So tell me- how do you know your illegal tenants are not rapists, murders or DUI drivers? How do you know they don’t have TB or chagas or leprosy, chikungunya or any of the other myriad diseases they bring with them.
No, I have never personally deported any illegal immigrants. How is it that you have? I am a registered nurse, and I have seen many, many here from Mexico and Central and South America also Southeast Asia with drug-resistant TB though and the costly and sometimes forced treatment that it requires.
I live in a place now that has a mostly white population, so I haven’t been tempted to hire illegals. Plenty of white kids in need of pocket money if I need lawns mowed or firewood stacked.
I can honestly say that I am sure I have eaten a lot of food picked by illegals, but have not hired them nor rented to them, nor would I. By that choice I have acted in a conscious fashion to not contribute to a very large and costly problem.
You have done what you have done, and will live to regret your choices...or not, as God disposes in your life.
Mrs. AV
I knew most of my tenants quite well as I was not an “absentee” landlord. I lived with them, ate with them, etc. Of course, I knew some better than others.
The biggest problem by far among illegal Mexican men (and some women) is alcohol. People do stupid things when they’ve had a few drinks. Illegal Mexicans are no exception to that. I’ve rejected many as tenants for that reason alone. I had one tenant (out of hundreds) where that was a serious problem. The odds of the other diseases you mentioned were smaller than with my citizen tenants.
Many illegals practiced concealed carry. That is a plus for society when they are sober. But not when under the influence. I had one tenant where that was a serious problem. I’ve rejected many as tenants for that reason alone.
Pre-Nixon I facilitated the Chicago Police in deporting illegals guilty only of “drunk and disorderly” or “assault” against their drunk cousin who wouldn’t sign an arrest warrant. Pre-Nixon local law enforcement was primary in deportation and immigration enforcement. Nixon centralized enforcement in the INS (now ICE) and neutered local law enforcement. Chicago’s lawyers fought Nixon in court and lost.
That action by Nixon is the single most significant event of my 71 years in decline of the immigration system. Treas Sec Rubin’s destruction of the Mexican economy was the second most significant...or maybe it was the most significant as it got Republicans elected President of Mexico two terms in a row.