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To: quehubo who wrote (166264)	5/13/2006 12:31:39 AM
From: alanrs	Respond to of 794309

That very well may be, I have no feel for that. I'm also aware that coming here is a difficult proposition and that a willingness to risk the unknown in the hopes of a better life takes a lot of nerve. I agree that a certain amount of 'self selection' is taking place, as others have pointed out. However, when the situation is so far out of hand that job openings here are relayed through an informal employment network to friends and relatives there, something has to be done about whatever is fueling the problem. The obvious pressure point is at the employers pocket book. My bet is that those greedy SOBs put a lot of the savings from paying low wages directly into their own pockets now. Make the penalties big enough and the job magnet goes away. Will it solve the problem completely? No, of course not. But it would be a huge first step. ARS