I agree with a lot said here. I believe if they do catch an illegal alien (regardless if its speeding etc) they should deport them back to Canada Mexico or where ever they came from. But our government just doesn't allocate enough money to do this. INS releases most of the illegal immigrants they catch if they do not have a criminal charge against them.
I think everyone complains that illegals will work for a lower wage, and that is true in a way, but also employers get away with knowing they can pay them for cheaper and they will not complain. I think the way to combat illegal immigration is to go after companies that are hiring illegals. I do know that at hotels if you are caught hiring illegals that you know are illegal you get a 10k fine for each one you have if you still employee them after 2 warnings. It shouldn't be too hard to detect illegals. When you start a job don't you need a valid SS card, Birth Certificate etc? The Government could be doing something about this but they are not. Maybe they like all the extra money that illegals pay into SS and taxes and they are never able to collect?
Finally I believe the US needs to stop out sourceing. Too many of our american jobs are going outside the US because big companies know they can save money not only in taxes but in wages paid to the worker by moving their company outside the US. I was shocked to see that General Electric, which I always believed to be a "good ol' usa company" moving much of their work to overseas and even mexico. WTF? Have you guys ever tried to call for help on your cheap Dell computer? You get someone in India. No offense but its pretty hard to understand these guys. These are all jobs that could go to American Workers. These are also jobs that are more specialized than housekeeping, concrete work etc that illegals would not be able to get. I think I read somewhere that in India alone there are 250,000 jobs in just customer service to mainly american consumers last year. I believe that could be 250,000 jobs in the US.
Overall I think trying to catch the illegal isn't helping much, we must go for the companies and fine them heavily for hiring illegals. Cut the head off the snake and the rest will die. Then we need to do something to keep American Jobs in America.
Thanks for reading, I enjoy reading all of these posts on illegals, very informative for the most part.
EL
