Undermining American workers:(Illegal Immigrants Are Pulling Wages Down - Pushing Taxes Higher)

Los Angeles Times ^ | Juy 20, 2003l | Fred Dickey

[sarcasm]

The perils of illegal immigration rattle around in the attic of public policy like a troubled spirit. We pretend not to hear the dragging chains because we don't know how to silence them, but the ghosts will endure, especially in California. Because the nation can't control its borders, the number of illegal immigrants grows by an estimated half-million each year. They come because we invite them with lax law enforcement and menial jobs. Their presence makes our own poor more destitute, creating a Third World chaos in the California economy that we are only beginning to understand.

Patricia Morena has no time for a philosophical discussion on unauthorized immigration. She lives with it, or tries to. She's a U.S. citizen of Mexican descent, and a motel maid in Chula Vista, six miles north of the border. She's short and heavyset, and dresses with care in tasteful thrift shop. She earns $300 before taxes, when she's fortunate enough to have a five-day week. She's a single mom with three children, all stuffed into a ratty little one-bedroom apartment. The eldest, an 18-year-old boy, has taken to stealing; she thinks it's because he's always been poor.

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That loss of tax revenue is key to understanding why unchecked illegal immigration creates a downward economic spiral. Jan. C. Ting, Temple University law professor and former assistant commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, says the swelling population of poor people who have little more than manual labor to offer, and who pay few taxes, will inevitably draw heavily on social services. That drain will, in turn, increase taxes on businesses and homeowners, who may depart for other states, which in turn will drive tax rates even higher.

[Kuksool]

{that crooked governor of Illinois}

That would be Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the son of Serbian immigrants. A couple of months ago, he signed a bill which granted in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. He had to the nerve to mention his immigrant parents as the reason why he signed the bill. Sadly, the Republicans in IL aren't much better. The in-state tuition bill sailed through the IL legislature with no resistance at all.

[WRhine]

"7. Fifth-column seditionist outfits like the Southern Poverty Law Center, National Council of La Raza (the race), MALDEF, LULAC, Catholic Charities, and other assorted and sundry poverty pimps," Tancredo Fan

Don't forget who's bankrolling these guys. The Ford Foundation.

That's a who's who list of organizations bent on America's destruction. Gotta keep track of them and what they do...the Ford Foundation in particular.

[norton]

"Illegals are only a portion of the problem..."

Illegals ARE the problem:
Them and the US government policies toward them;
...Amnesty for ILLEGALS creates a new set of anchors every few years,
...A constantly growing ILLEGAL populace drags down legal hispanic society AND creates a situation wherein the legal hispanics are afraid or unwilling to speak out against (or rat out on)the ILLEGALS who exist within their community,
...The state and federal governments' fear of antagonizing ANY hispanic leads them to ignore the rights of all others
...ILLEGAL aliens have no reason to even consider assimilation because they have been promised more from remaining isolate. Legal hispanics on the other hand should assimilate over at least a couple of generations.

[Missouri]

Gotta keep track of them and what they do...the Ford Foundation in particular.

You bet.

Back in March, I started a thread pertaining to an O'Reilly Factor interview with Dan Stein and another guy. The topic was the Ford Foundation and open borders. I know that I saved that link but now I can't find it. Is it possible that a link a be pulled right off my FR web site ? (Just wondering since this subject came up the other night).

[gubamyster]

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