Illegal Immigration: Accountability & Responsibility or Greed

Is it surprising that a Republican administration and Congress priding themselves on accountability and responsibility would turn milktoast limp when it comes to cracking down on illegal immigration. Surprised they would promote a guest worker(cheap labor) program for illegal immigrants? Well of course you should not be when you know lower wages for business profits are on the line. Has this present Republican government shown any real inclination for the plight of poorer disadvantaged people? Of course not. The Democrats do but issues like this are great opportunities for the Demo's to show they can "work" with the lobbyists too. Yes, the Democrats also need business money and this is where the lobby money pays off as the Demo's will claim some kind of humanitarian purpose but really are returning favor for business money by voting for "guest worker amnesty".

This is about cheaper labor for business, that is, providing businesses with laborers who will accept low wages and pave the way for a lower standard of living in our country more on keel with the slow but rising standard of living in the rest of the world or I mean just what do you think outsourcing of jobs and globilization is about. It is about expanding the global consumer base for greater business profits but with the resulting outcome of evening out of economies. Many in our government who love to wave flags and speak of patriotism draw the line when it comes to grand schemes for business profits. This is why those same people are soft on illegal immigrants when it comes to cheap labor for business. Many Americans need jobs and would work for an American wage but businesses using illegal immigrants are driving down the expected wage level for jobs and of course Americans seeking work are not taking those jobs because so many businesses have those jobs shut off to illegals.

The answer is not so much in punishing the desperate illegal but in seriously punishing the businesses that hire illegals. We do not need to resort to a reactionary push to build some kind of American "Berlin Wall" across the southwest as some extremists would desire but rather we only need to keep the heat on illegal immigrats themselves while increasing the oversight and fines for hiring illegal workers. If illegals cannot be so readily hired in the U.S. the flood of illegal immigrants coming here will slow significantly. Our business bought off Congress has just not had the will to make those businesses accountable and responsible. That brings us back to congressional campaign and lobby reform again. Getting the picture?