Must Read Article on Illegal Immigration

By: Lowell
Published On: 9/26/2007 6:34:40 AM

See herefor a must-read article on illegal immigration, no matter what your views are on this subject.  The experience of other American towns that have enacted legislation cracking down on illegal immigration is something I'd think everyone would be interested in.

Comments



Reaction to non-enforcement (relawson - 9/26/2007 1:34:02 PM)
This is a reaction to our Federal government's decision to simply not enforce existing immigration laws.

The problem is not that local governments are passing their own immigration laws.  Local governments passing their own immigration related laws is a symptom of the problem.

I think that the governments refusal to enforce the law is a symptom of another problem.  That problem is that big business has too much influence over government - and they don't want government to enforce the laws. 

But that is just a symptom of the corruption - caused by lax ethics laws and government officials being allowed to go on junkets.  A fact finding mission doesn't involve a massage and a game of golf.

I short, I think that ethics reforms - which Democrats dropped the ball on - would remedy many problems or symptoms of problems that we face.



ya know (TurnVirginiaBlue - 9/26/2007 2:37:20 PM)
trying to subtly claim the economy will collapse is just not based in real economic statistical fact. 


Neither (Just Saying - 9/26/2007 9:07:51 PM)
is trying to pretend that the 12 million undocumented workers are of no positive consequence to the American economy.

There are real economic consequences to this ongoing immigration debate beyond the "they cost us too much money" argument we've got going on now.

Deporting 12 million undocumented worker will have very real economic consequences that are negative, and we should be considering that as a part of the discussion.



Which is why no serious person talks about (Lowell - 9/27/2007 12:18:35 PM)
deporting 12 million undocumented workers.  The U.S. economy would collapse (so much for the fall harvest!).


you are not in economic reality (TurnVirginiaBlue - 9/28/2007 4:26:49 PM)
Ya know every single credible labor economist has illegal immigration as a net loss economically.  This is NOT a benefit!  You can pull some fake paper from some "advocate" site but that still is not going to defy the laws of labor economics or the laws of supply and demand.

This is incredible this "we're so hip" illegal immigrant propaganda now coming on major Democratic blogs that defies real economic analysis or statistics.  Facts be damned by God on this topic!  I don't find any scenario which will not look at real facts good for the United States and it's quite clear, the consensus is in, illegal immigration is a NET ECONOMIC LOSS.