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The U.S. feeding off illegal immigration illustrated in this film

posted 17 years ago by musicbeing
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The film includes certain American characters who use illegal immigrants as a way of making ends meet.

The first example is the 2 college students who offer a "coyote" to smuggle babies into the country for money in order to pay college tuition. The other of course being the rich people who take advantage by hiring them as cheap labour and at times not even paying them (yes, not paying her the week's work when firing her "what are you going to do? call the police?" is very undignified). If these kind of people in the U.S. didn't exist, we wouldn't have illegal immigrants here.

So alot has been said about this film glorifying the issue, but why has nothing been said about this side of the argument portrayed here? Why yell at the people who come here illegally but nothing is being said to those who feed the issue by hiring them?

[–] Mud_dib 17 years ago

uhhh... there is a 250,000$ fine if you are caught knowingly employing an Illegal alien... and there were like 3 companies that were shut down in the last 4 years because of it.

"You shady mother *beep*
-"Dirty Money in the Midwest" by Me

[–] atomicpotty 17 years ago

There should be a lot more cracking down on those involved in hiring or housing illegals. 3 companies in 4 years is nothing. It's like the equivalent of being hit by lightning, which stops practically nobody.
If you stop the job opportunities, people go home, simple as that.

[–] rogerscorpion 17 years ago

I agree, Atomic. 3 in 4 years is a drop in the bucket. Many times, the fine the employer pays is less than the $$ he/she saved by employing illegals (note I didn't say immigrants). I think, if the employer spent a few days locked up-- away from friends, family & that business--they'd think twice before employing them, &, as you said, if you stop the job opportunities, coming here will look far less attractive.
One man, here in Texas, funded a beloved employee's return here, after he'd been deported. That employee subsequently shot & killed an officer during a drunk driving arrest. The employer is now being prosecuted.

Carpe Noctem

[–] musicbeing 17 years ago

I for one would love it if all illegals simply went back to Mexico...so the American public can stop being distracted by this issue and see that there are far greater evils in our country that need to be dealth with.

[–] BellaBelli 17 years ago

Not all illegals are from Mexico.

Explain how illegal immigration is a "distraction."

[–] LorneMalvo 17 years ago

It's this simple: these people come to America to work illegally. If they get in: more power to them.

But once they are in they have NO rights and must work or leave. That simple. We can't have illegals sucking off the welfare system when it's already overburdened.

If these people want to come here without the right documents then they need to work and obey the law. As long as they do that I have no problem with them at all.

But when these people come here and then send their kids into our schools even though they can't even speak English and then use our welfare, medicaid, food stamps, etc. -- that has to end. We can't afford these people and their burden.

And the last thing we need is for rich Mexican *beep* telling us how to treat their poor problem that they dumped onto us. Gael Garcia Bernal......

"Well the good news is the whiskey works...." - Bill Murray in Lost in Translation

[–] fred-dundum 17 years ago

im an illegal and i work, go to college, and i dont take one cent from anyone.

yay more power to me.

loved the movie.

"WTF! hey that scared me lol...ill send this to my friend..."

[–] cuckoo4socks 13 years ago

Um ... illegal immigrants can't use welfare.

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