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Politics : ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE FIGHT TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (834)	5/21/2006 11:16:53 PM
From: pcstel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3197

At certain times of the year if you call for concrete, you cannot get it, as most of the workers have gone home for either a "vacation" or holiday....and I suspect lots of cash went with them. I agree that it is impossible to stop all of the cash that crosses the border. But, your example highlights the actual reason for the spread of illegal immigrants to states like Kansas, Michigan, Tennnesse, etc. In the 1980's. It was an expensive proposition to send money electronically into Latin American countries. The charges on the sending end, as well as the receiving end greatly diluted the sum of money that was actually sent. You saw many of the Latin American Illegals remaining in the Border Regions so that they could courier their money across the border at lower rates than doing so electronically. Many illegals simply didn't trust electronic transfer technology, or felt they could be "tracked" by using this methodology. So if you have an "illegal work force" that remains in the border area. It becomes a matter of supply and demand. Soon there would be too many workers for the region to support. Hence, there would be difficulty in finding work for new arrivals. (Think of this in terms of the California Gold Rush. When the Gold disappeared, the people in the East quit walking to California). However, the use of "electronic money transfers", and the greatly reduced rates charged to provide this service have allowed the "illegal work force" to disseminate further and further away from the border areas, yet still allow them to send their wages back home. Hence the supply of jobs kept pace with the numbers crossing the border. If you stopped the ability to send monies electronically. You would force many illegals back into the border regions. Too many illegals in the border regions would create an unbalanced supply and demand ratios for workers. If illegals can't find work here, and they can't get the proceeds of their work to their families, they will return to their families. It seems ironic. If a US Citizen doesn't file an Income Tax Return, the IRS can impound their paycheck. If an illegal doesn't file a Tax Return, nothing is done about it. Seems simple to me. If someone wants to send money to an international destination and doesn't have proof of citizenship, or legal residency. Then the money being transfered should be viewed as "untaxed income", and should be subject to the highest tax rate available at the time. And so it goes,