Lawmakers Fuel Border War Fire

Debbie from NC

First of all, immigrant Latino/as do not "steal" jobs from anyone in the US; they work at jobs that US workers refuse to take because US employers want to pay slave wages to increase their profit margins. As well, every US worker thinks they deserve $50 an hour for any job they do, instead of simply earning a decent wage.

That is why every attempt to pass laws in Congress to penalize corporations who hire undocumented workers fails -- because moderate and conservative, White, fat cat politicians want to allow their friends who are the CEOs of corporations and businesses to continue to rake in huge profits. In fact, it is the CEOs of corporations who are "stealing" jobs from US workers! They "outsource" jobs to third world or other countries that allow them to get around minimum wage laws and corporate taxes, so that the CEOs can increase profit margins. If you want to blame someone, blame those who have the power t change the reality! Blame the rich White business owners and their profit motive practices.

To your second ignorant point, read the data on the US government DHHS website -- White HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE LARGEST DRAIN ON THE US TAXPAYERS FOR WELFARE! This country is 75% White; there always have been and currently are WAY more Whites, having way more welfare children, and costing states and the US government money to support them. If you added up all the people of color on welfare today, it is STILL A SMALLER NUMBER than all the Whites on welfare today! KNOW YOUR FACTS! Since BIll Clinton passed the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, no undocumented immigrant (what people errantly refer to as "illegal") can receive ANY KIND of welfare in the US. We are taking care of NO ONEs children except those of our own impoverished citizenry -- and it is WHITES who by far have more of these children on welfare. READ THE DATA! KNOW YOUR FACTS. STOP BEING RACIST!

If you want change, them ask for productive measure. Ask for laws that penalize corporations for hiring cheap undocumented workers. But, then you'd better be ready to pay $5.00 for a head of lettuce and other produce, pay WAY more for your pork and chicken products, and pay way more for janitorial, hospitality, construction, and manufactiring goods! Because it is our exploitation of undocumented workers that allows us to buy things at such a cheap price!

I do get tired of ignorant, racist people and responses. They just spread hate and ignorance, when what we all need is a better understanding of the realities of the US economy, a better understanding of how for 500 years the US has ruined the economies of every Latin American country in the Western hemisphere for our own profit, and an acceptance of our deep dependency on Latin American laborers. When we understand those facts, we can really start to think through a good solution instead of spewing ignorance and hate.

Sojourner of IL 5:55PM March 10, 2011