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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (205091)	10/5/2004 12:34:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1587444

RE:"I'm still not for closing the borders and going into "Fortress America" mode, but neither do I have any illusions of being able to support the illegals without creating a noticeable drag on our system. Too bad many businesses are too addicted to low-cost labor. Can you blame them given how much it costs to hire regular workers here in CA?" At least you're coming around to the hypocrisy of our immigration system. On one hand we are supposedly photographing and fingerprinting all foreigners passing legally through our borders and on the other hand we look the other way with illegal immigration. Neither candidate wants to address the 12-14 illegals in the country now and the southern border remains porous. Neither wants to place some military bases on the border and practice patroling. OTOH, they are soooo concerned about Cat Stevens... We even have one politician down here complaining that people registering to vote have to check a box on the application stating whether or not they are a US CITIZEN. What the heck is going on? National polls show 60-70% of voters want the borders shut down yet neither candidate addresses it. I'm not talking about a permenent shutdown, just until we get it under control.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (205091)	10/5/2004 12:03:14 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587444

I'm still not for closing the borders and going into "Fortress America" mode, but neither do I have any illusions of being able to support the illegals without creating a noticeable drag on our system. Immigration, esp. illegal immigration, is a major reason (probably the main reason) why "the poor are getting poorer). First of all many of the poorest 5% or 1% are going to be recent (often illegal) immigrants. They might actually be getting richer, but since they are poorer then the previous poorest x% the stats show the poor as getting poorer (ignoring the fact that they poorest x% are not the same people from year to year.) Also they drag down wages for other unskilled people. Tim