Would you do the work that illegal immigrants are currently doing? Picking onions, grapes, cotton? tomatoes?..
438712
picking grapes would be great, id be outside all day and have lots of fruit to eat, i wouldnt like the others though
413085
Well the farmer should pick his crop after all he planted it.\nWell the trash we have people in prison that could do that, and it would get them out of prison for a while.\nmenial task - we have a lot of unskilled/substance abuse Americans that are rehabbing that need that type of job to get started or felons that can't get a job it could be a fresh start for them\nWhy would we want the Mexicans to work for below minimum wage that is already slave wages\n\nSee if we get creative we can help our fellow Americans, I would hate to know I ate fruit that was picked by a person working for slave wages, why would I want that, why would their government and people not care for them\n\nThe only people that benefit from the Mexican slaves are the business owners, why would they want their workers that are helping them get rich want them to live a sub-standard life
188675
I agree. Try to get that fat, lazy, white kid who lives next door to push a lawnmower, or pull weeds, or pick fruits and vegetables. Legal or illegal immigrants make up an enormous part of our work force. The only good idea Bush had lately was to give them work visas, and acknowledge them as an important part of our economy. \n\nAs for past immigrants, I'm native american, so I won't tell you my opinion.
319789
Well - gosh - I see so many "Americans" lining up to clean, cook and do yard work.  These so called jobs being taken away from Americans (ha,ha) are given to immigrants bcuz they will do them for next to nothing in pay and if YOU were to do any of these jobs you would want $50 an hour with benefits and vacations and sick time and a say in what you do and a title for your job and pay raises etc, etc. You get the drift ???????
496218
I am a human being.\n\nI am Mexican, the same as many of the illegal workers in the USA.\n\nI would like that the work i want and i have, could be closer to my family.\n\nI am underpayed (i couldn't resist, and copied from catnip, sorry, you express exactly how i feel!!): "I am not paid enough to make a decent living, even though I have plenty of skills that employers seem to want."
388827
I did all those things at some point in my life... plus other things like pulling the heads off shrimp, picking berries, doing child care, cleaning people's houses, and a lot more. It isn't only minorities who do these things.\n\nBut illegal is illegal. I have no problem with foreigh-born people coming to the US legally. And when I've gone to other countries (including Mexico), I've always gone in legally and obeyed their laws. I am definitely not a conservative -- I'm a political moderate. But it makes sense that anyone in this country should be here legally.\n\nAnd I think we should compel American employers not to hire people who are not here legally. As long as these companies can have cheap labor, they can take advantage of people who are here illegally. When the fines are large enough, then they will stop and there will be little reason to come here without the proper documents.
472962
I say pay them for their services and send them on their merry maid way and don't wait too long to do so.\n\nHEY !!! I think this question is an example of illegal immigration well now ... how about that\nso in a way I was right about paying them and sending them on their merry way \n\nAm I on the right track ? is that what this question is all about?
553418
We have all been willing to eat the grapes and asparagus the illegals harvested, and rejoiced in the low cost of our produce for years.  Morally, we have been complicit in the "CRIME" of their illegal status for a very long time. \n\nWhile consumers, employers, and the U.S. government winked and nodded, persons who originally came here to work for peanuts at backbreaking jobs are now demon lawbreakers and must go. It's time for all of us to accept our own personal and collective responsibility for the current situation, to resolve it justly, and start living up to what we all used to know as American ideals.
597804
probably alot longer than it would take to simply go get a job and earn their own food like the rest of us do. I have had about all I can take of working overtime to feed criminals, illegals, and lazy bums. I hope it is a LONG LONG LONG LONG wait......
314961
It´s a lovely idea, but doesn´t sound like anything the current US administration would go for.  After all, while hyping the immigration issue in the media and, frankly, whipping up racism, they are also quite happy to turn a blind eye to US businesses using cheap illegal labour. It´s happening in all western countries at the moment.  The media, backed by the government, incites its citizens to be worried about illegal immigration, while the economy actually benefits from the black market economy working with it. I´m in Mexico now on holiday, but staying with family.  It´s a hard place, with a bad atmosphere.  It definitely needs some help, but everyone here says the corruption is so far reaching, there is no hope.  Your idea is nice but too socialist for anyone in today´s political arena and, like Iraq, would require serious investment, commitment and integrity..... never forget it´s all about the money.
899340
mowing lawns, If the illegals haven't swiped all thows jobs for 50 cents an hour.
307963
I think that the people that hire them should be held accountable for it. There should be jail and a large enough fine that it would be worth their time to hire ILLEGALS. That is the magic word here illegal.
499902
but i pick your fruit and make your lawn look nice...you owe it to me and if you say otherwise shame on you...open up that border because that land used to be ours...we are not illegal we were here a long time before you...we are going to take over...english oh no no no..not for me you better learn to speak spanish..open your doors to me and gimmme gimme gimmme and if u say anything about that you are a damned racist american
338878
Farmers should'nt pay wages to illegals.  They should have them deported.  If they are illegal, then they should not even be here to be paaid!!!
554685
no. why would we reward people for breaking the law. there are just as many people taking the time to go through the process, why take away their chances?! and to be honest, i think the reason immigrants are taking these jobs "no one else will do" is because they are less likely to require paperwork and therefor can remain in the US. Ruining our economy, taking away our healthcare, demanding spanish speaking school teachers etc. i dont care if you are mexican, irish, german, just be here legally.
56586
easy come, easy go.\n\nAlso, as long as an illegal alien is picking your apple, eat 'em!\n\nWould be a different scenario if YOU had to go pick 'em. And, have you ever milked a cow? Think of that the next time you drive to Mcdons and eat so cheap
584050
the illegal immigrant, they provide cheap labor