A DAY WITHOUT ILLEGAL ALIENS -- HOW ABOUT 365?

just uphold the law and see what happens

can take the jobs that illegals have now.

Diana

....are ''off the books'' jobs that pay below minimum wage. Day work, sweatshops, that kind of thing. You can't convert welfare recipients to those jobs because they don't technically exist, even though everybody knows they do.

This isn't just about illegals; it's also about the people who employ and exploit them.

You are saying that wages are being depressed but I'm also paying more in taxes because these jobs don't pay taxes. The jobs might have to come out of the shadows.

As to not knowing these jobs exist, people know they exist because they see them being done. They just don't necessarily know that they are off the books.

Diana

If you bring those jobs out of the shadows, the cost of the goods/services involved with those jobs will go up to match the higher labor costs, which could cause an inflationary ripple effect.

I don't know what the answer is. I do think that illegals who want to become legal residents should be given the opportunity to apply without having to fear deportation just for walking into the immigration office.

to invade

She came over once, was sent back (I forget why), then came over a second time. When it looked like she might not be allowed in, she jumped ship. Of course this was around 1912.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that many people who entered this country illegally have since become productive members of society and have raised families here. I think they deserve a chance to become legal residents, even citizens if they want to.

Is that wrong?

and then if not cought get a job and thats what your saying.
shes a lawbreaker.tell granny to pack her bags never know whos reading these forums

why is it ok to break the law josh?
your all over bush because you think he broke the law with wire taps(btw its not unlawfull) but when these invaders come in unlawfully your ok with it.

with more coming every day, you can't just be blase about it. There needs to be a solution. And letting people "jump the line" is not fair. There are people from other countries who have been waiting a long time.

Throughout history there have been "invasions" of this type. More often or not the unwitting "host" country has ended up subjugated. Uusually the result was NOT good.

come in the "right" way and a number of her friends came in the way she did?

Did she become a citizen? If so, how did she do it with no documentation?

Should we open our borders to all and sundry until there's no more room for anyone? The whole country looks like NYC?

People talk about prices increasing if the illegals are no longer doing the work. The wages will increase and the number of people working will increase along with taxes and social security income. It will cause a decrease in unemployment payments as well as welfare.

Hopefully it will be a wash.

Diana

....than the whole country looking like NYC. A lot of the country would benefit (IMO) from a little diversity. I don't think we should just open the floodgates. I'm just saying that the people who have already been here for some time and have made respectable lives for themselves and their families should be given the opportunity to become legal residents. Speaking of NYC, there's a statue in the harbor there with an inscription on it about the tired, the poor.....

That's a good question about whether my grandmother became a citizen. I believe she did but I'll have to ask my mother. Times were different then and it may have been easier to do it without documentation of legal residence.

say that
and if you come to the usa legally its no prob.
but if unlawfully enetered your invadeing.
your so easy to overlook the law when its convient to you.

Didn't you have an "Illegal" snake a few months ago?

i didnt bring it in to country ileagally, was found because of being uncovered.
not because i went out of the way to bring it into country.

but then again you just got to be you.

Your statement

your so easy to overlook the law when its convient to you.

There are more laws than laws about immigrants. If it's convenient to overlook one law, why isn't it convenient to overlook all laws?

You don't mind overlooking laws about "possessing" snakes but object to overlooking laws about immigrants.

I appears you use laws when convenient (to you)

i didnt have a choice if i let snake go it would have died.

to bad you equate the latino invaders with snakes. seems you dont see the irony of it then again your just an other non american seems your vies about this should be considered for what you are.
the snake didnt have a choice
thes unlawfull people do.

was talking about the number of people per square foot.

Diana

before he passed away. He didn't know much, said all his father told him was that his father's grandfather said his father swam "the river" and settled in Tennessee. No hispanic blood/relationship, but some American Native Indian intermingled, so maybe he swam the Mississippi or the Saint Lawrence river and became a undocumented US citizen.

... is allowing law breakers to skip to the front of the line ahead of law abiders. Never a good idea.

get rid of welfare and all the other social programs (or limit them to citizens) and deny them employment, then they'll leave of their own free will.
The two reasons that these illegal aliens cross the border for are the opportunity for wages above what they'd earn in Mexico, and guaranteed support from the US government.

Last week my wife went on a afternoon doctors appointment at a hospital and while there started having sharp pains in her right side. They wheeled her to the emergency room for evaluation as a possible appendix attack. They called me at home to come. At about 11:00 that night I was outside having a forbidden cigarette in a smoking zone sitting on a lamp post base when I noticed a white lady in her 60's coming out of the emergency room on a 3 wheel battery type chair. She pulled up to the back of her vehicle, a SUV with a rear raise up hinged type door, and began unloading stuff from her wheelchair. Now, I have seen many type vehicles with power assist for wheelchairs, but this one didn't have such a luxury. After unloading, she hesitated, took a good gander around, then to my surprise she bent over and lifted the whole 3 wheel vehicle into the back of her SUV. I'm thinking, good grief, that must weigh at least 100 pounds. I don't think I could lift it in my younger days. Wondering what kind of disability she has. Perhaps she just needs it to replace walking and looked around to see if there was anyone else to help her lift.

The wife is ok for now. They did a CAT scan and said she had a cyst on one of her overies(sp?), but that should have not caused the pain. Sent her home as unknown for the pain, but to come back if ........

the plantation owners aren't fully responsible for the welfare of their slaves... the rest of the country is.

Good point, and pretty much the same as mine. These companies are taking advantage of this type of distressed laborer, and also at the expense of American citizens who don't want the company to treat them in the same manner. It's understandable the illegals are coming here if even with the downside of less than a citizen deserves to expect they can make a better living than back in Mexico. The biggest problem encouraging illegal immigration are these type of "cheap---" employers! I do want to see the government go stronger after the companies involved in this illegal use of foreign labor.