This cripples business that caters to a market which usually is quite eager to divest themselves of any and all money. It puts a burden on the entire economy as parents support their children, sometimes sending unemployable young to college to hopefully come up with some form of a career option.
We all remember our first jobs. For most of us, it might have been a paper route, perhaps cleaning swimming pools, or mowing the neighbor's lawn. Second job might have been a mechanic's assistant, sweeping the floors and someday hoping to be able to touch those tools, or perhaps working on a construction site cleaning up debris. Maybe even washing dishes at the local restaurant to earn enough to turn around and give it all back to the economy for that precious date on Friday night.
These aren't jobs that American’s don't want, they are jobs they desperately need for our kids. They are the underlying fuel that keeps the economy rolling, the first lessons in saving (for that car), of budget (for paying for insurance, or having enough to cover dinner and a movie), of being rewarded for hard work (when raises used to happen, rather than simply having to wait for the next minimum wage change..)
19 billion - that's how much is wired back to Mexico each year, least, that's all anyone will admit to. Add in drug money, border hopping employees, and those who go shop in Mexico, and it's probably closer to 100 billion. Still a drop in the bucket in the overall economy, but that's another five billion to a cash strapped state like California just in sales taxes.
We don't need jobs programs for illegals, nor do we need work permits, we need them to go home and fix their own economies rather than leeching off of ours. We need those who have played by the rules to be given preference, a demonstration that line cutting isn't an American ideal. We need to end supporting division within our communities, end multilingual ballots and tests. You want to become an American? Great, become an American. You want to be a Mexican or Brazillian or Polish, or whatever? Enjoy that in your home country.
Our melting pot is starting to break from the burden, and it will just get worse and worse as our young people fail to enter the workforce, and depend upon Mommy and Daddy to take care of everything.
They (the invaders) will stop coming when we stop giving them the largesse of our social support system. No healthcare (unless a true emergency), no education for children of illegals, no US birth certificates/citizneship for children of illegals, no WICs, no AFDC, no SSI, no SS disability, no SS period, no Medicaid, no drivers licenses, no insurance, no effing nothing!