Inspired by an answer I saw here 2day: Do YOU think the US economy would fold up like a cheap kite if...?

Question

...immigration enforcement was carried out? Any catastrophic economic impacts you've seen/heard of so far?

Answer 1

no, they tried this back in may when all immigrants took the day off around may 1st and nothing happened. our ecomony stayed strong, but for the businesses that had to close cause all there immigrants took the day off should have been looked into by the INS. we dont need them and i'll pay an extra .20 cents for my grapes knowing an american picked them.

Answer 2

Personally, no, I don't think so - not of a catastrophic nature. First of all, I don't think that ALL immigrants will ever be removed all on the same day. No matter what, this will be only of a gradual, but continuous nature; a snowball effect, I think. Once the laws start taking effect from one state to the next, and the different states start doing their thing to deport illegal immigrants, and illegal immigrants start finding themselves running like scared rats from one area to another and cannot find work or places to live anymore, there will be the increased crime that will happen at first, robbing, stealing, etc. out of desperation, but this will all be over a matter of months and probably years. Many will even voluntarily return to their homes. I think there will be a period of adjustment when businesses and employers will realize that they have to up their wages until the legal US citizens will start coming forward to take the jobs that the illegals used to do at below par wages. There will also be a bit of automation where farmers will be forced to take on equipment and machinery that they were hesitating taking on, in light of the cheap slave labour they had gotten used to. As well, at the same time, I believe that there needs to be a sweeping welfare reform to crack down on the lax rules that allow too many able-bodied persons to sit back and collect welfare. These people need to be forced to get off their butts and take up the slack by filling in to the jobs the illegals presently do, but they need to be paid a decent wage, too. I don't really believe that there will be the doomsday happenings of $10 heads of lettuce, etc. That is ridiculous! I believe that the employers have been long collecting inflated profits off the backs of the slave illegal immigrants and they are going to have to take a big down-slide in their profits, to what they should REALLY be getting. CEOs have been getting absolutely unreal salaries in recent years and there are going to have to be some reality adjustments to those, too. Some businesses will fold - those who were only really operating on artificial means, anyways, due to the slave illegal immigrant labour. These businesses should NOT be in business, anyways.

Anyways, so that's my take on this. Thanks for asking!

Answer 3

Quite the contrary! Americas economy would hit yet another boon relieved of the burden of state and federal welfare to non citizens, the crush on American hospitals, not to mention the 38% federal prisoners that come from the 12% illegal Mexicans improving their life with those luxuries. Add the 4 billion(whatever!) dollars they steal and send back to a country even they don't want to live in and...America is flush once again!

Answer 4

Oh, please...

There WOULD be temporary dislocation. States like CA and NY in particular now have less middle class and legal lower middle class and workers to perform the work because decades of illegal immigration has shaped society. However, over a year I would expect that to settle. Right now it costs $1billion to LA county each year to provide services to illegal immigrants, and costs California $10.5 billion a year.

We are paying a huge price for business's cheap labor, and it is worth some dislocation to get our schools back.

Answer 5

Nope! I seriously think we'd actually see our economy rebound once the leeches have been caught and returned to the tank. I mean that very literally. I know I know...I'm mean. I guess I just think we all need to play be the rules. I can't help it people are too lazy to do things the right way...by law. Our crops will be harvested, our toilets scrubbed, and our tacos prepared by LEGAL, PRODUCTIVE, and POSITIVE citizens of this country.

Answer 6

I think it would be difficult in some areas, like agriculture. The business interests that hire them should bear the brunt of the economic burden, as they have been reaping the benefit for so long in the first place. (Remember, they sell to you at American prices, and and reap American profits, but don't pay American wages to the Illegals.)
The American taxpayer, (of Mexican decent included), should see the greatest benefit in terms of the reduction of social service burdens, etc.)

Answer 7

in any developed or developing countries...there bound to be immigration problem with illegal workers...look at it this way, if you have to pay $100 per day for a citizen servant and it's only costing $20 per day for illegals or even legal migrants, which one would you choose ? for some job, we will not do it as the pay will be too low and it's not up to our standard to do that job...so who will do them if not the illegals or legal migrants ??!! we actually need them to do most of the low paying jobs so that we can concentrate to do the high paying jobs to move out economy !! everyone have their roles to play....if a smart woman who's good at her work in a high flying position in a big multi national industry need to stay home to take care of her children, it will be a big loss for the nation and the industry....if she thinks paying $100 per day is too expensive, then she need to pay for cheaper workers....if all migrants are being sent home, she will have to stay home and do housework.

Answer 8

Nope

Answer 9

none that are true
I live in Florida and people on welfare could use the work .
at harvest time you would think it was Texas from the truck license plates here

Answer 10

Well, it would seem that if we sent the illegals back, we would have to support the economy of Mexico with substantial aid...they couldn't suffer the hardship. But we should re-patriate them...and then say sorry...let them sort out their own problem.