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To: Road Walker who wrote (321477)	1/17/2007 8:45:53 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573990

John, Not all, but most. If we enforce the laws about employing illegals, with very significant penalties for employers, then the (unemployed) illegals will find their way back to their home countries. They made it here without the pay that they receive in the US; certainly they can make it home. I think there are already significant penalties in place, but there is virtually no enforcement. On the contrary, as opposed to enforcing the immigration laws of this country, there are number of state and local governments that actively hinder the enforcement of laws. So on one hand, there are some companies (like the place i work at) that abides by the laws religiously, we see our competitors snap up the potential employees we reject (because they can't prove they are authorized to work in the US). It is particularly painful to watch that in areas where the labor market is tight, and we are losing business because we can't find people ... Joe

To: Road Walker who wrote (321477)	1/18/2007 12:31:08 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573990

re: That's perhaps an important issue, but it doesn't provide an argument for the federal government being able to properly set an appropriate price for low skilled labor It addresses the need for a minimum wage as an imperfect solution. Not really. It assumes it is a solution. It doesn't make an argument as to how. If illegal immigrants significantly lower the market clearing rate for low skilled labor, then they make minimum wage increases even more problematic.