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To: DMaA who wrote (107655)	4/4/2005 3:21:28 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793917

Lax enforcement of immigration law with respect to Latino migrant workers and other Latino sources of cheap labor has been the status quo for many decades, back to the 1920's, at least. Until very recently, the only people who really complained were the people at the bottom of the totem pole who competed with them for jobs. I recognize that there have been changes in the dynamics that have increased the costs and decreased the benefits, but overall, there are still a lot of benefits unless you live someplace like California where the costs are higher (health, education, welfare.) Here in Northern VA, we get more benefit from illegals than they cost us. I don't have any illegals working for me, but I see them everywhere -- they do yard work, construction work, cleaning work, heavy lifting. Even the Chinese and the Koreans have Latinos doing the grunt work and the dirty work in their restaurants and grocery stores. How do I know they're illegal? They look Mestizo, don't speak a lick of English, and can't even read or write Spanish (most of them.) I see dozens of them standing by the side of the road in the mornings, waiting to be picked up for day labor.