Re: lou dobbs on illegal immigration 'broken borders'
For one, I think that "Amnesty" is a fait accompli. We have nearly 11Million people here that are "illegal". What everyone knows, but nobody wants to admit is that we will never do anything about all of those people. We might as well implement an amnesty program, preceded by a criminal backround check. Let those people that are here apply for citizenship while simultaneously closing the border.
Of course people will not realize that their produce cost is going to rise 20% as a result, because farm wages will rise rather quickly if the border is closed. But getting all of those 11 million into the social security program will be a huge benefit to the solvency of the program going forward. Once people have protections as citizens, they will move out beyond the barrios that provide cultural cover.
A huge part of our economy is dependent on these folks. Lou has not told anybody about the true economic imact of the current situation, nor the conditions that people are living in as a result of being underground citizens.