Who will do the work without Immigrants?

Mrs Wolfie · Mayor's Aide Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 117

If we ban them from coming to our countries, who is going to jump and do the "dirty"work? Your thoughts...

MHJ · Mayor's Aide Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 118

They are already banned. It is just that the US decided not to enforce its own immigration laws and had not enforced them for over a hundred years

Mrs Wolfie · Mayor's Aide Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 117

So the question remains. If we do enforce, who is going to pick up for them?

bangfor1 · Mayor's Aide Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 88

There's no stopping them, yet it's up to the government to come up with an arrangement that everyone can live with, because it doesn't make both economical and humanitarian sense to put them behind a wall that they'll jump anyway.

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

Trust me, I doubt that anyone is willing to do the kind of odd jobs that they are willing to do for such little pay.

wotan · Congressional Page Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 2

If illegal aliens are deported and prevented from working here, perhaps we can go back to the old days when we had braceros. They came during the summer and left during the winter. Also many school aged kids picked strawberries and other crops during their summer breaks to earn money for school clothes etc. When a vacuum is created, something always arises to fill it. It might mean higher wages for Ag workers, but that wouldn't bankrupt the country. Illegal aliens by the millions will.

prue187 · Congressional Page Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 23

There is always a wrong connotion that American people don't want to do the dirty jobs. This is not the truth, In fact lots of us works for a little pay. It's just that the Illegal Immigrants are here If they earn 2 dollars per hour here they are making lots of money compared in their country. For instance I know that in some part of Asia a 2 dollars a day feed a family of five (2-3 meals). I know because I've been there and I did my research. Now employers here take advantage of them since they accept the low salary offer. It's not that we Americans are choosy or picky of the job this is not a fair thing to say.

reviewer · Mayor's Aide Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Posts: 145

Then why are the restaurant and hospitality fields full of immigrants - even when they do pay minimum wage or higher? There aren't enough Americans who want those jobs.

Beststash · Mayor's Aide Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 76

I hear many that like to talk about laws and responsibility but for the most part in this country we are very selective on which laws we enforce and which responsibilities we take seriously. It is clear to me that no one in government has any intentions of dealing with the illegal immigrant issue at any level for two reasons - prospective votes and cheap labor. All the other rhetoric is merely a political response to get the heat off of them as individuals or to portray being "tough" on the law. In reality the fixes are not that difficult but the fallout is tremendous. The lock down of continued illegal immigration is a direct blow to employers and those who have split families in this country - I can hear it now - "What about the children?" and be assured both sides will be lobbying hard to stop or diminish any real action.

I think it is time to stop convincing ourselves that anything REAL will be done (it won't) and start thinking maybe about how we can deal with the problems of legalizing 20M illegals and many more to be on their way. Healthcare is one of the major problems, crime another, education levels are still another - to play like there is a real battle taking place is just more of this sheeple mentality that we love in this country. No more time for this - I gotta go watch a reality show!!

Peace

deportliberals · Congressman Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 704

Beststash · Mayor's Aide Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 76

deportliberals · Congressman Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 704

Beststash · Mayor's Aide Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 76

deportliberals · Congressman Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 704

Anonymous Mind · Mayor's Aide Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 56 Location: US