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California economy depends on undocumented workers
San Jose Mercury ^ | January 2, 2018 | Kevin de León

Posted on 01/02/2018 6:12:33 AM PST by artichokegrower

The video is difficult to watch, even for the hardest heart. A dash-cam video published in The Intercept shows a young mother weeping and pleading with a Texas state trooper who has just called the Border Patrol on the father of her 5-month-old daughter.

“No, they are going to take him, sir,” she begs the trooper who pulled her over for a broken taillight, but to no avail. “They are taking everybody.”

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aliens
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A video difficult to watch would be one of Kate Steinle dying in her father's arms after being shot by an illegal alien.
1 posted on 01/02/2018 6:12:33 AM PST by artichokegrower
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Or the parents and wives and children of all Americans murdered by illegal aliens. Also known as law breakers


2 posted on 01/02/2018 6:15:22 AM PST by Josa
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California is LOST.....it has lost all it’s sanity.


3 posted on 01/02/2018 6:16:20 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: artichokegrower

I’ll save this for when I’m in a bad mood. It’ll make for a better day.


4 posted on 01/02/2018 6:16:22 AM PST by albie
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“A video difficult to watch would be one of Kate Steinle...”

...that’s exactly right. Except that liberals would chalk that up as anecdotal.


5 posted on 01/02/2018 6:18:25 AM PST by albie
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CA economy doesn’t require illegals. That is BS propaganda. Illegals are a net drain on the economy. Some make money but the taxpayer and the US born wage earner pays the price for “cheap” labor.


6 posted on 01/02/2018 6:18:44 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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God forbid it would depend on Americans!


7 posted on 01/02/2018 6:19:01 AM PST by null and void (Have a MAGAnificent New Year! It'll be YUGE!)
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8 posted on 01/02/2018 6:20:43 AM PST by mandaladon (It's always good to be underestimated. ~Donald Trump)
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No it doesn’t. The vast majority are moochers.


9 posted on 01/02/2018 6:22:37 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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This article certainly makes the undocumented sound like God’s gift to our economy.

I wonder why the author didn’t address the costs of these stellar individuals to the school system, the welfare system, the healthcare system, the justice & prison systems? Could it be that the money contributed to the economy is dwarfed by those costs? Could it be that the utilization of public assistance services by illegals is making it difficult for Americans to get aid & medical care?


10 posted on 01/02/2018 6:27:40 AM PST by JayGalt (Let Trump Be Trump)
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No it doesn’t. The vast majority are moochers.
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Bingo


11 posted on 01/02/2018 6:29:28 AM PST by snarkytart
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....sumbody gotta pick the lettuce..
60 yr old lie....


12 posted on 01/02/2018 6:30:40 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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I get so tired of the whole racist tag on those that oppose illegal immigration. I quite frankly don’t care what race they are. Hispanics, Europeans, Africans, Canadians or Australians.

Come here illegally, expect to be arrested and deported. It just happens to be that the percentage of Hispanics is higher.


13 posted on 01/02/2018 6:30:56 AM PST by gunnut
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no the CA economy is in the toilet due to their harboring and supporting illegals.


14 posted on 01/02/2018 6:34:43 AM PST by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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Yeh they come here for the freebies not to pick the crops.


15 posted on 01/02/2018 6:35:04 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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Without illegals to pick crops a head of lettuce would cost $2,500 per head! You’d have to transport them in armored cars.


16 posted on 01/02/2018 6:41:40 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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A video difficult to watch would be one of Kate Steinle dying in her father’s arms after being shot by an illegal alien.

And the Sequel: How an illegal alien deported 5 times, gets to randomly shoot a young American gal, receiving no jail time, and then returned to the community in ‘good’ standing. Is there a message here?


17 posted on 01/02/2018 6:45:11 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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Illegals are a net drain on the economy.

The government economy of teachers, police, jails, medical services grows though. And they vote Democrat. That's what this is really about. Without that growth the Democrat employment and retirement systems collapse.

Imagine a failing business with the power to re-write a nation's laws not only to insure their survival but their growth in size, power, and wealth. That is big, bad government. Once a runaway train of government reaches sufficient speed it can't be stopped until the big crash.

18 posted on 01/02/2018 6:46:05 AM PST by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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Without illegals to pick crops a head of lettuce would cost $2,500 per head! You’d have to transport them in armored cars.

Wonderful! I’m sure I can get rich quickly by growing lettuce in my backyard!


19 posted on 01/02/2018 6:47:23 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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It requires illegals for cheap labor and votes. It also requires a welfare state to keep the voters happy. Since states can’t print money, CA is going broke. If that’s their definition of success, I’d hate to see how they define failure.


20 posted on 01/02/2018 6:47:55 AM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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