Comments on: Illegal Immigration http://blog.joshtheaspie.com/2007/04/07/illegal-immigration/ The thoughts of an Aspie on Technology, Politics, and Everything. - The Answer isn't always 42. Mon, 21 May 2012 07:40:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Ryvaken http://blog.joshtheaspie.com/2007/04/07/illegal-immigration/#comment-38 Ryvaken Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:33:25 +0000 http://blog.joshtheaspie.com/2007/04/07/illegal-immigration/#comment-38 It'll never happen. The only way to make illegal immigration stop is to make legal immigration either much more rewarding -- which we can't do without hurting domestic workers -- or make it much more open -- which we also can't afford to do without hurting the domestic workforce. I think this is one of the inevitable consequences of a successful civilization and is, if not the least of evils, then not the greatest. It’ll never happen. The only way to make illegal immigration stop is to make legal immigration either much more rewarding — which we can’t do without hurting domestic workers — or make it much more open — which we also can’t afford to do without hurting the domestic workforce. I think this is one of the inevitable consequences of a successful civilization and is, if not the least of evils, then not the greatest.

]]> By: James http://blog.joshtheaspie.com/2007/04/07/illegal-immigration/#comment-39 James Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:34:32 +0000 http://blog.joshtheaspie.com/2007/04/07/illegal-immigration/#comment-39 Removing incentives to come to the US is a good place to start, but you cannot remove all the incentives, the US will always be better than the home country for some people.<br /> Providing incentives to stay in that country (helping the country build an economy, healthcare, transportation, education etc) is also a way forward.<br /> I don't mean just throw money at them, the US must be doing 'something' right to be so succesful/powerful, help the other countries to do that too. Removing incentives to come to the US is a good place to start, but you cannot remove all the incentives, the US will always be better than the home country for some people.
Providing incentives to stay in that country (helping the country build an economy, healthcare, transportation, education etc) is also a way forward.
I don’t mean just throw money at them, the US must be doing ’something’ right to be so succesful/powerful, help the other countries to do that too.

]]> By: Josh the Aspie http://blog.joshtheaspie.com/2007/04/07/illegal-immigration/#comment-232 Josh the Aspie Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:21:31 +0000 http://blog.joshtheaspie.com/2007/04/07/illegal-immigration/#comment-232 We already are trying to help Mexico. Mexico is just really screwed up. The thing is, America has the responsibility of taking care of it's own citizens first, and in many areas, it is already abdicating that responsibility. We aren't the first in medication, or education, or many other measurements by which first world countries are measured. And a big part of why illegals are coming over is because greedy business owners want to shaft American Workers, and thus are hiring the illegal immigrants so that they can pay less for labor as a whole, and we aren't punishing them for it. We already are trying to help Mexico. Mexico is just really screwed up. The thing is, America has the responsibility of taking care of it’s own citizens first, and in many areas, it is already abdicating that responsibility. We aren’t the first in medication, or education, or many other measurements by which first world countries are measured.

And a big part of why illegals are coming over is because greedy business owners want to shaft American Workers, and thus are hiring the illegal immigrants so that they can pay less for labor as a whole, and we aren’t punishing them for it.

]]> By: Josh the Aspie’s Blog » Blog Archive » Illegal Immigration Controversy http://blog.joshtheaspie.com/2007/04/07/illegal-immigration/#comment-233 Josh the Aspie’s Blog » Blog Archive » Illegal Immigration Controversy Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:23:23 +0000 http://blog.joshtheaspie.com/2007/04/07/illegal-immigration/#comment-233 [...] Since the illegal immigrants would not be punished for their crime of illegally entering the country, this fits the dictionary definition of amnesty. Further, it allows them to enter the country legally in the future as a reward for entering it illegally in the past, thus actually rewarding the illegal behavior in addition to forgiving it. Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while will likely remember that my general philosophy when it comes to border runners is that illegal action should not be given legal rewards. [...] […] Since the illegal immigrants would not be punished for their crime of illegally entering the country, this fits the dictionary definition of amnesty. Further, it allows them to enter the country legally in the future as a reward for entering it illegally in the past, thus actually rewarding the illegal behavior in addition to forgiving it. Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while will likely remember that my general philosophy when it comes to border runners is that illegal action should not be given legal rewards. […]

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