do you think illegal aliens support the us economy?

Question

i mean, dont they do all the work others would never do? i.e. construction labor, housekeeping...and all of that for the minimum wage...

why is it that when people say 'illegals', others think of mexico, latinos, hispanics etc. THERE ARE MANY ILLEGALS OF OTHER NATIONALITIES TOO!!!! ((dont steretype))

Answer 1

Hell no.. They are a HUGE drain on the economy. The abuse the welfare system by drawing food stamps, aide for families with children, Medicaid, and falsely drawing social security benefits. They also ILLEGALLY take up much needed space in U.S. schools. I think you need to get your facts straight or a reality check.

Answer 2

Are you kidding, or just very misinformed? They are draining the government, which is the taxpayers, of millions of dollars. Free health care, free school lunches, welfare, the list goes on and on.
To say they do the work others will not due, what a joke, that's what the big companies want you to believe so they can get rich off the illegals by paying them very little.
My whole family from great grandparents on down generations worked in a packing house. Then the company decided illegals would work for a fraction of the wage and that would put way more money in there pocket. So it was goodbye Americans we'll hire the illegals and make way more money.
Last time I looked around, there were all kinds of white people doing house cleaning, construction, etc. Come on, its all about big corporations getting richer. And when this country is turned into Mexico, remember where your thinking was at.

Answer 3

After you got hurt, I asked you if your crutches supported you. You said, "Yeah." If you were feeling adventurous, you may reply "Yeah, but they hurt my armpits." The reason they support you is because they hold you up.

If I kicked them out from under you, you would fall over.

In America, illegal immigrants are supporting the system. They may not be perfect, and they may hurt a little, but if we deported them all, our economy would collapse. It is that simple.

"Deport them all" is a very, very ignorant and stupid thing to say. Nativists like this have always been around. This is the same reason that Irish did all the hard work before the civil war. Slaves were too much of an investment. Irish, and the Germans and Scotch-Irish before them were all seen as scum, inferior, and damaging when they first arrived. But in the end, they have become part of America, and provided us with outstanding leaders.

And so will these new Mexican-Americans.

The only difference is that now there is an immigration quota, forcing them to come illegally.

The supply will meet the demand. If there wasn't a demand, a desperate need for low wage jobs in America, they would not come. The reality of the situation is, the US economy is about to collapse. We should be focusing on our huge debt. Right now, it is 300% of our GDP. The governments chief accountant says that economic disaster looms on the horizon. In order to avoid complete collapse, soon the government will be forced to either cut social security or double taxes. Don't believe me??


Look it up, right here on yahoo! news..

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061028/america_the_bankrupt.html



Please do it. I am not a liberal. I am not a Democrat. I am a moderate. But I am more importantly an American.

If we don't get our priorities straight, then there won't be a US economy in 50 years. Don't you people see that? But no. Let's talk about how big of a ******* fence we are going to build. Fire up the Ford (american made!!!) and lets catch us some mexicans and throw them back across the borders ourselves!

Answer 4

Don't be fooled into thinking that illegal aliens do all the work others won't do. It's a lie. There are plenty of good contruction jobs that if you as a caucasian were to show up to the job site, you would not get hired. Also, there are enough inmates in jails and prisons to pick the fruit on the farms, meaning prices would not go up and we would know who is here in the USA. All illegal immigration does is bring down wages and increases crime.
Also, keep this in mind: there used to be a hospital ten minutes away from where I live that had to close down because too many illegals were coming to the emergency room for primary care without a way to pay and the hospital had to absorb the costs. The hospital basically went bankrupt. So now if I am in need of an ambulance to take me to the hospital, that means the ambulance has to drive further meaning that I might not live in the longer period of time it takes to get there.
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG BUT DON'T ILLEGALS SEND THE MONEY THAT THEY GET HERE DOWN TO MEXICO? DOESN'T THAT MEAN THE MONEY IS TAKEN OUT OF OUR ECONOMY? PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THAT IS GOOD FOR OUR ECONOMY?

Answer 5

No they don't. Have you seen the news that in Colorado where they raided the Swift meat packing plant that the line of legal immigrants and US citiyzens were out the door applying for the jobs vacated by the raid? And very few of them work for minium wage. Most I know of are working for $10.00 an hour or more. Most are not educated and are only capable of manual labor, manufacturing, housekeeping jobs. Any educated person, or person with a craft or trade, legal or illegal, can find a good paying job. Most uneducated people, regardless of color, are never going to have good paying job.

Answer 6

I eat fast food often and stay in motels often and I swear that I NEVER see an illegal working at either place for MINIMUM wage. However I do see them doing construction and things for 20.00 a hour that Americans would make 40 or 45.00 doing.and Americans would pay taxes. U people really need to find another excuse for validation.you have worn this one completely out.

Answer 7

No illegals do not support the US economy. They support their own country's economy by sending money they make here in the US back to their own country.
Do they help the US economy by paying taxes or paying into Social Security?? Nope. Sorry state sales tax does not count.
If they want to contribute to the US Economy then they should become US Citizens and pay taxes and social security like all the other immigrants have!!

PLEASE, Please, please stop saying that Illegals do work that Americans won't do!!! It is just not true!!!!!!!!!!
Americans have been doing those jobs LONG BEFORE illegals came in the US and we would do them again if corporations didn't try and save money by hiring cheaper workers.

Answer 8

The illegal immigrants are unskilled and a drain on the US. They get medical services that are paid for by people who pay taxes. Illegal immigrants work for cash and do not pay taxes.
Other people will do those jobs. I worked construction, now I have a college degree and have a better job. We3 have people to to all those jobs, but it is cheaper to hire an illegal immigrant to do some jobs.
Imagine someone breaking into your house and doing the dishes and cleaning up the house, you know all the jobs you do not want to do. Because they do this you now owe them medical care and a place to live. Would you think this was fair?

Answer 9

No, there are plenty of Americans that will do those jobs! Yes, illegals are bad for America, because they bring down the economy. They come over, get on welfare, have illegitimate kids aka anchor babies. Those that respect our legal process to become an American citizen are the ones that want to work hard.

Answer 10

The only ones that benefit from the illegals are the Mexican government and the American corporations that hired them. The rest of the American citizens and state government suffer from these illegals. With the illegals the poor population increase and the ghettos in our cities also increases.Twenty years ago we didn't needed them,, why do we need them now??They are bad for the USA.