It is possible for Joe illegal to do as the email says, but relegating all to be as him is the problem, as not all illegals are the same. Up in the NE where I am in a densely populated small city, i rarely meet Mexicans, which are the majority of Latino immigrants, and most are Central Americans and who work, at least most of the men. Plenty of parking during the day. As an aside, they are far more social and friendly than the Yuppies who live in the condos and think and vote liberal, and actually have more than 1.7 children rather than dogs. How many of these Latinos are legal I do not know, but they all should be. The Republicans should have worked long ago to educated them on the short term gain/long term loss of a welfare state
. You also you have this: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/04/16/Study-Finds-Illegal-Immigrants-Pay-118B-TaxesThe Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) said,
Undocumented immigrants contribute significantly to state and local taxes, collectively paying an estimated $11.84 billion in 2012.
The effective state and local tax rate for undocumented immigrants’ nationwide is about 8 percent.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a conservative group opposed to amnesty, once estimated that the 2010 annual cost of illegal immigration at the federal, state and local level was about $113 billion – nearly $29 billion at the federal level and $84 billion at the state and local level. The study noted that tax receipts from illegal immigrants “do not come close to the level of expenditures” by federal and state government on behalf of undocumented workers.
You make a great point, and one I’ve been saying for years. There are, in general, three classes of illegal immigrations. There is the criminal class - drugs and kidnapping and so on - the gimme class - those who came for free benefits - and then those who came to work labor.
All 3 are equally illegal, but they are still different. They have different impacts on our culture and society, they have different incentives to come here, and so on.
Then I would also point this out: While there is Joe Legal and Jose Illegal, there are also a lot of Jose Legals and a fair number of Joe Illegals. Sometimes I think some of the posters here kind of have as an underlying assumption that all Hispanic laborers they see out and about are illegal. It’s just not the case.