Posted on 03/11/2011 12:18:31 PM PST by wolfcreek
On Thursday, Texas state Rep. Paul Workman (R-Austin) introduced a bill, which, for the fee of $4,000, would give illegal aliens a green card and allow them to work legally in the state.
Workman told reporters that his proposed legislation, known as the Texas Immigration Reconciliation Act, is necessary to fill the employment needs of also would help fill the needs of Texas businesses and put money in the states depleted coffers.
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This ain't gonna work.
I’d rather see a properly administered, regulated, and enforced guest worker program than the chaos we have now.
I’d rather see some laws enforced.
Spare me. Hire Americans. Build a wall. The proposed solution is basically more of the problem. That's dumb.
Wait till another 200,000 move there... They aint seen nothing yet.
Self-serving -------. What he wants is to have his business without paying his workmen - skilled workmen - a living, family wage.
Electing a new people because the old ones are too expensive for him.
This would also help fill a lot of welfare offices since that green card would make them eligible to LEGALLY receive freebies.
“Id rather see a properly administered, regulated, and enforced guest worker program than the chaos we have now.”
We already have a temporary visa system for agriculture. Mexicans can be brought in LEGALLY to pick crops. When laws are not enforced laws are not respected.
Selling green cards to help pay Texas debt?
Last week some moron wanted to pass a bill which would punish everyone that hired illegal aliens except illegal maids, landscapers, and others...lol
Same here. I have no problem with people seeking opportunity here legally. However, aliens here illegally need to be dealt with swiftly and harshly.
Just remember Republicans, if Texas goes Blue you can forget EVER winning another election. That is not a threat but a fact.
In effect what he's wanting to do is to pass his some of his labor costs on to the taxpayers. A mindset quite similar to the Wisconsin public unions. Maybe Mr. Workman will make a special contribution to provide for schooling and health care for his cheap labor.
Wow, straight from the libs' book. Amazing.
Wha't "family wage?"
Workman is also representing a lot of high tech firms in the Austin area who want to bring in cheap IT workers from India/Pakistan and have them replace American workers at a fraction of the labor costs.
A family wage is one that you can support a family on without government subsidies in a home that is in this country and not in a slum.
I’m all for the free market. The free market would give American construction workers a family wage.
Representative Workman is not for a free market unless you believe that borders and national sovereignty and the will of the citizens are impingements on the free market, and that fees to the government promote it.
A free market is not one that is manipulated by lawmakers for the interests of the few, unless you believe that political interest should also operate on the free market system of who ever can pay the most, can buy the laws.
70% of the babies born in Texas “public” hospitals are of illegals.
Overwhelming majority of crimes in the state of Texas are committed by illegal alien gang members.
A few years back, the Harris co. hospital district (the freebie medical care) wrote off their books $385 million in care to illegals who skip out on paying the tab.
There are large portions of the city of Houston that are unrecognizable as the United States. Passing through these areas not only resemble border towns in Mexico, they are dangerous for Caucasians.
These people come here and create little sub-cultures, refusing to assimilate into society.
Texas school districts provide bilingual education, print documents in spanish, costing taxpayers millions per year.
Deport them, enforce immigration laws, tax money transfers to Mexico to help pay for border enforcement.
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