Reply #105: Correct, but most here choose to ignore it [View All]

Your quote:

"However, there ARE problems that MUST be addressed. Unlike historical immigrant groups, there is no desire to learn the language, which imposes a sort of self-isolation. They often violate auto registration and insurance laws, and they crowd emergency rooms and cost health care dollars. I would argue that some of these are simply economic side effects of working at jobs that pay very little. However, I would point out that the beneficiaries of paying them so little are typically employers - their exploitation of these workers is also exploiting public health care and other publically funded institutions. I have even see employers coach employees injured on the job as to what to say in the emergency room - that way there is no worker's comp investigation."

Many of the immigrants in my area are being paid 5 bucks an hour for jobs that once paid US citizens $6.00 to $10.00 an hour. Some even work for $3.50-4.00 an hour under the table. The republican-owned businesses take advantage of the immigrants, plus they've put millions of US citizens out of work or forced them to accept a lower standard of living. The unemployment rate for young black males in many areas of the south is in the 30 to 40 percent range.

When the housing bubble bursts, many of the immigrants are going to be stranded in the States without a job. There are millions of them employed in construction, landscaping, paving, and other areas related to the housing boom. The housing bubble is THE ONLY thing that is propping up the economy. When that goes, so goes the economy. The REAL unemployment rate is now close to 10% for US workers. What will it be when the recession hits? And, what happens when you add millions of immigrants to the mix?

Finally, why is no one in this thread addressing the corruption of Fox and the Mexican government?