What the World Hears About Immigrating to the USA (Canada's Herding Illegals to the USA)

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The United States government is gearing up for an election year by promoting a controversial amnesty program directed at providing status for between 8-11 Million illegal aliens currently living in the United States. Described as major immigration reform, this temporary worker program proposes to offer three-year work visas to undocumented aliens who have illegally entered the United States, the majority from Mexico, on the condition that they currently have jobs or obtain a job offer. The Hispanic vote is said to be crucial in the hopes of the Bush Administration getting re-elected in 2004.

There are many critics of this initiative. Some argue that the program will result in price increases for many consumer goods as most of the affected workers are currently employed illegally as seasonal workers in agriculture and other low wage industries where employers prey on their illegal status to pay below market wage rates. Legalizing their status it is argued, will result in consumer price increases or at the least, will reinforce a falling wage rate for labour in affected industries. Critics also argue that the program rewards immigration lawbreakers and encourages the continued contempt for the country's stringent immigration rules. If temporary workers are required it is argued, a fairer alternative is to recruit the required manpower from outside the United States under a guest worker program.

Yet, despite the apparent criticism over the US program, Canadian policy makers have been considering the merits of implementing a similar amnesty program for which some estimates currently place at more than 200,000 illegal immigrants in Canada predominantly living and working in Toronto. Many illegal immigrants are economic migrants who are currently employed but who cannot get legal status within current selection models.

Canadian immigration policies for the most part differ from the United States, which is one of the only countries in the Western world where natural population growth occurs without the need to rely on immigration to ensure labour market growth. Unlike the United States which requires family or employer sponsorship as a condition for long term admission, Canada admits some 150,000 economic class immigrants each year with minimal emphasis on employer arranged employment. Canada also admits some 100,000 temporary workers under a number of employer sponsored industry specific agreements (favouring the building trades, information technology, caregivers, students and spouses) with other sectors being considered as well. Together, these two programs are the centrepieces of Canadian immigration policy.

But despite the criticisms and the policy differences, a Canadian amnesty program offering temporary worker status to individuals who are already employed could go a long way in freeing up resources which are currently being used to deal with our illegal immigrant problem not the least of which is trying to track them down. Moreover, illegal immigrants are not tax payers and do consume government services. Offering them legal status will increase our tax base and will also address the problem of employers who hire illegals and avoid paying employer contributions. The effects of this economic problem although unproven in Canada, are no doubt significant.

Once we have a grasp on our illegal immigration problem including the industries involved, our policy makers can identify solutions and introduce programs that offer long term legal status to an important group of skilled workers who are employable and for whom economic integration will not be in doubt. This is the raison d’etre of our immigration programs. And with a Federal Election on the horizon, the timing to take action could not be better.

Amnesty for illegals is one giant nail in America’s coffin.

It's also a deciding factor on whether or not I vote in the next election. Unless the candidate is solid on the issue of securing the borders and expelling crimigrants I'm staying home.

I got into a flame war with some Bushbots on another web site. They talked about Jorge's good points overriding his bad points.

If you marry a woman who is beautiful, cooks great, is a spotless housekeeper, but she's a whore, is that ok? After all, she gets 3 out of 4 right.

No, it's not ok. And I'm tired of voting for whores.

President Bush, the one who...

embraced islam in the wh

brought us “too big to fail” blatantly unconstitutional taxpayer dollars going to large insolvent private-sector companies

and embarked on “winning hearts and minds” of iraq and afghanistan instead of flattening their militaries and major cities (what wars are) then getting our forces the h@ll back home

continued appeasing the sodomite lobby, merely, barely, holding the line on DADT - a policy that set the stage for institutionalized immorality in our military.

I’m sure I left out some contributions...

And Romney’s history makes the former President look conservative !

Obviously a real conservative candidate would have to temper their rhetoric to get elected. But once in office, seems like every Republican folds up like cheap, broken lawn chair, making no effort to bring America back towards the righteousness of God.

In order for America to avoid the cesspool of the failed nations of history, our elected leaders will have to publicly acknowledge and support the first Amendment freedom of religion clause - in it’s original intended meaning.

IMHO...

[ Canada's Herding Illegals to the USA ]

Why Not... America is the dump... it says so on the Statue of Liberty.. on Ellis Island.. It says America is "THE DUMP"... That was OK when immigrants were forced to learn what liberty was.. and pressured to learn English.. Some were even forced to learn to read the Constitution.. to learn some American History and a little about proper Civics..

Not so now... The teachers Unions have long since deprived our students of learning Civics and American History..

So that very few even know who the Secretary of State is.. or the Vice President.. or even the Capitals of the various States.. or that there "ARE" 50 States..

The teachers Unions have dumbed down America to the point they elected a virtual Marxist as President.. because they do not know what a Marxist "IS"..

Americans don't even know what a socialist "IS", anymore.. Or what a democracy is and isn't.. The teachers Unions should be against the law.. and many of them Jailed.. possibly for life.. Teachers Unions are seditious by their very nature..

Next week; I'll talk of Unions in general and why communist regimes always take over the Unions FIRST!... before they commence eliminating all political opposition.. through propaganda first and ultimately through "death squads".. then imprisoning ALL opposition..

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