Re: A solution to the Illegal Immigration "Problem"
Agreed that it's not hard to find the illegal immigrants but right now, we're not doing enough to discourage the use of illegals. As for the farming sector, herein lies an important issue. The issue of food costs. People argue without illegals, our food costs will go up. But has anyone realized that maybe the costs of food in this country may not be at a realistic price and is merely the result of sweatshop labor and wages? We're just deceiving ourselves that this country doesn't exploit others. And I'm not really sold that agriculture can't provide food at current prices without the use of illegal labor. A lot of agricultural sectors get HUGE gov't subsidies even if they don't need them. It's corporate greed.
You have to start somewhere to correct this problem. No one ever said it will be an overnight solution.
As I've stated before, employers are just as guilty of this issue as illegals and I do believe they should be punished as well.
I don't know how true that last statement is. Just because an illegal is making money and paying taxes (assuming through someone else's SSN), doesn't mean he/she can't be taxing the welfare system on the side. There's no way to track it.
Originally posted by Miulang
Originally posted by Miulang
Originally posted by Miulang
Originally posted by Miulang
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