Do you think that the immigration protests are holding our Economy hostage?
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ECONOMIC TERRORISM\n\nYes Its A Strongarm Tactic To Try To Convince Legislators To Grant Amnesty\n\nIt Wont Work\n\nAmerican Citizens Have STRONGER ARMS And Will Step Up To Take Care Of The Problem That The US Government Wont
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It is happening more and more-and people are putting the pressure on Government and Sates.\n It is going to get tougher for Illegals as time goes by.\n\nWe are going to hear a lot of sour grapes.
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Mexico is shaking in thier boots because 1 thier secont biggest economy is money transfers from US to mexico if we cap off illegal immigration it will be a huge hit to thier economy---2 there is mass immigration from south america through mexico to get to the US if we do a better job on our borders they will be hit will a huge influx of illegal immigrant of thier own,which they dont have an economy to support,Looks like its time for Mexico to do some serious soul searching or they are the ones in big trouble
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I believe it is headed in that direction regardless of what happens. Things are already to far in motion to just be ignored now. Whether the illegals are sent home, or made legal, prices on Ag goods will be rising within the next few years. If the illegals are granted amnesty, they will be demanding higher wages, so no matter what, prices are going to rise.
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Dont Make Me Laugh\n\nThe Economy Will Stabilize When Theyre All Deported
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Yes I beleive so. There are almost 10,000,000 illegal immigrants living in this country. Granted they take the jobs no one wants but with the unemployment rate in this country pickers cant be choosers so Americans will take any job that is freed up after an illegal immigrant is deported. Most of the immigrants that come to this country illegally don't speak English and people that work in restaurants and fast food places need to learn another language to help accommodate the illegal immigrants. I know it sounds a little cruel and barbaric but that is my opinion about it.
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I think more people are upset at the fact that illegal immigrants are not paying income taxes but are receiveing free services.\nI have to tell clients of mine (all the time) that pursuing a case costs more than what they would recover if we were successful.\nI think that trying to stop the ILLEGAL immigration problem is going to cost much more than what we spend in benefits.\n\nThese are VERY technical economic questions - that even the smartest economists in the world argue about.  \n\nChances are there is no real answer to these questions.  They are simply politically motivated issues that help get people elected.\n\nDOn't fall for it!
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we need immigrants to keep our economy going. The only bad thing is that they don't assimilate well.
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Well, it would seem that at least Hazleton, PA got it right. They are implementing a new law that would revoke a businesses license for employing illegal immigrants. Seems like San Bernadino, the largest county in the country, is following suit and looking to employ the same laws as well.\n\nAs for your original question "Do you think we should do nothing about this illegal immigration problem?". I have to point out a few key points in order to give a logical, reasonable and efficient, non-emotional based answer. (I know you're a female, so bear with me on the non-emotional portion of things. j/k) \n\n“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty first, the ‘love of soft living’ and the get-rich-quick-theory of life”---Teddy Roosevelt\n\n"Love of soft living" - with the use of illegal immigrants for cheap part time labor, the middle to upper class Americans and the thinking involved is "it's good for me and it employs needy people as well". This creates a dillusion of Master-servant and is self-destructive at the same time. Remember "All power corrupts". \n\nJudging from what is known throughout history, it is only a matter of time before the servants get tired of thier roles. With that we can logically deduct that eventually the servant will try and overthrow the master. Unfortunately, this is the role of the illegal to the middle/upper class American\n\nWatching the March, April and May immigrant marches, it wasn't too hard to see the heavy resentment, the entitlement and loud accusations of fat lazy Americans, you need us to care for you, proof that the master-servant, nearly symbiotic relationship is a daily occurrence and not a healthy one either.\n\nIn answer to your original question: it's a matter of realizing the long term consequences of unbridled migration. Eventually things will come to an uproar as they already are in the streets with protests and such. Give it time, if we do nothing we will eventually be heading towards a "Civil War II". Sounds crazy right now, but when a little thought is put into it, I think most can recognize the possibility.
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These protests are a way for a large group of criminals and their supporters to make an attempt to use numbers as a way of demanding that law enforcement turn it's back on their duty, claiming they are in control of the U.S. economy as their leverage.  \nThese illegals and their supporters are touting themselves as people who are fighting for immigration reform while at the same time turning their backs on current laws.\nThese criminals and their supporters are also making bold statements such as they will vote into office officials who will supplement their specific agenda, forgetting that only documented citizens of America are allowed to vote in elections.
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I do.\n\nI understand people who come fleeing political, religious and other types of repression - and seeking asylum.\n\nBut what it boils down to with the *illegals* is this:\n\nThe moment you get a job, you're stealing.  You've either stolen someone's social security number to get hired "legally" or you're getting paid under the table (yes, I know, Americans do this too, but they go to friggin' JAIL when they're caught).  \n\nWhen I hear that they send $20 BILLION a year back to Mexico, it boils my blood.  They're draining our Medicaid/Welfare/Food Stamp resources, stealing the MOMENT they begin "work" here and then they PROTEST because people don't want to become a country of people who break the law the moment they step across the border?\n\nMy grandmother and my mother emigrated from Germany in 1958.  They had a host family, my grandmother and grandfather had jobs lined up, they had enough money to live on for a couple of months AND they knew English.   They began working the week after they arrived.  \n\nIt just BURNS me that it CAN be done right.  If there's a wait to get in, then WAIT.  What kind of character does it show to just go, "Oh, well, you have laws, I really want to come over now, so I'll just come ANYWAY."  America's going down the tubes with regard to education, manners and work ethic.  I'm not real big on people whose regard for themselves is greater than their regard for how their presence can negatively impact others becoming a large part of this society.\n\nSend the illegals back where they came from.
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I don't think the illegals are to blame for our bad economy. This country has lots of laws that makes us a good target for leeches. \n\nLike for example the law that says hospitals shouldn't turn away anybody who needs treatment or medical procedures. People from all over the world come to America to have expensive surgeries and don't pay a thing. We have no way of making them pay because after the procedure they just fly back home. Who ends up paying the bill? We do. Taxpayers and insurance money.\n\nThose countries that America has been in war with before, we help those people too, let them in here and give them money and benefits to start with. They also have special housing. I know a lot of them. \nI have a friend who manages an apartment and she's got a lot of people from another country on the list of those who can benefit of just paying $600/mo for an apartment priced $3,000 for the rest. They were even bragging that the US government would pay them $500/mo  per child if they go back to their country, give birth and raise their children there. Where would the US government get the funds then? Who let them in here in the first place and gave them Visas? Our country did. Illegals can't do that here because they wouldn't have the right to do it and they wouldn't have benefits these people does.\nThere's a lot of things going on in our country that politicians don't change. They only think about their pockets. Election comes and they promise things but never delivers.\n\nWe created our bad economy because we just didn't care enough to voice out.
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The government is proving to us that they will not take a stance against ILLEGALS.  Therefore, the government will allow a takeover.  It's the American citizens and legal immigrants who will have to fight to prevent a takeover.\n\nLord knows, we have the resources, drive, and ability to do it.  "Let's Roll".
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I actually don't blame either one. Both are victims, in a way. Our economic system seems to demand the illegals and the economic system of the illegals seems to demand that they sneak in here and take the jobs. We're all messed up. Sorry, I have to tell the truth according to how I see it.
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immigration has been causing the population to increase.  this has stimulated the economy, causing prosperity to many.
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Lordzander--we meet again :)\n\nI am surprised at the vehement hatred I see posted in answer to this question. \n\nI have family memebers that would benefit from the president's proposed guest worker program (no amnesty has been proposed), due to  a major screw up with immigration forms being mishandled and no opportunity being given to refile or correct. They are not from Mexico, however they are of latin origin. They are in limbo, waiting for a response. Been waiting two years. They were here on a religious workers' visa. I know of many people who would benefit from a guest worker program. It is a humane response to a very complicated problem.\n\nNow, those of you who don't hang with farmers--will you be willing to pick the crops?  If the food goes unpicked, how much will you be willing to pay for that very scarce head of lettuce?  $5.00 perhaps, if picked by legal American hands?  How could you afford to eat, let alone pay for gas?\n\nHave you considered that unemployment is 4%, which is about 9-10 million Americans. There are about 15-20 million undocumented workers here.  If we subtract that number we still have anywhere from 4~10 million jobs unfilled.  What will happen if we don't have our illegals willing to work for so little?  Competition for workers, jobs that just don't get filled, inflation, a shrinking economy and a falling dollar. None of these are very good things--they all lead to a downward economic spiral.\n\nBut, I can see that most of you who have answered are inspired by hatred rather than facts. Learn to love your illegals and be glad they are here; they allow so many of us to live a very comfortable life.
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First of all, do they really think that it will make any difference at all? It won't. In order to actually make a noticible dent in the economy, they would have to hold out a heck of a lot longer than 24 hours...and I just really don't see that happening. Second of all, where do they get off? Nowhere else but in America could someone protest, throw a fit and expect someone to make allowances for the fact that they have, in fact, broken the law. There are legal ways to enter this country, they could have chosen one of them and then there wouldn't be this problem. However, they chose not to obey the laws of this country and, in my opinion, they need to be held accountable for their lawlessness. \n\nIf we allow all these illegal immigrants amnesty, what message does that send to all the immigrants who entered this country legally, who paid their dues and did things according to the rules? Gee, we're sorry we put you through all that because our laws are completely meaningless and we're going to give amnesty to everyone who decided they didn't want to be bothered with the pesky rules? What next, are we going to allow all mass murderers to run free because, hey, if you can break one law, why not all of them. What if all the rapists in every maximum security prison across the country stage a protest demanding their freedom? Why have any rules and laws at all if they can just be arbitrarily changed to exonorate a group of people just because they protest and demand it?\n\nI understand that the people coming here illegally are desperate and in dire circumstances, I don't doubt that at all. However, as someone who grew up in dire circumstances myself (yes, I know what it's like to go to bed hungry for weeks on end, to not have heat in the winter and to face the uncertainty of whether or not you're going to have a roof over your head), I still believe that breaking the law is unacceptable. That doesn't mean that I don't understand the motivation behind it, but it is what it is. After all, we have hundreds of thousands of legal American citizens who are homeless, who are hungry, who are in desperate situations and who are crying for an opportunity to support their families. However, should one of these people choose to rob a bank or sell drugs in an attempt to support their family, we don't see protests in the streets to exonorate them of their crimes. We may understand the motivation behind their actions, but the truth is that they've broken the law, regardless of the reasons/circumstances and in this country, there are consequences for breaking the law. If there aren't, then what's the point of even having a legal system?\n\nCome here legally and I don't have a problem with it. Come here from whatever country, make a life for yourself, send your kids to college, make yourself a millionaire, win the lottery, start a fortune 500 company. I. DON'T. CARE. That's the sort of thing that this country was built on. I, myself, have relatives who immigrated to this country legally and who have been very successful in building their lives and their fortunes. Great for them! Certainly there are those who are racist, but don't make this a racial thing, that's the easy cop-out.