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Originally Posted by bigrobwoot
I think our immigration laws need to change, also. I have a friend here illegally who CANNOT become legal. He/his parents have tried, but they were denied, because the INS has already met their quota for Mexicans that they let in, from what I understand of what happened. He goes to school, will become an engineer, and will attempt to work in this country. Why can't we let him stay here legally?
The only beef I have with illegals is the same beef I have with people here legally: I don't like the ones that are here just to abuse the system. Besides that, we should have an open door policy, IMO.
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Exactly. So back to my point earlier about not letting employers pay them less then minimum wage and/or under the table- where is the disincentive for them to work? Legitimizing the cheap labor that comes in solves nearly all the problems that currently arise from illegal immigration. And the ones that get a little worse (slight increase in crime and social program cost) already have mechanisms in place for dealing with them.