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Originally Posted by escorpio
Breathing air is a crime? Most Mexicans come here to work hard and make a better life for their families. I have no problem with someone that breaks an immigration law looking to do that. Our system should make work permits and citizenship easier to obtain. Until they are, and employers contiue to hire undocumented wokers, the situation will continue.
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It's a funny, you know ... ha, ha!
Many States, including AZ have laws on the books that allow legal, screened workers to migrate here here for farm work, often seasonal when harvest time comes, then leave... See that's the issue they have.
I have no problem with people that work and pay taxes.. I support an immigration path for anyone that does this. But that percentage is very low..
I do have a problem with people that buck the system, don't pay taxes, use our system for food, shelter and healthcare, then fail to learn our legal system, refuse to speak or learn English... In the case of illegal Mexicans, they aren't putting the money back into our Economy, 95% is going to Mexico - they don't even store it in our banks, it's out of our system and gone.
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Originally Posted by escorpio
400,000 workers and consumers gone? That should definitely strengthen Arizona's economy! 
btw - where did you get that figure? |
It's already harder for illegals to get jobs here... then AZ also made laws on what Illegals could leech off the State. Direct welfare, healthcare, shelters, food banks, anything related... basically the stuff that is already under huge strain because of the economy - is now cut off from illegals.
Basically when you cut the real reason off they are here, they leave... those people aren't working, they're sucking off Arizona's Tit.
The number was something the radio has repeated a few times.. they have no real way to track it, so it's all estimates. But it's not hard to see when they filmed the food banks before and after, or you drive by the park downtown and you only see 2 homeless people in the park vs. a 100.
This has been a great help on the Economy the Police and Fire have responded to less calls involving Illegals already. The donation centers are finally able to start building up again and giving our citizens more of what they deserve. The hospitals are under less strain. They cost the system, far more than they put back in.
I'm sure the beer Industry is suffering... but this isn't going to put them out of business.