Cuban Nashvillian sees immigrants taking advantage of U.S.
This was in today's paper and I completely agree.Cuban Nashvillian sees immigrants taking advantage of U.S.
By ED GARRIDO
Nashville Eye
I'm not against immigration, just illegal immigration.
I am Hispanic, I am a legal immigrant, and as a legal immigrant, I came to this wonderful land and embraced it and its culture, learned English and became a citizen.
I, as a citizen, have to obey the laws, keep medical insurance and pay my taxes. I am also a contract translator who goes to court, assists in police interviews, workforce and compensation hearings as well as appeals and in doctor visits and hospitals. All of this is paid with your tax dollars to assist those who do not speak or want to learn our language.
Most of the people I assist do not want to be part of the American dream; they do not want to assimilate our culture or learn our language. They want to be here working illegally, in most cases with false documents, and in some cases, they do not even bother to have bogus papers. Some openly declare they do not have Social Security cards, but they are employed anyway.
Courts, police officers and other government entities are not allowed to ask about these people's legal status, and they know it and abuse the system. All you have to do is go to any emergency room and see how many immigrants are using the facilities as their primary care doctor since they don't have insurance. They know they cannot be turned away from the ER, and they jam these places and never pay.
Do you think for an instant that the hospitals and doctors are going to eat these losses? No, they just raise the price for those of us who have insurance and have the ability to pay, then we wonder why our medical insurance goes up every year.
As for Monday's demonstrations, comparing an illegal work stoppage by illegal immigrants to a national holiday is ludicrous. If they chose not to work that day, fire them; there will be plenty of others to fill their places.
But by far, the best solution would be to fine any employer who employs an illegal immigrant $50,000 per incident and see how quickly the job market dries up. Then, those fired workers will self-deport and bring all their problems back to their country of origin. Let Mexico deal with a $40 billion loss in expendable revenue, from all the money these people send back home from the U.S., plus a return of 20 million of their most productive citizens, and see what chaos will be like.
It's their problem: Let them pay a decent livable wage, and no one will migrate here. Why is it our problem?
I am a registered voter, and I will vote for whoever votes against immigration amnesty. If all U.S. citizens voted this way the elected officials would listen, or they would be voted out of office. See if they have the guts to pass a law against the will of the people.
Let's start recruiting workers who pass a background check, let's give those a "temporary work permit" with emphasis on "temporary" and get rid of all those unwanted others.
posted by Jedi Master Deba Sing @ 12:58 PM
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