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To: robert b furman who wrote (3523)	10/3/2019 2:26:31 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 13821

Boris Johnson has already been put out of his misery: 1.) Leaders in the UK Parliament have rejected his Brexit plan; 2.) The EU has rejected his Brexit plan unless he provides additional details because the proposed EU/UK border between England and the EU would be controlled only by the UK. It's as if Boris Johnson has suggested we moved the US-Mexico border 200 miles south inside Mexico, but it can be manned only by Mexican border guards - and the US is not allowed to have border enforcement at the actual border apart from electronic reviews of bills of lading. The EU will agree to Boris Johnson's proposal, but only if the English-Irish border entirely within UK territory is also enforced by the EU and their border control - which would also be essential to America if we moved the US-Mexico border 200 miles south. If the US or EU relied exclusively on Mexican and UK border controls it's easy to understand why migrants and smuggled goods would flow freely into the US and EU.

To: robert b furman who wrote (3523)	10/3/2019 2:49:04 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13821

One other point should be clarified. England does not have a generous social services network. For immigrants, the appeal of England is the opportunity to work "off the books" which doesn't exist in continental Europe. If I want a job in Germany or France, I need an ID, an "internal passport", which has to be verified. This effectively shuts out illegal immigrants from all employment in Europe. The only career path for undocumented immigrants in Europe is crime. In England, as in America, homeowners and small business owners gladly employ people under the table and pay with cash. For his entire career Trump has routinely employed undocumented workers and then complains that they come here. Trump actually flew Polish iron workers into the US as tourists to build Trump Tower, and then dumped them without paying them other than their return plane ticket. There's also the internal immigrants inside the EU, like those who have moved from Wisconsin to Texas. Many, many Polish citizens hold service jobs inside Germany, but in England they can work as unlicensed building contractors - just as many undocumented Latin American immigrants do in America. In most of Europe, you can't operate as an unlicensed contractor. Polish immigrants also provide most of the labor on British farms and in many hotels. The US and UK have created their own "attractive nuisance" which only they can fix with controls which prevent illegal employment.