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Originally Posted by aklim
Maybe to the ag industry it is a large thing. How about to the economy as a whole? In either case, the principle is the same isn't it? Where are you going to draw the line between what is illegal and what is not? Should looting in say New Orleans be legal since many are doing it?
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The two industries here in the US that employ the most illegal immigrants are agricultural and construction. It’s a damn good thing these two aren’t important to our economy.
I’m not trying to make a stand for something illegal. I’m not making any comments to the legality of it at all. I’m simply stating that many folks are sitting around with the simple, narrow minded attitude of: “It’s illegal!! Send them all back to Mexico and close the border tight. We’ll all be just fine here in the good old USA without them. It wont have and impact on our economy and if it did, we’d all be better off anyway because we‘ll be making it up somewhere else. I’ll be happy to pay for any increase in any costs it may induce. I can handle it.” That’s why I stated that I’d love to see a study done on it. I think most people don’t have a clue of the economic impact. I’m looking at the big picture here. Not the simple “It’s illegal, send them home.” issue. It’s too late for that. And a much bigger issue than that as well. It's not a simple figuring out of where to draw a line.
And - Everyone seems to think it’s all the Mexicans fault for coming over here. No body here seems to want to look at why it is they are coming. If you want to curve the influx. Look at why they are coming, and do something about that. Not the how. You can only build so high and tight of a wall. And if they still have a reason to, they’ll climb it when you’re done.