[DumpsterDiver]

In my opinion, illegal immigration benefits a small elite of the country, at the expense of many working Americans (in terms of depressed wages, higher taxes, etc.)

I agree and I question the validity of the this assertion made in the article: "Illegal immigration is attractive because cheaper labor leads to cheaper prices for goods or services."

I'd like to see some proof to back this up. Are the prices really cheaper, or is the employer's bank account the only thing that's reaping the benefits of "cheap labor"? Do these "cheaper prices" in any way at all make up for the cost to taxpayers that illegal immigration begets (schools, health care, incarceration, etc.)?

How do people rationalize their behavior vis a vis illegal aliens, anyway? Is breaking the law acceptable to that many people as long as this "cheap labor" (allegedly) produces low prices? What of the ramifications of all this illegal behavior? The breaking of one law begets the breaking of the next law and on and on it goes. This is not going to come to any good end.

[janetgreen]

Do these "cheaper prices" in any way at all make up for the cost to taxpayers that illegal immigration begets (schools, health care, incarceration, etc.)?

We both know the answer to that is NO! California taxpayers pay a high price for the so-called "cheaper prices", to the tune of BILLIONS every year, while big companies line their pockets.