The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Yes, but outside of being here illegally, don't these people also do us a lot of good?

I guess it depends on your definition of good.

Here is something I found and hate to admit it's from FAIR:

"Between 40 and 50 percent of wage-loss among low-skilled Americans is due
to the in-migration of low-skilled workers. Many American workers lose their
jobs through unfair competition. An estimated 1,880,000 American workers are
displaced from their jobs every year by immigration and the cost for
providing welfare and assistance to these Americans is over $15 billion a
year - FAIR research.

Immigration is a net drain on the economy; corporate interests reap the
benefits of cheap labor, while taxpayers pay the infrastructural cost. FAIR
research shows "the net annual cost of illegal immigration has been estimated
at between $67 and $87 billion a year. Even studies claiming some modest
overall gain for the economy from immigration ($1 to $10 billion a year) have
found that it is outweighed by the fiscal cost ($15 to $20 billion a year)
to native taxpayers."

In AZ Cesar Chavez is big. He was the man who organized farm labor. He was adamantly opposed to illegal immigration because illegals flooded the work market and drove wages down. He reported anyone of questionable status he found to INS.