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Originally Posted by Jorn
Now you got an interesting point. The people that come here illegally didn't create the need for undocumented work, we did as consumers.
The more undocumented workers in the country, the better the economy is doing. When the economy tanks, like in 2008, undocumented workers leave. They follow the work, just like anyone else.
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The undocumented Worker and a lot of Legal Aliens also left becasue the could not support themselves here. It had nothing to do woth them following the Work. It had more to do with going back and letting your Family take care of you things get better.
A lot of Legal Aliens that My Father Rented Apartments to went back to Mexico because there was no work here; but they did not go back to Mexico because there was work waiting for them there.
My Wife is from the Philippines and they do the same thing there. If you are unemployed you stay with Your Family and try to do as much work as you can find but you pool the Family resources when it comes to Food and Shelter.
If one part of your Family is having trouble taking care of You; you go visit some of your other Relatives and hope some opportunity to work happens there; and so on.
It depends on what you think is important to the Economy.
The illegal Aliens are not helping our trade deficit and I believe they use up more social services, Legal Services and so on then the average Legal Residence or Citizen does. So none of that is bringing more Money into the US Economy.
What is the Border Partol costing the Tax Payers?
Also Illegal Aliens also send Money Home as do Legal Aliens. So they send Money out of the Country; I don't think that helps the US Economy.
Where the Help the US Economy is the Illegal Aliens come here with little and will need to Buy almost everything.
I am not entirely convinced that this is true but the Claim is that they fill the Jobs that no one else wants. Assuming that is true they also keep the Wages down for those same Jobs.
So it becomes the self fulfilling prophecy. One of the reason the Legal Residents and Citizens no one wants the Job is because the pay is too low.
Where I am in Long Beach most of the Fast Food Jobs are filled by Adult Aliens; leagal or otherwise. Those used to be the Jobs that Kids just getting out of High School used to work it till the got better educated or learned some Skill to get a better job. At least in My area those Jobs are filled by Adults.