tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post7117331181704459646..comments2023-09-25T06:48:48.316-06:00Comments on Magic Valley Mormon: The SAVE ActCameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016275707476655364noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-22335539823899668022007-12-24T07:42:00.000-07:002007-12-24T07:42:00.000-07:00Oh and by the way, Merry Christmas, Cameron.Oh and by the way, Merry Christmas, Cameron.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986635883342034311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-69471337963733145892007-12-24T07:41:00.000-07:002007-12-24T07:41:00.000-07:00I think this is a step in the right direction, but...I think this is a step in the right direction, but until Congress actually provides the funds (i.e. the Southern Border fence which has now been defunded and pushed aside) then all we're doing is spinning our wheels. But I like what Matheson is trying do. He just needs to start knockin' some heads together in the halls of Congress to get people off their butts and enforcing the laws in place.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986635883342034311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-66996632717085161392007-12-21T08:44:00.000-07:002007-12-21T08:44:00.000-07:001) The illegal immigrants would not be here if the...1) The <I>illegal</I> immigrants would not be here if there was a better <I>legal</I> way to do it. They are obviously needed here as workers, so that's a glaring issue needing fixed.<BR/><BR/>2) If we shore up employment verification, as the SAVE act proposes to do, then no one will have to "identify and deport" anyone. Illegal immigrants will no longer be able to fill the jobs they currently do and some other avenue will have to be found.<BR/><BR/>I think it's possible to fix the immigration mess, and it seems like the SAVE act is a good first step. But it must be only the <I>first</I> step.Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016275707476655364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-4598687707000800332007-12-19T17:10:00.000-07:002007-12-19T17:10:00.000-07:00It seems to me we have to acknowledge two facts be...It seems to me we have to acknowledge two facts before considering any of the possible solutions to our immigration problems:<BR/> 1) The immigrants would not be here if there weren't jobs available to them that pay significantly more than they can make in their home country.<BR/> 2) We cannot identify and deport 12 million people without turning this nation into a police state and causing a serious labor shortage nationwide.<BR/><BR/>Employers hire undocumented immigrants because they can pay them less and ignore all the regulations about worker health and safety, and have no worries about unions. If we want to reduce the supply of jobs for these workers, it makes a lot more sense to stop harassing the workers and demand that the employers pay prevailing wages and benefits and obey all the same regulations that apply to citizen workers. <BR/><BR/>Such a step would reduce the supply of jobs for undocumented workers while also increasing the number of good jobs available to American workers. The next step would be to assist Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and the other countries that send most workers to reduce income disparity, protect local industry and agriculture, and protect worker rights. <BR/><BR/>We can dry up the supply over a few years, and then offer a path to citizenship for any undocumented worker already here who does not have a criminal record, and provide documents to them that would allow them to enter and leave the US to visit their families, etc. <BR/><BR/>We don't need a fence, we need sensible policies. The reason we have these 12 million undocumented workers now is that our businesses want cheap labor and our government has helped them get it. Let's stop that.Charles Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975241234146573609noreply@blogger.com