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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-09-08 08:40 AM
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74. Oklahoma has a new law as of last november and I must say we can see the results, or lack of
each day. there were getting to be so many I suspected to be illegals around here but today in my travels I would bet I won't see a one who I would think thats maybe illegal.
I look past their families to see our families and the damage a cheap work force to compete with has upon them. sorry but have a great day nevertheless. ;-) I will.
peace
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  -Hire An Illegal Immigrant In Arizona And You Could Lose Your Business Rage for Order  Feb-07-08 09:32 PM   #0 
  - Sometimes laws are hard...  nightrider767   Feb-07-08 09:46 PM   #1 
  - Exactly. Undocumented americans are work much harder than the average pug..  Xenotime   Feb-08-08 06:54 PM   #66 
  - Glad to see they're going after employers. This will help slow the flow.  williesgirl   Feb-07-08 09:52 PM   #2 
  - It will also stop  maui9002   Feb-09-08 08:46 PM   #82 
  - As it should be. Laws are laws and we can't pick and choose  spenbax   Feb-07-08 11:15 PM   #3 
  - This should be a federal law.  MrSlayer   Feb-08-08 12:37 AM   #4 
  - I agree  Zodiak Ironfist   Feb-08-08 08:07 AM   #20 
  - It's been a law for two months. Are you kidding me? Posted from the heart of Phoenix, btw.  blondeatlast   Feb-08-08 11:07 AM   #37 
  - Good.  madeline_con   Feb-08-08 12:42 AM   #5 
  - this will hurt illegal immigrant families the worst  JosephSchmo   Feb-08-08 12:48 AM   #6 
  - I believe there is ways to do that but it doesn't start with breaking laws  madokie   Feb-08-08 09:01 AM   #25 
  - I agree  Geek_Girl   Feb-09-08 09:32 AM   #76 
  - That's what all the wall builders wanted.  Cleita   Feb-08-08 12:54 AM   #7 
  - Unfortunately, the law of supply and demand will still work.  amandabeech   Feb-08-08 12:00 PM   #47 
     - You need to raise minimum wage first to where it belongs as  Cleita   Feb-08-08 01:39 PM   #56 
     - Employers don't give a shit about whether everyone speaks English when everyone speaks Spanish and  amandabeech   Feb-08-08 05:23 PM   #61 
        - So what are your non-Republican views? That workers shouldn't  Cleita   Feb-08-08 06:14 PM   #64 
     - I think the Solution lies in Unionizing the Immigrants that come accross the borders  Geek_Girl   Feb-09-08 09:34 AM   #77 
        - How does that repeal the law of supply and demand?  amandabeech   Feb-09-08 07:19 PM   #79 
        - Of course it does. We need to let them come in legally to begin  Cleita   Feb-09-08 07:35 PM   #80 
  - This is where the enforcement belongs  mvccd1000   Feb-08-08 01:55 AM   #8 
  - THAT's the way to discourage illegal immigration  SoCalDem   Feb-08-08 03:50 AM   #9 
  - I've never met an undocumented worker who GLADLY  sfexpat2000   Feb-08-08 04:15 AM   #11 
     - When you do not have papers, you are ultimately taken advantage of  SoCalDem   Feb-08-08 04:30 AM   #12 
     - Having a whole class of workers who have no access to the law  sfexpat2000   Feb-08-08 04:41 AM   #13 
        - Isn't it the ultimate irony, if a black man gets to occupy the White House  SoCalDem   Feb-08-08 04:45 AM   #14 
           - It can't happen soon enough.  sfexpat2000   Feb-08-08 05:16 AM   #15 
     - Most of our "experts" have never met any undocumented workers at all....  Bridget Burke   Feb-08-08 10:14 AM   #30 
  - Even if you are Tyson? Or Sunshine Foods?  Dawggie   Feb-08-08 04:04 AM   #10 
  - Now we're talking  madokie   Feb-08-08 05:50 AM   #16 
  - Good news for AZ!  EMdamascus   Feb-08-08 07:56 AM   #17 
  - could't agree more  madokie   Feb-08-08 08:01 AM   #18 
  - Hard to compete with quality and hard work  AlphaCentauri   Feb-08-08 10:26 AM   #33 
  - Which hospitals closed in Tucson?  Bridget Burke   Feb-08-08 10:09 AM   #28 
  - FWIW, this Arizonan hasn't heard a thing about it--and I'm pretty certain  blondeatlast   Feb-08-08 11:42 AM   #44 
  - Which hospitals "closed?" Cite a link? From a fellow Zonie who--let's just say it--  blondeatlast   Feb-08-08 11:41 AM   #43 
  - Good  NeedleCast   Feb-08-08 08:05 AM   #19 
  - ??  mvccd1000   Feb-08-08 08:39 AM   #21 
     - The illegal hiring is the catalyst. n/t  subliminable   Feb-08-08 08:58 AM   #24 
     - It's a symbiotic relationship.  mvccd1000   Feb-08-08 09:48 AM   #27 
        - More a Parasitic relationship  NeedleCast   Feb-08-08 11:02 AM   #36 
           - Maybe....  mvccd1000   Feb-08-08 11:39 AM   #42 
              - Mostly Agree With You  NeedleCast   Feb-08-08 01:14 PM   #51 
     - No...Cause and Effect  NeedleCast   Feb-08-08 10:58 AM   #35 
        - Finally, a reasoned response from an immigration professional!  NYCparalegal   Feb-08-08 12:02 PM   #48 
           - Hehe, You Called me Professional  NeedleCast   Feb-08-08 01:20 PM   #52 
  - Key word = "knowingly"  subliminable   Feb-08-08 08:54 AM   #22 
  - I think this is the BEST way to stop Illegal Immigration..  RoadRage   Feb-08-08 08:56 AM   #23 
  - Other solution could include outsourcing those jobs  AlphaCentauri   Feb-08-08 10:30 AM   #34 
  - $10,000 is chump-change  sentelle   Feb-08-08 11:53 AM   #46 
  - I Won't Flame  Megahurtz   Feb-08-08 06:30 PM   #65 
  - What standard of "knowingly" are they applying?  Donald Ian Rankin   Feb-08-08 09:29 AM   #26 
  - Yes, let's be sure that the Employers get all the legal breaks.  Bridget Burke   Feb-08-08 10:11 AM   #29 
  - I believe the law spells that out, too.  mvccd1000   Feb-08-08 10:19 AM   #32 
     - I think there is no such thing as a flag of an illegal. Illegals are not identified.  Mountainman   Feb-08-08 11:09 AM   #38 
        - I don't think I said there was...  mvccd1000   Feb-08-08 11:44 AM   #45 
           - "If you're caught with an employee who is flagged" <--- from your post  Mountainman   Feb-08-08 01:26 PM   #53 
              - Better read the post again.  mvccd1000   Feb-08-08 09:55 PM   #67 
  - Good- That's one small part of the problem in one state  Marrah_G   Feb-08-08 10:14 AM   #31 
  - use to be that way. the way it should be. good. n/t  seabeyond   Feb-08-08 11:13 AM   #39 
  - Andrew Thomas stomps on the civil rights of the likes of everyone who posted here--  blondeatlast   Feb-08-08 11:13 AM   #40 
  - Here's what I think we ought to do about illegal immigrants.  Sentinel Chicken   Feb-08-08 11:35 AM   #41 
  - More accurately: Didn't Pay Off the Right People? Lose Your Business!  Ellen Forradalom   Feb-08-08 12:02 PM   #49 
  - Exactly. Just one more layer of corruption. n/t  sfexpat2000   Feb-08-08 12:40 PM   #50 
  - Believe me--the mom and pop's are going to hurt, the massive resort hotels will never see a day  blondeatlast   Feb-08-08 01:34 PM   #54 
     - Rumors of a raid in my town last year & it shut down. Literally.  Desertrose   Feb-08-08 01:37 PM   #55 
        - I'm waiting for Sheriff Joe to pull a stunt like this at one of the huge resorts here in Phoenix/  blondeatlast   Feb-08-08 02:11 PM   #58 
           - Yeah. Saw that...why am I not surprised.....  Desertrose   Feb-08-08 02:31 PM   #59 
           - Most dangerous place on Earth  FORREST GRUMP   Feb-08-08 05:50 PM   #63 
           - Claiming the law is working?  mvccd1000   Feb-08-08 10:01 PM   #68 
              - the papers can say what hey want. I shop, eat in restaurants, drive by Home Depots  blondeatlast   Feb-09-08 08:03 AM   #69 
                 - It'll be a long time before we see a difference on the streets.  mvccd1000   Feb-09-08 08:34 AM   #72 
                    - Oklahoma has a new law as of last november and I must say we can see the results, or lack of  madokie   Feb-09-08 08:40 AM   #74 
  - good ... i'll be sure to forward this to my nephew-in-law n/t  Scout   Feb-08-08 01:50 PM   #57 
  - Good!  quantessd   Feb-08-08 02:37 PM   #60 
  - not as dracomian as yur headline sounded. I like it.  yurbud   Feb-08-08 05:48 PM   #62 
  - And the appeal to that ruling is being filed.  Ptah   Feb-09-08 08:15 AM   #70 
  - I think that'll be their fourth appeal.  mvccd1000   Feb-09-08 08:32 AM   #71 
     - I think they will pursue it to the Supreme Court. n/t  Ptah   Feb-09-08 08:36 AM   #73 
  - Most "Illegals" Don't Stay In Arizona  KharmaTrain   Feb-09-08 08:43 AM   #75 
  - True, but a lot of them do.  mvccd1000   Feb-09-08 10:59 AM   #78 
  - Maybe Arizona's unfathomably pathetically low wages will go up now.  Zorra   Feb-09-08 07:41 PM   #81 
 

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