What does the government have to do with the lack of security of the borders?
Illegals cannot vote so claiming Democrats want illegals in the country is just plain silly.
It is business owner who want cheap labor and so do the vast majority of citizens as well. American
want all of their products as cheap as possible. The only way to do that is through illegal immigrants working and getting extremely low wages and no benefits.
If the Border Patrol can't keep the border secure, it is not being given enough support by the government.
"Illegals cannot vote so claiming Democrats want illegals in the country is just plain silly."
The issue is important for legal Hispanics who DO vote, so yes, the Democrats want illegals. Furthermore, Democrats push for legalization and eventual citizenship for the illegals, for the obvious reason that this will net the Democrats even more votes.
"It is business owner who want cheap labor and so do the vast majority of citizens as well. American want all of their products as cheap as possible. The only way to do that is through illegal immigrants working and getting extremely low wages and no benefits"
And the business interests contribute to corrupt Republicans to keep the cheap labor flowing. As for the Americans who "want all of their products as cheap as possible," they are cutting their own throats, as more and more of their jobs go to China.
As someone mentioned, I want secure borders. When citizens of our country can report illegal aliens literally strolling through their yards night or day.......we have a serious problem.
I don't care how we do it......a wall......deploying our National Guard, to augment Border Patrol.....drones, surveillance.....whatever. Ratchet it down and tighten it the hell up!
The illegals are costing the taxpayers far more, but of course our corrupt government doesn't care, and the clueless libs who can't do simple arithmetic just don't know any better.
Unfortunately for your incorrect statement, the link you provided is primarily about ALL immigrants, not just the illegals, and of course the legal ones are a net gain, as they always have been.
You seem to be refusing to look at the other side of what illegals are doing in the country. All those interviewed for this story said they can only make rough estimates, since it's almost impossible to gather accurate data about illegal residents.
The illegals whose jobs are paid legally – at least fifty percent, by some estimates – end up paying social security and other payroll taxes without ever collecting benefits. Since illegal immigrants are believed to constitute up to 5 percent of the U.S. economy, their tax contributions will mean a revenue windfall for legal residents.
""Illegal immigrants are good for our economy," says IPC's Wendy Sefsaf. "They make our labor force and our economy bigger. Sure, you could kick them all out, but then you would have to shrink the economy."
Sefsaf also doesn't buy the traditional argument that illegal immigrants are stealing U.S. jobs: most legal residents work in middle-rung jobs and would not want to take low-paying jobs as fruit pickers or nannies.
After weighing the financial pros against the cons, she says the U.S. economy comes out slightly ahead due to the presence of illegal aliens."
My odds are low being killed by a illegal immigrant as it is without the wall. I have a far larger chance being killed by a white or black man.. Maybe we should build the wall around Texas just to lower my odds of being killed by a man from Oklahoma
There are about 1.7 million illegals living in Texas, so if you think keeping out Oklahomans would give you better odds, you would have to assume that about 42% of Oklahoma's population of 4 million was planning to infiltrate Texas.
Not sure. But if Mexicans are so desperate to settle in US then Mexico can become a state of US.
Yes.
No.
I support secure borders.
But of course, the borders aren't secure because of our corrupt government, not for lack of a wall.
The corrupt Democrats want the votes, and the corrupt Republicans want the cheap labor.
the GOP has just proven that they are on the same side as the dems.
What does the government have to do with the lack of security of the borders?
Illegals cannot vote so claiming Democrats want illegals in the country is just plain silly.
It is business owner who want cheap labor and so do the vast majority of citizens as well. American
want all of their products as cheap as possible. The only way to do that is through illegal immigrants working and getting extremely low wages and no benefits.
None of your logic is rational.
"What does the government have to do with the lack of security of the borders"
FYI:
http://www.cbp.gov/careers/join-cbp/which-cbp-career/border-patrol-agent
If the Border Patrol can't keep the border secure, it is not being given enough support by the government.
"Illegals cannot vote so claiming Democrats want illegals in the country is just plain silly."
"It is business owner who want cheap labor and so do the vast majority of citizens as well. American want all of their products as cheap as possible. The only way to do that is through illegal immigrants working and getting extremely low wages and no benefits"
And the business interests contribute to corrupt Republicans to keep the cheap labor flowing. As for the Americans who "want all of their products as cheap as possible," they are cutting their own throats, as more and more of their jobs go to China.
Nope!
As someone mentioned, I want secure borders. When citizens of our country can report illegal aliens literally strolling through their yards night or day.......we have a serious problem.
I don't care how we do it......a wall......deploying our National Guard, to augment Border Patrol.....drones, surveillance.....whatever. Ratchet it down and tighten it the hell up!
I don't support this wall. I have read where this wall will cost the taxpayers several billion dollars to build it.
The illegals are costing the taxpayers far more, but of course our corrupt government doesn't care, and the clueless libs who can't do simple arithmetic just don't know any better.
Actually, illegal immigration is an economic boon to the US.
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/high-school/top-10-myths-about-immigration
Unfortunately for your incorrect statement, the link you provided is primarily about ALL immigrants, not just the illegals, and of course the legal ones are a net gain, as they always have been.
You seem to be refusing to look at the other side of what illegals are doing in the country. All those interviewed for this story said they can only make rough estimates, since it's almost impossible to gather accurate data about illegal residents.
The illegals whose jobs are paid legally – at least fifty percent, by some estimates – end up paying social security and other payroll taxes without ever collecting benefits. Since illegal immigrants are believed to constitute up to 5 percent of the U.S. economy, their tax contributions will mean a revenue windfall for legal residents.
""Illegal immigrants are good for our economy," says IPC's Wendy Sefsaf. "They make our labor force and our economy bigger. Sure, you could kick them all out, but then you would have to shrink the economy."
Sefsaf also doesn't buy the traditional argument that illegal immigrants are stealing U.S. jobs: most legal residents work in middle-rung jobs and would not want to take low-paying jobs as fruit pickers or nannies.
After weighing the financial pros against the cons, she says the U.S. economy comes out slightly ahead due to the presence of illegal aliens."
"Slightly ahead"?
Since "all those interviewed for this story said they can only make rough estimates," there is no reason to give that conclusion any credit.
In the meantime, the extra crime brought in by the illegals is a definite minus.
It's irrelevent to me. It will either go up, or it won't, my day to day life remains unchanged.
Then you had better pray you don't end up like Kate Steinle or any of the other victims of crimes by illegals.
It won't do a things to protect me from the white killers and rapists will it?
Nope, but it will lower your overall odds of being killed or raped, unless you somehow manage to restrict all your contacts to non-illegals.
My odds are low being killed by a illegal immigrant as it is without the wall. I have a far larger chance being killed by a white or black man.. Maybe we should build the wall around Texas just to lower my odds of being killed by a man from Oklahoma
There are about 1.7 million illegals living in Texas, so if you think keeping out Oklahomans would give you better odds, you would have to assume that about 42% of Oklahoma's population of 4 million was planning to infiltrate Texas.
http://www.pewhispanic.org/2014/11/18/chapter-1-state-unauthorized-immigrant-populations/
White killers and rapists?!?!?!
Mexico has a rather bad rape culture.
So does the American military.
That may be, but why do we need the extra rapes?
Sure do!
Mexico has already stated their stance on the wall. Drumpt is a buffoon with no idea on how to fund the wall or how to make it work.
You are naive is you think a wall is the solution to the problem and that illegals are a problem at all
Nope. lol. What a ridiculous idea.