it or not (ask your local Native American if not). We need a well thought out immigration policy that maintains an easy flow of capital and labor to the markets that it will be most efficient in. Knee-jerk reactionary political-pandering laws do not accomplish this.
Chris
BTW I don't condone illegally entering the country but I would do it if I was stuck on the other side of the border.
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Guess what? No, you cant compete with someone who will do the same job for less than you need to get by. How wonderful for the illegal that he gets to do hard work for half what some other guy makes. Way to stand up for him. And how wonderful for the guy who has commited the unforgivable sin of living in this country with his family and needing to pay that mortgage and all.
You do condone it, and you just explained why. No **** we are a nation of immigrants. Maybe this time around we can also improve on histroy and exploiting said people quite so much. The only thing in here I agree with a sensible legal immigration policy. One that does not allow for the lowest possible wages would be a nice start.
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Most of the people who employ illegals know Spanish, so the language barrier isn't a valid argument. Everything in the border states is written in both languages anyways.
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Apparently you don't know what you are talking about. $10/hr is not half of what some other guy makes for manual labor. They might take skill, but they aren't "skilled" labor, and at least in the SE, none of them pay more than ~$10 +/- $2. I worked as a machine operator for years and only made about $11/hr, and that is considered about average for the area. Most of the jobs I have seen Mexicans in have been carpentry, landscaping, brick laying and roofing, none of which are "skilled" labor. Any Mexican I have worked with has made fair wages, same as "some other guy" makes.
Were the Mexicans here legaly? Good. Does machine operator translate to machinist. If so then you got fucked.
Exactly.
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??? No, machine operator a in heavy equipment. Like I said, all of the Mexicans I have worked along with have all been paid fairly, and none of them were exploited. Not to say it doesn't happen, but again, if they were legal like every other worker, they might get treated more fairly by those who would take advantage of them, and they would also have protection of laws. But when you have no paperwork, and technically don't exist, it's hard to get fair wages and representation. But the ones I worked with, I couldn't really say for sure if they were legal or not. Assuming makes me an ***, but I would have to assume most were not.
#146
Bingo. Thats why a workable system to allow people in is probably the only real solution. They dont get screwed, we dont get screwed. No good system in place gets us what we have now. Lettng everyone in basically screws half the working people and also poses a threat to basic order. And while I am pretty biased toward minimal gov oversight of pretty much everything, at some point you have stop maintaining ideological putirty and get real. People are not a commodity like lumber or wheat, and you do have to have certain basic protections. Just because some guy is slow does not mean that he should be unable make a livable wage in exchange for working his *** off, even if his job is not a MD or something. As a machine operator you made 10 bucks/hr more or less, which was not exactly the stuff of dreams but you can get a meal and roof for that in your area. This is the whole idea of the minimum wage. Open the floodgates and abolish that minimum wage and watch a lot of jobs pay 3 bucks an hour. You will then get a wonderful transient population who have little to loose by going to jail and not much hope of ever getting into a better situation. Hooray for pure capitalism.
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Its easy to say Americans don't want jobs that illegals pay, but when you consider the market demand, mandated wage rates, and a brutal recession it makes sense to say "Americans don't want the jobs illegals assume" because the market can't support the mandated minimum wage.
As for illegals recieving the bare minimum...they recieve the bare minimum through the "indigent" classification wich is most likely obtained through a lack of documented income and the care is a charity afforded by the free-market health-care system.
Naturalize illegal aliens, let them pay taxes, and I will applaud every one that "takes a job" from the American trash which lives off extended welfare benefits. $12,000,000,000.00 deficit means its time to get real rather than bankroll Mexico's poor.
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This is the whole idea of the minimum wage. Open the floodgates and abolish that minimum wage and watch a lot of jobs pay 3 bucks an hour. You will then get a wonderful transient population who have little to loose by going to jail and not much hope of ever getting into a better situation. Hooray for pure capitalism.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...040303141.html
#150
Exactly what about the word "illegal" do some people not ******* get? Enough with the ***** *** excuse "this country was built by immigrants"...yeah and how many of them went through Ellis Island to become part of this country? How many of them were rafting their happy asses over here and just ploping their *** on US soil and goign to work without any documentation? So stop with that bullshit "argument"...you simply cannot expect that **** to stand.
Yeah, so they pay a little sales tax...but what about everything else that I have to pay? When living here illegally, you can abuse the system all you want will little to no reprecussion. Need to go to the hospital? Fine..get treated, give them a false ID and never have to pay ****...it's not like anyone will ever go after them to force money out of them. Get arrested? Just wait to get out and never come back to face a judge or pay your fine. Try that as a US citizen and you lose your license, pay a **** huge fine and go to jail for failure to appear. What about all of them driving with no license or insurance? Every single time I have to drive through an area with a higher 'immigrant' population I have to get super-defensive with my driving because majority of them have little reguard for following simple driving laws.
And speaking of this country catering to them over others- A particular part of a particular road (Buford Highway to the others from GA, who will understand this) has such a problem....an epidemic if you will...of non-English speaking people running across a 5 lane road and getting killed that the GADOT spent $3 million on adding lit cross-walks, signals, street lighting and signage on a 3-mile section of road. Guess what? They completely ignore it and still get flattened like frogger.....by other illegals. Yet the GADOT could have spent that money on countless other projects that would benefit the people that actually contribute to the DOT's funds.
Don't naturalize them just because they are here. Send their asses back and make them come do it the right way, through the same processes that everyone else ever has. But even then, they'll still be forking billions of dollars over the border that will never be spent here.
And yes, it is easy for me to generalize about people in specific areas where I live..especially when you can see the masses of them just "hanging out" waiting to be picked up for odd jobs. There are places around Atlanta that you'd think would be on the Mexican border.
Yeah, so they pay a little sales tax...but what about everything else that I have to pay? When living here illegally, you can abuse the system all you want will little to no reprecussion. Need to go to the hospital? Fine..get treated, give them a false ID and never have to pay ****...it's not like anyone will ever go after them to force money out of them. Get arrested? Just wait to get out and never come back to face a judge or pay your fine. Try that as a US citizen and you lose your license, pay a **** huge fine and go to jail for failure to appear. What about all of them driving with no license or insurance? Every single time I have to drive through an area with a higher 'immigrant' population I have to get super-defensive with my driving because majority of them have little reguard for following simple driving laws.
And speaking of this country catering to them over others- A particular part of a particular road (Buford Highway to the others from GA, who will understand this) has such a problem....an epidemic if you will...of non-English speaking people running across a 5 lane road and getting killed that the GADOT spent $3 million on adding lit cross-walks, signals, street lighting and signage on a 3-mile section of road. Guess what? They completely ignore it and still get flattened like frogger.....by other illegals. Yet the GADOT could have spent that money on countless other projects that would benefit the people that actually contribute to the DOT's funds.
Don't naturalize them just because they are here. Send their asses back and make them come do it the right way, through the same processes that everyone else ever has. But even then, they'll still be forking billions of dollars over the border that will never be spent here.
And yes, it is easy for me to generalize about people in specific areas where I live..especially when you can see the masses of them just "hanging out" waiting to be picked up for odd jobs. There are places around Atlanta that you'd think would be on the Mexican border.
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I HERBY ANNOUNCE THAT I SUPPORT:
Drug runners; armed coyotes; drop houses; extradition; forced labor; forced prostitution of illegals; murder of Arizona citizens on their own property; assault on law enforcement officers.
That is all.
Drug runners; armed coyotes; drop houses; extradition; forced labor; forced prostitution of illegals; murder of Arizona citizens on their own property; assault on law enforcement officers.
That is all.
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yes I support all these things.
I would rather protect illegal immigrants' supposed "legal rights" than protect the natural and compact rights of the state citizens, governments and societies.
I would rather protect illegal immigrants' supposed "legal rights" than protect the natural and compact rights of the state citizens, governments and societies.
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I think the border would be a great place for the Army (or Marines/Navy/AF)to train and occupy time when not in war. Can you say live fire exercise? After the triple 7s start falling I guarantee no one crosses. Can't count the times those things saved my life.. literally.
#156
Pick any Katrina colony in the nation...we already have these people. Stroll through the US/Mexico border and you'll see the transient worker groups. Stroll through McAllen, TX and you'll ask why the US never built a wall. Stroll through el Paso and you'll get to hear about contract killing and black-mail murder.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...040303141.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...040303141.html
I lived on Gilbert RD in Mesa AZ, just south of the 60 for a year. I could go 5 lights North on Gilbert to say Broadway or so and pickup a dozen illegal workmen in about 15 minutes. I know exactly what you mean.
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I posted some stats before, but here:
The latest telephone poll taken by the Arizona Governor's office asked whether people who live in Arizona think illegal immigration is a serious problem?
95 % of Warrants in Los Angeles are for Illegal Aliens
83 % of Warrants for Murder in Phoenix Arizona are FOR Illegal Aliens
86 % of Warrants for Murder in Albuquerque New Mexico are for Illegal Aliens
75 % of those on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque are Illegal Aliens
24.9 % Of All Inmates in California detention centers are Mexican Nationals here Illegally
40.1 % of all inmates in Arizona detention centers are Mexican Nationals here Illegally
29 % (630,000) Convicted ILLEGAL ALIENS felons fill our state and federal prisons at the cost of $1.5
Crime Billion Annually
53 % Plus of all investigated burglaries reported in California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Texas are perpertrated by illegal aliens
50 % Plus of all gang members in Los Angeles are illegal aliens
71 % Plus of all apprehended Cars stolden in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California were stolden by illegal aliens or "transport Coyotes"
47 % of cited / stopped Drivers in California have NO License, NO Insurance, and No Registration for the vehicle of that 47 %, over 92 % were Illegal Aliens
63 % of cited / stopped Drivers in Arizona have NO License, NO Insurance, and No Registration for the vehicle of that 63 %, over 97 % are Illegal Aliens
66 % of cited / stopped Drivers in New Mexico have NO License, NO Insurance, and No Registration for the vehicle Of that 66 %, over 98 % were Illegal Aliens
Births
380,000 Plus "Anchor Babies" were born in the U.S. in 2005 to illegal alien parents, making 380,000 babies automatically U.S. Citizens 97.2% of all costs incurred from those births were paid for by American taxpayers.
66 % OF all births in California are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid by taxpayers
Illegal immigration Housing
300,000 plus illegal aliens in Los Angeles Country are living in garages
Nearly 60 % of all occupants of HUD properties in the United States are illegal aliens.
Illegal immigration TV & Radio Stations
14 out of 31 TV stations in L.C. are Spanish only
16 out of 28 TV stations in Phoenix are Spanish only
15 out of 24 TV stations in Albuquerque are Spanish only
21 radio stations in Los Angeles are Spanish only
17 radio stations in Los Angeles are Spanish only
17 radio stations in Albuquerque are Spanish only
Illegal immigration Schools
34% plus of Arizona students in grades 1-12 are illegal aliens and 24% plus are non-English speaking
39% plus of California students in grades 1-12 are illegal aliens and 42% plus are non-English speaking
In Los Angeles County, 5.1 million people speak English - 3.9 million speak Spanish
Illegal immigration Social Services
43 % of all Food Stamps issued are to illegal aliens
41 % of all Unemployment Checks in the United States are to illegal aliens
58 % of all Welfare payments in the United States are issued to illegal aliens
Less than 2 % of illegal aliens are picking crops but 41 % are on welfare
Illegal immigration Population
Over 70% of the U.S. annual population growth (and over 90% of CA, FL, and NY) results from immigration
Employer Profits
The estimated profit to U.S. corporations and businesses employing illegal aliens in 2005 was more than 2.36 trillion
Illegal immigration Taxes
62 % of all "undocumented immigrants" in the U.S. are working for cash and not paying taxes, predominantly illegal aliens are working without a green card
The cost of immigration to the American taxpayer in 1997 (last known calculation by Professor Donald Huddle, Rice University) was a NET (after subtracting taxes immigrants pay), $70 Billion per year. What are the 2006 costs?
The lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average illegal alien is $55,000 cost to the American taxpayer in a 5-year span. You personally pay $11,000 every year to illegal aliens.
JOBS (per Center for Immigration Studies - September 2006): Between 2000 and 2005, 4.1 million immigrant workers arrived in the U.S., accounting for 86% of the net increase in the total number of employed persons (16 & older), the highest share ever recorded in the U.S. Of the 4.1 million, between 1.4 and 2.7 million are estimated to be illegal aliens. Also, between 2000 and 2005, the number of young (16 to 34) native-born men employed declined by 1.7 million - at the same time, the number of new male immigrant workers increased by 1.9 million.
The latest telephone poll taken by the Arizona Governor's office asked whether people who live in Arizona think illegal immigration is a serious problem?
- 29% responded, "Yes, it is a serious problem."
- 71% responded, "No es una problema seriosa"
95 % of Warrants in Los Angeles are for Illegal Aliens
83 % of Warrants for Murder in Phoenix Arizona are FOR Illegal Aliens
86 % of Warrants for Murder in Albuquerque New Mexico are for Illegal Aliens
75 % of those on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque are Illegal Aliens
24.9 % Of All Inmates in California detention centers are Mexican Nationals here Illegally
40.1 % of all inmates in Arizona detention centers are Mexican Nationals here Illegally
29 % (630,000) Convicted ILLEGAL ALIENS felons fill our state and federal prisons at the cost of $1.5
Crime Billion Annually
53 % Plus of all investigated burglaries reported in California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Texas are perpertrated by illegal aliens
50 % Plus of all gang members in Los Angeles are illegal aliens
71 % Plus of all apprehended Cars stolden in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California were stolden by illegal aliens or "transport Coyotes"
47 % of cited / stopped Drivers in California have NO License, NO Insurance, and No Registration for the vehicle of that 47 %, over 92 % were Illegal Aliens
63 % of cited / stopped Drivers in Arizona have NO License, NO Insurance, and No Registration for the vehicle of that 63 %, over 97 % are Illegal Aliens
66 % of cited / stopped Drivers in New Mexico have NO License, NO Insurance, and No Registration for the vehicle Of that 66 %, over 98 % were Illegal Aliens
Births
380,000 Plus "Anchor Babies" were born in the U.S. in 2005 to illegal alien parents, making 380,000 babies automatically U.S. Citizens 97.2% of all costs incurred from those births were paid for by American taxpayers.
66 % OF all births in California are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid by taxpayers
Illegal immigration Housing
300,000 plus illegal aliens in Los Angeles Country are living in garages
Nearly 60 % of all occupants of HUD properties in the United States are illegal aliens.
Illegal immigration TV & Radio Stations
14 out of 31 TV stations in L.C. are Spanish only
16 out of 28 TV stations in Phoenix are Spanish only
15 out of 24 TV stations in Albuquerque are Spanish only
21 radio stations in Los Angeles are Spanish only
17 radio stations in Los Angeles are Spanish only
17 radio stations in Albuquerque are Spanish only
Illegal immigration Schools
34% plus of Arizona students in grades 1-12 are illegal aliens and 24% plus are non-English speaking
39% plus of California students in grades 1-12 are illegal aliens and 42% plus are non-English speaking
In Los Angeles County, 5.1 million people speak English - 3.9 million speak Spanish
Illegal immigration Social Services
43 % of all Food Stamps issued are to illegal aliens
41 % of all Unemployment Checks in the United States are to illegal aliens
58 % of all Welfare payments in the United States are issued to illegal aliens
Less than 2 % of illegal aliens are picking crops but 41 % are on welfare
Illegal immigration Population
Over 70% of the U.S. annual population growth (and over 90% of CA, FL, and NY) results from immigration
Employer Profits
The estimated profit to U.S. corporations and businesses employing illegal aliens in 2005 was more than 2.36 trillion
Illegal immigration Taxes
62 % of all "undocumented immigrants" in the U.S. are working for cash and not paying taxes, predominantly illegal aliens are working without a green card
The cost of immigration to the American taxpayer in 1997 (last known calculation by Professor Donald Huddle, Rice University) was a NET (after subtracting taxes immigrants pay), $70 Billion per year. What are the 2006 costs?
The lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average illegal alien is $55,000 cost to the American taxpayer in a 5-year span. You personally pay $11,000 every year to illegal aliens.
JOBS (per Center for Immigration Studies - September 2006): Between 2000 and 2005, 4.1 million immigrant workers arrived in the U.S., accounting for 86% of the net increase in the total number of employed persons (16 & older), the highest share ever recorded in the U.S. Of the 4.1 million, between 1.4 and 2.7 million are estimated to be illegal aliens. Also, between 2000 and 2005, the number of young (16 to 34) native-born men employed declined by 1.7 million - at the same time, the number of new male immigrant workers increased by 1.9 million.
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All of it apparently. That little word is my only real issue with any of this crap. Come in legally, or worst case scenario, find a way to make all of those illegals suddenly "legal" and I would have no more complaints. When else does the government accept something illegal. So far it seems like on this issue most of them just don't care, or are too dumbfounded to do anything about the issue.
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All of it apparently. That little word is my only real issue with any of this crap. Come in legally, or worst case scenario, find a way to make all of those illegals suddenly "legal" and I would have no more complaints. When else does the government accept something illegal. So far it seems like on this issue most of them just don't care, or are too dumbfounded to do anything about the issue.
It's all about accountability.
If you're here legally, you are accountable to pay taxes, appear in court, abide by the rest of our laws, be financially responsible, and hopefully a productive part of our society.
You are also afforded the comfort of full rights, and unlimited opportunities.
Truth of the matter is most of the illegals don't care to be held accountable. They like things just the way they are regardless of what Katie dumbbitch Couric tells you.
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I posted some stats before, but here:
The latest telephone poll taken by the Arizona Governor's office asked whether people who live in Arizona think illegal immigration is a serious problem?
95 % of Warrants in Los Angeles are for Illegal Aliens
83 % of Warrants for Murder in Phoenix Arizona are FOR Illegal Aliens
86 % of Warrants for Murder in Albuquerque New Mexico are for Illegal Aliens
75 % of those on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque are Illegal Aliens
24.9 % Of All Inmates in California detention centers are Mexican Nationals here Illegally
40.1 % of all inmates in Arizona detention centers are Mexican Nationals here Illegally
29 % (630,000) Convicted ILLEGAL ALIENS felons fill our state and federal prisons at the cost of $1.5
The latest telephone poll taken by the Arizona Governor's office asked whether people who live in Arizona think illegal immigration is a serious problem?
- 29% responded, "Yes, it is a serious problem."
- 71% responded, "No es una problema seriosa"
95 % of Warrants in Los Angeles are for Illegal Aliens
83 % of Warrants for Murder in Phoenix Arizona are FOR Illegal Aliens
86 % of Warrants for Murder in Albuquerque New Mexico are for Illegal Aliens
75 % of those on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque are Illegal Aliens
24.9 % Of All Inmates in California detention centers are Mexican Nationals here Illegally
40.1 % of all inmates in Arizona detention centers are Mexican Nationals here Illegally
29 % (630,000) Convicted ILLEGAL ALIENS felons fill our state and federal prisons at the cost of $1.5