The full quote is "We've had absolutely the worst stewardship of our borders under George W. Bush...under Vicente W. Bush!" Just something I heard on the radio this morning. I only caught the very end of the topic, as it related to a new study of L.A.-area African-Americans dealing with "crappy schools" and crime. The host indicated there was no mention of how illegal immigration impacts African-Americans in this study, implying it was something that might have been purposely omitted.
The point was made that in Los Angeles, if subsidized housing is being occupied by illegal immigrants, then it is unavailable for the poor (both African-American and otherwise) and also those homeless who would actually like to have shelter(i.e., anyone who does hold U.S. citizenship). Because in Los Angeles, there is "Special Order 40," which prohibits the police from asking people who have committed a crime (and I can accept making a major distinction between jaywalking and, say, theft here) if they are here legally. Therefore, the politicians here are also making their major contribution to exacerbating this problem. Provided the same politicians will solve the problems of providing sufficient housing, jobs, schools from which people actually graduate, etc., for everyone, citizen, legal immigrant, and illegal immigrant alike, then I would have no problem with accepting their behavior...but they don't! The same point was made re: entry-level jobs. So what of, then, employment for the poor who were born here, and those people who immigrated here legally, including those who immigrated here from Mexico, Central American and South America with every "i" dotted and "t" crossed.
Yet another point made was that small businesses who might provide jobs to the poor in the area can't compete with those businesses who do hire illegal immigrants, and therefore must start hiring illegal immigrants themselves. This, in order for their businesses to survive. The meat packing and drywall-installation industries were given as examples of industries which provided fairly well-paying jobs in the past, but do not now due to the influx of much less expensive labor available from illegal immigration.
I'm perfectly willing to leave the border situation as it is now, provided that any CEO, company owner, or president of a company is sent to prison for every count of hiring an illegal alien carrying a specified amount of prison time. This would at least partially solve illegal immigration by removing one of the biggest underlying reasons. And yes, I will either pay $15.00 for one basket of strawberries or do without, if necessary.
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