Migrant
: one that migrates : as a : a person who moves regularly in order to find work especially in harvesting crops b : an animal that shifts from one habitat to another
- migrant adjective
Are these illegal immigrants and/or aliens not ALSO migrant farmers as they move from location to location, looking for work and trying not to get caught? Perhaps we should also address the jobs that no sane American would perform, and which is generally designated for illegal migrant farmers. If nobody else will perform these tasks, then how are we to cope?
It's a catch-22 that you don't seem to be fully aware of. You also don't seem to be aware of yet another sticky situation regarding illegal immigrants:
Quote:Illegal Immigrants/Social Security
One of the constant arguments that I hear about illegal immigration is that they are draining the nations economy. It is alleged that they don't pay taxes yet benefit from government spending - education, healthcare, and even some welfare spending. The problem with this is that it is untrue.
This article (hattip to both Joan at LA Mom and Bradford Plumer) takes a look at how illegal immigrants pay millions into social security and medicaire yet never receive a penny of those benefits:
As the debate over Social Security heats up, the estimated seven million or so illegal immigrant workers in the United States are now providing the system with a subsidy of as much as $7 billion a year.
While it has been evident for years that illegal immigrants pay a variety of taxes, the extent of their contributions to Social Security is striking: the money added up to about 10 percent of last year's surplus - the difference between what the system currently receives in payroll taxes and what it doles out in pension benefits. Moreover, the money paid by illegal workers and their employers is factored into all the Social Security Administration's projections.
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It is impossible to know exactly how many illegal immigrant workers pay taxes. But according to specialists, most of them do. Since 1986, when the Immigration Reform and Control Act set penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants, most such workers have been forced to buy fake ID's to get a job.
Most studies are showing that the vast majority (75%) of illegal immigrants in this country are working and paying taxes, and most receive very little benefit from it. Just in Social Security alone illegal immigrants pay approximately 7 billion dollars per year.
As Joan says, "Imagine if they were legally recognized and didn't have to lie in order to contribute to our economy."
So you can use other arguments (which don't typically hold much weight either) to hate illegal immigrants...but do not use the economy, because it just is not true.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/business/05immigration.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=78c87ac4641dc383&ex=1270353600&adxnnl=0&partner=rssuserland&adxnnlx=1112684646-N+/5D6uoVovM6rrvDcEdkA
I'd also think twice about shooting them, cjhsa. You never know; their collective pittance of a salary could very well pay for YOUR retirement one day...
