[DeTomaso] (NPC) Enough is Enough

[Matt Merritt]

Fred and All:

Any effort to close our borders is a waste of money and barbed wire so long as there are good jobs to be had on the other side.  I say stick a Geiger counter and a few drug- and explosive-sniffing dogs at the gate and call it good.  Let them in.  Then make the penalty for any American company that hires an illegal alien so stiff that no one in his right mind would dare chance it. 

Any business that relies on these workers should then be allowed to sponsor as many immigrant employees as they need.  Sponsorship would require that the employer pay a legal minimum wage, provide special worker's comp and health insurance, and make income tax payments on their non-citizen employees' behalf.  Catch a company not playing by the rules?  Close it down.

But wouldn't that make the cost of a head of lettuce go up 25 cents?  Another $10 a week to mow my lawn?  You bet.  I don't care.  I'm so sick and tired of seeing  this endless stream of immigrants come to my city and steal what those crooked Mexican politicians can't figure out how to provide for their own citizens.  

Want to live the American dream?  We're glad to have you.  But I'm not interested in financing your Mexican dream.  I encourage all our illegal immigrants to go ahead and have their demonstration on Monday.  I'll look forward to it.  Maybe it'll finally make enough Americans angry enough to do something about this economic disaster we've created out of our own greed and laziness.

Matt Merritt
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