Ilegal aliens affecting the economy

I dont think that you have actually sat down and thought about what it would be like without ilegal aliens helping this country. Because I doubt that most of us white collars would ever want to do the jobs that they do. Do you feel like spending 10-12 hours a day picking grapes or harvesting lettace? We have become pampered and if we started getting ride of the people who do actually bust there humps ever day to make a little bit of money even tho they send it back to puru or mexico or where ever, we would never have anyone to fill those jobs. I live in California and you dont know how many people make the ignorant comment of MEXICANS are taking over california. The reason I call that an ignorant comment is because CALIFORNIA use to be part of mexico and we were the ones that came here. People need to think deeper into this ilegal alien work discussion, because truly do you see any homeless mexican bums? ones that originaly came from mexico sitting infront of walmart with a tin can NO there in a field and making there money the right way. send some of OUR white people (yes im white so i can say this) that are begging on the streets to a field and pay them .10 cents an hour to pick grapes, I bet you they would turn it down in a heart beat.

At this point it is a numbers game and we have reached the saturation point. We simply cannot have uncontolled hoards of people flooding into the country. There HAS to be some sort of regulation of this. The quality of life is diminishing for all of us.

Your right, we should be offering all those good paying jobs they are stealing from LEGAL CITIZENS. LEGAL CITIZENS should have axxcess to those jobs first. So all of you LEGAL citizens, post here if you want help finding a good job. We got ones here picking berries from dawn till way after dark (must supply your own flashlights) - but it pays an amazing $4 / DAY!!!!!!!! Imagine what you can buy with all that money people!! (PS don't forget to put some of that $$$ back to pay your taxes with, cuz we don't take it outta your checks. Also we have other good jobs cleaning other peoples feces up from ruptures sewer pipes. You'll make an amazing $30/day on this great, hot, sweaty, smelly, job. If we can we will cut hazard pay. :) Apply now before we give away these great jobs to illegal aliens!

i dont think so ,the illegal alens somehow is good to the local economy as cheap labors.being illegal immigrants they earn little for their hard work which local residents never acceptive ,and live badly,of course they should de in good control.

After reading your post,I decided to read some of the responses.I see that a lot of people are saying what they see on the news , which may or not be true.I'am married to a Mexican man,who entered this country legally,so I am little closer to this situation.Fisrt of all ,let me say that even though I'm married to a Mexican,I have little sympathy for the illegals.Because,1.Most hispanics have little or no respect for Americans.2.The idea that they are working low paying jobs is FALSE!I have worked in restuarants where the illegals made MORE than I did,And worked LESS!ALL of the ones I make between 10$ &15$ per hour!They live 7 to 12 poeple per apartment,drive NEW trucks and get food stamps,government paid healthcare,HOW?I couln't get help for my healthcare and I couldn't afford health insurance at the time because I made 7.50 per hour!I don't know why they even bother to send their kids to school, they aren't learning English!My husband didn't speak English either, but studied two hours every night,after working 2 jobs,until he learned.If they were all like him, it would be ok.I think one thing that would help ( the first thing)would be if employers and apartment managers VERIFIED their papers and SS numbers before hiring & renting to these people.Aren't they supposed to?If the illegals found it a little harder to find housing & jobs they wouldn't overrunning us the way they are.

hey do pay taxes. Many do get taxes taken out and many do file taxes every spring. Not all but a great deal do. one shud nt run away frm paying them

Ok, this is a great problem in my country also. the economy is very badly hurt by the illegal immigrants. And the government pays them to start their own business, they pay them if they have no money to live with, they pay them in order to buy a house. And for Greek citizens what there is? Nothing! I think all this help thing will make us all immigrate somewhere else!

If your concern is the taxes only that should be emplied to these alienss, then it is a big problem indeed. but you must be also be humane enough to understand the plight of these people.

what does ilegal aliens mean? i have no idea about that.

I agree with you mostly. I don't have a problem with them sending the money home to support their families but I do have a problem with their "ender the table' income when I am paying 25+% in income taxes plus state income tax plus social security. My main issue with this topic is that they are undocumented. I don't care about the ethnic origin or the number but when our government has to dump so much of our tax dollars into ineffectivly controlling unlawful border crossings....my tax dollars could be put to better use.

Let them make money and you find some other way to make more money.

They do pay taxes. Many do get taxes taken out and many do file taxes every spring. Not all but a great deal do. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4387681.html

yes illegal aliens affect the stability of the economy because the money they are earning is being sent to their country without something in exchange for that money, well i think its like that, the effect of illegal alien.

That’s only a one-sided outlook on the scenario. It’s a proven fact that the American economy can absorb the repatriation of minimum wage by "alien" to their countries. Theerfore, there isn’t a distinct or definite economical issue concerning these aliens, unless of course they are dependant on the State for aid. Take for instant all the unemployed non-native Muslims in France, now French by virtue of ID cards, who adds to National Debt of that country. Think also: despite the fact that the “aliens” in America may not be contributing to the tax pool, it’s never really "free" to live in the US regardless of who you are and the money you make. So a good chunk of their minimum wage is in fact being pumped right back into the economic pool. Secondly, "illegal alien" working for next to nothng, simply makes the cost of living a whole lot less for teh general public, including you, where production costs (etc...) are concerned. So if there is a problem of "illegal aliens"....i'd say its "crime" and "violence" - social as oposed to economic.

I completly agree with you. I won't even get started on the whole illegal alien thing.. because the whole situation pisses me off. But you're sooooooo right.

Politicians are making it worst. They should stop it long time ago.

Yes it does. and you should not feel sorry for them. They wanted to comehere. You should really report them. I know its hard to do, but if you dont you are helping to add to this terriable situation.

In my opinion when you choose not to follow laws and rules you have to pay the consequences. As far as I'm concerned this matter should not even be up for discussion. When an illegal alien requires medical attention,has an automobile accident or commits an additional crime, (other than residing in the US illegally)US tax payers are forced to absorb those costs. We are not given a choice as to whether or not we want to contribute. These examples only scratch the surface of a problem that is completely out of control.

illegal aliens are a huge problem i believe they have a right to come over and work and earn money as long as they live by our RULES but of course as everyone knows that sure is not what is happening

I agree! The last numbers I heard were that there are 20 million illegal alien in our country. I also heard that American funds are the number 2 income for Mexico with Oil being number 1. Now that is huge to me. That means that illegals sending American funds to their Mexican families is a greater number than any other business, including farming in Mexico. And that money isn't coming back up north anytime soon either. A big share of our manufacturing is going south to Mexico so they are not buying American goods with our American money. Now as far as them not paying taxes on the income that they are making is very true, even though the liberal media would like for you to believe otherwise. The only money that they are paying in is what is withheld and believe me, they are not claiming only one or two dependents, they are claiming as many as they can and having the least amount taken out of their checks. They would be craxy to file at the end of the year for a refund, their phony Social Security number would get kicked back at them as invalid and their address would be on the form. That would make them an easy target for ICE to come visiting. So, Yea, they do hurt our economy and Country.