Illegal Workers are good for the economy

montage_ · Congressional Page Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 14

Illegal/"migrant" workers are excellent for American economy. People complain about them, but companies certainly aren't going to find red-blooded Americans willing to pick bananas for 18 hours a day and receive maybe $2 an hour. If you complain about illegal immigrants taking Americans' jobs, then why don't you go accept the same job. Oh, you're not willing to work for so little money? Well, how much inflation do you think it will cause when these companies who have been paying immigrants so little all of a sudden have to raise wages across the board? Consider this next time you go on a "damn immigrants!!!" tirade.

julian4239 · Mayor Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 211

I pretty much agree with you. I think there's an economic need for migrant workers. I guess the President's plan might be a good one to keep them legal. I just like to see that they pay taxes like everyone else. I don't think they should get citizenship or special short cut to citizenship.

geline · Mayor's Aide Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 51

Although I understand those Americans who 'get angry and upset' with illegal immigrants (and even online programmers) who tend to 'snatch' their jobs at a very meager rate sometimes what they say are also too much. They also have to understand that these people from third world countries also deserve to taste a little bit of comfort, they even risked their lives for this. As such, I hope the American government will treat them accordingly.

sam · Congressional Page Joined: 19 Nov 2006 Posts: 6

I agree, and they do work so hard for very little, but they also make a decent living supporting their kids and family, so I do not think that they should leave.