RkFast Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/17/13333450-no-papers-no-fear-illegal-immigrants-declare-themselves-on-bus-tour?lite
IDBillzFan Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 You don't understand. They didn't ask to be born somewhere else. It's not their fault! Get On The Inherent Injustice Tour!
GG Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Sure glad that the efforts to defeat Bush's immigration proposal eliminated the immigration issue. Keep up the good fight GOP.
Joe Miner Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 http://usnews.nbcnew...n-bus-tour?lite Of course the bus for these 40 people is a church bus that seats 12.
fjl2nd Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 I agree wholeheartedly with the title of this thread.
WorldTraveller Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 That's ok, If not this year sometime very soon, GOP continues with same immigration policy that it has today, will never ever win another presidential election, and the whole country will become a Progressive Utopia like California. Yep, that will be awesome!
DC Tom Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 On the plus side, this makes it easier to deport all of them. Just take over the bus and drive it south.
Chef Jim Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 I wonder who's funding this. I didn't see any mention of it in the article.
B-Large Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 To be Fair, we don't really have exisitng law on the books that deal wih this kind of stuff....
Chef Jim Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 To be Fair, we don't really have exisitng law on the books that deal wih this kind of stuff.... That deal with what kind of stuf??
B-Large Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 That deal with what kind of stuf?? It was sarcasm
Chef Jim Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 It was sarcasm Crap, I had my fingers all limbered up to reply to response to that.
B-Large Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Crap, I had my fingers all limbered up to reply to response to that. Oh, yeah, I know you did.... lol
Fan in San Diego Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Becareful what you wish for when it comes to this immigration issue. Lets assume for a minute that the Border Patrol seals up the border perfectly and no illegals are able to cross. Lets also assume that Immigration nabs every illegal in the country and deports them. The California farming industry woukld come to a screeching halt over night and the US would experience food shortages. Without illegal mexican workers picking the fruit and vegatables farmers would not be able hire workers for the back breaking work at such low pay. The probable outcome is that they would have to pay $20 to $30 an hour to attract American workers and the cost of fruit and vegetables would sky rocket. Not to mention the affluent Americans in California would have to start cleaning their own houses and that would make them grumpy and call for easing up on Immigration issues to allow Mexicans to come to California to work here. So unless an immigration plan takes into account for these issues they are doomed to fail.
3rdnlng Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 There is such a thing called legal immigration and documented workers.
Chef Jim Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) Becareful what you wish for when it comes to this immigration issue. Lets assume for a minute that the Border Patrol seals up the border perfectly and no illegals are able to cross. Lets also assume that Immigration nabs every illegal in the country and deports them. The California farming industry woukld come to a screeching halt over night and the US would experience food shortages. Without illegal mexican workers picking the fruit and vegatables farmers would not be able hire workers for the back breaking work at such low pay. The probable outcome is that they would have to pay $20 to $30 an hour to attract American workers and the cost of fruit and vegetables would sky rocket. Not to mention the affluent Americans in California would have to start cleaning their own houses and that would make them grumpy and call for easing up on Immigration issues to allow Mexicans to come to California to work here. So unless an immigration plan takes into account for these issues they are doomed to fail. Those jobs could be filled by people who had their unemployment, welfare, food stamp monies taken away. "Here's a job, you don't have to take it but you'll also no longer get handouts from the government" I remember when I was a kid we had migrant workers in the fields of WNY. Guess what, they were all Americans. Edited August 17, 2012 by Chef Jim
Fezmid Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Becareful what you wish for when it comes to this immigration issue. Lets assume for a minute that the Border Patrol seals up the border perfectly and no illegals are able to cross. Lets also assume that Immigration nabs every illegal in the country and deports them. The California farming industry woukld come to a screeching halt over night and the US would experience food shortages. Without illegal mexican workers picking the fruit and vegatables farmers would not be able hire workers for the back breaking work at such low pay. The probable outcome is that they would have to pay $20 to $30 an hour to attract American workers and the cost of fruit and vegetables would sky rocket. Not to mention the affluent Americans in California would have to start cleaning their own houses and that would make them grumpy and call for easing up on Immigration issues to allow Mexicans to come to California to work here. So unless an immigration plan takes into account for these issues they are doomed to fail. That's such a crock. There are plenty of Americans and documented immigrants who would take the jobs. Hell, my mom has worked in a hotel cleaning rooms and doing the laundry for decades -- and gets paid peanuts. So don't tell me that they'd have to pay people $20-$30/hr, because it's just not true.
Chef Jim Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) That's such a crock. There are plenty of Americans and documented immigrants who would take the jobs. Hell, my mom has worked in a hotel cleaning rooms and doing the laundry for decades -- and gets paid peanuts. So don't tell me that they'd have to pay people $20-$30/hr, because it's just not true. Yup. That vacuum created would do wonders for the US unemployment rate. Edited August 17, 2012 by Chef Jim
GG Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Yup. That vacuum created would so wonders for the US unemployment rate. Except it is true. Talk to anyone in the trades who need low skill manual labor. Americans won't touch that work.
Fezmid Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Except it is true. Talk to anyone in the trades who need low skill manual labor. Americans won't touch that work. I still call BS. A coworker's son is doing landscaping over the summer and isn't getting anywhere near $20/hr. More like half that. Is it more than the illegal immagrants are making? Sure. But it's not $20-$30/hr either.
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