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8 Million People Are Working Illegally in the U.S. Here’s Why That’s Unlikely to Change.
New York Times ^ | Dec. 11, 2018 | MIRIAM JORDAN

Posted on 12/11/2018 7:32:59 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

They make beds in inns across the country. They pick oranges in Florida, strawberries in California and vegetables in Ohio. And they have built new subdivisions in Phoenix, Atlanta and Charlotte.

For years, policymakers have talked about shutting off the influx of undocumented workers. But the economy has grown to rely on them.

Ending illegal immigration, say many of those who have studied the issue, could mean that American workers would lose their jobs, companies would close and the economy would contract.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Mexico
KEYWORDS: aliens; democraticvoters; electionfraud; ilegals; illegalimmigrants; immigration; treason; voterfraud
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

“You CANNOT deport every single illegal immigrant in this country. It’s just not possible.”

Sure it is.


61 posted on 12/11/2018 9:05:47 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: ConservativeStatement
[ 8 Million People Are Working Illegally in the U.S. Here’s Why That’s Unlikely to Change.]

Democrats and the GOP Establishment are the Cheap Labor Express and couldn't care less if Americans starved to death or lived in tent cities?
62 posted on 12/11/2018 9:14:39 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler; marktwain

That is definitely a keeper


63 posted on 12/11/2018 9:15:45 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Our phony ‘elites’ want a servant class. Like in some South
American hellhole where small ‘elites’ live well and everyone else is cheap labor.


64 posted on 12/11/2018 9:16:39 PM PST by GOPJ (Term limit DC bureaucracies - a permanent unelected 'ruling class' is a threat to our democracy.)
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To: null and void; Travis McGee; Diogenesis

ping to above


65 posted on 12/11/2018 9:17:00 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: ConservativeStatement
They are thousands of landscapers, they control half the construction trades, and it's unlikely to change as we've not yet made it a crime in this country for an illegal to own a business.

The illegal doesn't pay payroll taxes, doesn't pay workman's comp, doesn't provide benefits, and most often, doesn't even bother to pay taxes on the company's income (or grossly understates it.)

They're landlords - after all, illegals renting to illegals avoids awkward questions and you can rent single rooms to entire families that way, violating housing regulations. They might demand deposits - good luck getting it back.

They're human trafficers, providing whores for the randy illegal workers; sleep with another thousand men and maybe I'll have someone bring your mother over before she dies...

It's unlikely to change as we have no willpower to do something about it. We break down at some sniveling sob story about how a father of 5 anchor children is being tossed out of the country and the family becoming homeless.

Surely the same sob stories would apply to the drug dealer, wouldn't it? Their children taken from them when they're tossed into jail?

We've let exceptions become the law, rather than letting juries (and presumably DAs) handle such exceptions. All so we feel better about this one sob story.

66 posted on 12/11/2018 9:20:51 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

So shoot them...


67 posted on 12/11/2018 9:26:06 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: ConservativeStatement
'Rat publications like the NYT promoting slavery for the patrician class. Nothing new here.
68 posted on 12/11/2018 9:27:40 PM PST by SanchoP
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To: ConservativeStatement

Until liberals stop conflating legal immigration with illegal entry there is no talking to them.


69 posted on 12/11/2018 9:33:54 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Yes, it's a Cold Civil War with Socialists. They don't have the stomach for a hot one.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

“The economy has grown to rely on them” is just NOT an excuse for allowing lawbreaking OR allowing people to live in a dangerous situation where they can be exploited by immigrant gangs. I love how the NYT just glosses over that. Would anyone seriously suggest that lawmakers and law enforcement just looked the other way as The Black Hand took advantage of other Italian, at the time, LEGAL immigrants? Why should it be any different with MS-13 and other ILLEGAL Hispanic? Because democrats need votes and the NY Times writers need gardeners can’t be the answer.


70 posted on 12/11/2018 9:49:56 PM PST by jyo19
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
You cannot deport every single illegal immigrant.

I have been hearing that for 30 years. Two words. Operation Wetback.

71 posted on 12/11/2018 9:53:32 PM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: GraceG
WHY THE F&^*&^!!! do I pay the IRS every Year!!!

It cost a minimum of $10,00.00 a year to school their kids, you know the ones that replace the ones we don't have.

72 posted on 12/11/2018 9:54:59 PM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Replace them with robotics.


73 posted on 12/11/2018 10:00:33 PM PST by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: ConservativeStatement

If 8 million illegals are working then we have 22 million on welfare!!!


74 posted on 12/11/2018 10:08:46 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: ConservativeStatement

Eight million illegal workers means 30-60 illegal aliens. Implement e-Verify and kick them out of those jobs!!! Then, if an employer hires them, jail the employers!


75 posted on 12/11/2018 10:12:36 PM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

YOU CAN DEPORT THEM! Remove the ability for them to work, they will not be able to stay. Okay, need to reinforce the no welfare for illegals laws.


76 posted on 12/11/2018 10:14:09 PM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: entropy12
Those 8 million WORKING picking oranges and strawberries, and washing dishes in diners and mowing your lawn are not the real problem.

Sorry, but those 8 million are also stealing tax-payer provided benefits that they have no right to.

They ALL need to be deported. ALL OF THEM!
77 posted on 12/11/2018 10:15:03 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
You cannot deport every single illegal immigrant. Doesn’t work that way. Just doesn’t.

Take away their ability to get tax-payer provided welfare of any kind and they won't be able to live here.

Watch how fast those we can't deport self-deport.
78 posted on 12/11/2018 10:16:39 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Reno89519

Sorry to say it but, you guys should have picked your own damned fruit and veggies lol.


79 posted on 12/11/2018 10:17:20 PM PST by the_individual2014
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To: the_individual2014

Who’s to say we don’t?


80 posted on 12/11/2018 10:23:21 PM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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