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Immigration
May 22 2006, 12:58 PM EDT
I am a conservative voter from the state of Indiana and I take issue with the administration's policy for the following reasons:
1. People who break the law get a pass. I really don't care that there are 11 million+ of them. Where is the rule of law? Do we get to pick and choose what laws are convenient to obey? What message does this send to the counrty and the world? That American's are hypocrites who pick positions that are self serviing.
2. Illegal immigrants do jobs that Americans won't do- This argument serves those employers who also break the law. They get a below market labor cost that also drives down the wages for these jobs. The result is law abiding tax paying citizens find themselves turning down jobs because welfare pays better. The laws of supply and demand apply to labor just as surely as they do to the price of gasoline.
Let's quit glutting the labor market with lawbreakers.
3. Illegal immigrants contribute to our economy and tax base- Mexico's largest source of income is the money sent back by illegal immigrants in this country. These are dollars that don't buy American goods or services-they simply leave our economy. Most illegal immigrants already know how to play our tax system, so when they get a job they simply claim 10 or 12 dependents and have virually no tax deducted.

In summary we need to uphold the rule of law, employ low income citizens at livable wages and generate income that is spent in America and is taxed in America and stop employers from breaking the law of the land, The result of our failure to address this issue in a lawful, ethical manner will result in the breakdown of our system of laws ( illegal immigrants get to lie to the IRS and social security and get a pass while U.S. citizens who do this get sent to jail) and a complete loss of credibility in the world community. For evidence of this just look to how Iran mocks the USA
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RE: Immigration
May 22 2006, 2:33 PM EDT
"I am a conservative voter from the state of Indiana and I take issue with the administration's policy for the following reasons:
1. People who break the law get a pass. I really don't care that there are 11 million+ of them. Where is the rule of law? Do we get to pick and choose what laws are convenient to obey? What message does this send to the counrty and the world? That American's are hypocrites who pick positions that are self serviing.
2. Illegal immigrants do jobs that Americans won't do- This argument serves those employers who also break the law. They get a below market labor cost that also drives down the wages for these jobs. The result is law abiding tax paying citizens find themselves turning down jobs because welfare pays better. The laws of supply and demand apply to labor just as surely as they do to the price of gasoline.
Let's quit glutting the labor market with lawbreakers.
3. Illegal immigrants contribute to our economy and tax base- Mexico's largest source of income is the money sent back by illegal immigrants in this country. These are dollars that don't buy American goods or services-they simply leave our economy. Most illegal immigrants already know how to play our tax system, so when they get a job they simply claim 10 or 12 dependents and have virually no tax deducted.

In summary we need to uphold the rule of law, employ low income citizens at livable wages and generate income that is spent in America and is taxed in America and stop employers from breaking the law of the land, The result of our failure to address this issue in a lawful, ethical manner will result in the breakdown of our system of laws ( illegal immigrants get to lie to the IRS and social security and get a pass while U.S. citizens who do this get sent to jail) and a complete loss of credibility in the world community. For evidence of this just look to how Iran mocks the USA "
You make some good points! Have you seen Rick Santorum's views on immigrations? They are listed on his page on this site. From 2001 to 2004, I lived in Fort Wayne. It was the most solid Republican place I've ever lived! Now I live in Las Vegas and our county is Democrat but most of the rest of the state is Republican.
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RE: Immigration
Feb 13 2007, 10:06 AM EST
I am a registered Democrat....that is now on the fence. Many of my friends as well as I are disgusted with the way 'our' country is addressing the immigration problem. Why has it gotten to this point? Politicians seem to be selling out their base voters for the ....money. I have just called our local court house here in GA and when an illegal is arrested in the area, he only pays a fine and is released. Why? They also pose a large health issue. Ellis Island had health requirements in order to enter this country. That too is thrown to the wind. The drugs that is being brought into this country and being distributed from the base here is Atlanta is mind boggling. Forget the fence on the border....build a moat....fill it with alligators.....
This is our country....protect it. If others want to enter to work....fine drive through the border gates with proper paperwork so they can be tracked. Let Americans that wish to employ aliens ....put up a bond and sponsor them. There are many ways to circumvent this problem....just a little common sense and no monetary ulterior motive would probably get the job done.
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RE: Immigration
May 7 2008, 5:32 AM EDT
As Los Angeles makes the transition from being a city of immigrants to one dominated by their US-born children, it can serve as a policy laboratory for other cities facing the need to better integrate immigrants into US classrooms, workplaces, and civic life. MPI’s report details the imperative for integration policies that will benefit immigrants and the broader US society alike.

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located in Brooklyn, assists clients from the
New York metro area and across the United States
in all immigration and naturalization matters
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