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Originally Posted by sperry
Hate to tell you this homey, but it's the illegal immigrants that make much of our high quality of life in the US possible. With all the labor laws in this country, we literally couldn't afford our way of life without people working under the table.
Hell, even as it is with illegal Mexican labor, fruit from Guatemala is *still* cheaper to ship here than to buy from California.  |
I know, I know. And that is one of the main aspects that confuses me the most. But it doesn't bother you that we need to survive by paying illegal immigrants less than US citizens? There are plenty of homeless and very poor people that would work those same jobs. Oh wait, I forgot, transients are too good for that...
And sure, if all those who are working illegally are replaced with US citizens, those products would cost more. But I fear that we may suffer more in the long run if we allow them to keep working and coming here without regard for the law.