Illegal Immigration is no longer Legal?
So did you hear about the recent proposed legislation making it more illegal to hire illegal immigrants? (Read about it here) I say "more illegal" because apparently no law enforcement agency has ever been cracking down on illegal immigration. Some protesters are saying that the legislation is "inhumane."
WHAT!?
The legislation makes it illegal for an employer to take a tax exemption for workers who are in the country illegally, and therefore pay no income taxes, and for whom no payroll taxes are paid.
Is that inhumane? The legislation also makes a provision to verify identification by a government agency to allow for wire transfers of money. This is where it can possibly hurt illegals. The main reason many sneak into the country is to make lots of money and wire it back home to the family.
But is it inhumane? I don't think so.
I've seen first-hand how hard-working these immigrants are. They only want to do a good job and collect their pay at the end of the week. I can't fault them for that. But I also know people who are here legally and have the same work ethic, but pay taxes.
There is a reason they call it "illegal immigration." The idea is that it is illegal. But on the other side of that, since there is such a thing as illegal immigration, that means that it is possible to perform LEGAL immigration. Is it fair to the people who work hard to come to this country legally if you just make it easy as that to come in illegally? The 9/11 perpetrators got into this country easily because we are so lax on illegal immigration and not verifying identity of people coming to this country.
That's the point.
If we let the hard-working Mexican people in, we have to let the conniving terrorists in, because we can't offend them to check that they are who they say they are and ask them why they are here first.
2 comments:
I know I have a problem with illegal immagrants. Mostly due to the tax thang. They do not have a SS number and are working under the table. They are not paying taxes to cover our SS, medicare (which they often use), public assistance (which they sometimes use too), government funding, defence funds, and a whole slew of other things. They want all the benifits of being an American, but without actually helping the cause. In my book, that's cheating. America is a melting pot. Thats what makes America great. So if you want to be American, go through the process and become legit.
I also agree, I have a large problem with illegals in this country. For those who wish to do things the right way and get green cards and register, more power to them, but to those who soak up our medical system and everything else, I say send them to France. They'll know what to do with them.
-Ian
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