furthermore, those immigrant workers deserve fair treatment also when they are here. they deserve to be paid an honest wage for their labour. ...
Anyone who wants to be treated fairly will treat our country fairly by respecting our laws and only entering our country legally. No one "deserves" a thing if they break our laws and violate our national sovereignty and continue to live outside the law while here.
lol...i knew this guy who had like thousands of dollars worth of fishing equiptment but he never caught much fish because he was too cheap to shell out the $1.25 for a milk container full of worms that some local kid was selling out front of the country store.
you have, at best estimate, 11,000,000 undocumented workers in this country, most of them employed in domestic sevice and the construction trades. i like to use farm workers for these types of discussions because most people can relate to a heaad of lettuce better than they can relaate to those rich enough to hire full time nannies or small local businesses thaat do remodels. that is beside the point, though.
almost half of these "illegal" workers have entered this country legally, so exactly how are you going to "control the borders" without actually closing them. if you want undocumented immigrants workers out of our country out of this country, you take away the bait...and the bait is held out by abusive employers taking advantage of a cheap foreign labour market while americans who are willing to work and want to work languish.
just how far do you think $2,227/month gross income will go in the USA? or about $27,000 anual income?
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and the above is just one of many. don't you dare talk to me about who should respect our laws and they will be treated fairly.
what happens when a town implodes...
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and for the record, i think workers, be they legal american or undocumented immigrant labour, deserve to be treated with respect and dignity and that such treatment be reflected in a fair living wage and benefits.
so i will continue to buy american lettuce picked by union workers because the less expensive head of lettuce costs far, far too much.