Hazelton ans Riverside

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Originally Posted by glatt

OK. You (and others) don't welcome illegal immigrants. Would you welcome the increase in prices that would occur when employers no longer have that source of cheap labor, and they pass the costs along to you? Everything from produce to new homes will increase in cost. Are you willing to pay for that?

You can argue that with no illegal immigrants that local taxes will be reduced once that drain is eliminated, but do you actually think the savings will be passed along to you?

They can be legal, then work for $5.00/hr. Or I'll raise the price of my glasses to pay for increase in farm produce cost, or 9th engineer will build a machine that will perform the labor for even less than an illegal immigrant.

Asking if I am willing to pay for the increased cost associated with legal labor is tantamount to asking a parent if they are willing to pay for the increase cost of not killing their child - it's illegal, for goodness sake!