My friends and I can't seem to see any counter justification for not enforcing the Mexcan border (i.e. illegal immigrants and allowing trucks that can't be tracked or don't follow US standard safety policies).
On a legal standpoint, illegal immigrants are not legal, and technically don't have the rights that a citizen does. An illegal immigrant that steals a SSN is performing forgery, which is a crime (i.e. if I stole someone's SSN, I would be busted and face jail time).
If you argue that the US needs to have compassion, then why not start paying them more? In my hometown, Mexican migrants were picking berries for $1.00 a bucket. Why not pay illegal immigrants minimum wage and legalize them by reporting their employment (i.e. taxes), which is the humane wage we give to our own citizens (It's not that Americans don't want the jobs, they can't compete with the low wage + taxes)?
I would like to know other perspectives out there so that I can see other points of view.
2007-09-11
11:39:07
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