Reply #93: Have you ever been an immigrant yourself?

[sonias]

I have no idea what I'm talking about? I live in Texas for Christ's sake. I grew up on the border of Texas and Mexico - I know plenty of about the immigration debate. I lived it almost every day of my life.

Have you ever mowed grass as a job? I did - not that easy. And just because the low paying jobs are saturated with people willing to work for a low wage doesn't mean those jobs would pay more if there was no illegal labor. Has Congress raised the minimum wage much in 20 years. Get real.

No one is arguing that businesses don't love illegal immigration and cheap labor. I believe the whole point of the OP was not to use a demeaning term of "illegal alien". You're the one who can't seem to understand a bit of civility on the issue. You're reeking with distrust and distaste for people who are migrating into this country to support their families. Nothing wrong with that. The U.S. is responsible for the widespread destruction of many Latin American economies thanks to NAFTA. If the world's largest economic power and its corporations were creating jobs in the U.S. while at the same time killing jobs in Latin America, what did you expect the people to do? Sit home and starve?

The real problem is the power of corporations - we agree on that. Just don't take it out on human beings.