What Are True Costs And Benefits Of Illegal Immigration?

Who truly benefits from the work of illegal immigrants? Reporter Alison St. John brings you a story about the costs and benefits of illegal immigration.

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[lapin71457]

LOWER PRICES MY ASS!!!!! Think of all the jobs that were outsourced to India and China did the price of those goods go down? Hell no. The capitalist will never pass the slavings on to the consumer. This is like the myth of trickle down economics.

[XxUrSoLoStxX]

They abuse social programs, waste resources and drive wages down. The cost of living rises and the middle class get wiped out.

[mikepousti]

Wow. Thankyou for sharing. I certainly did not think about this particular issue in that way before and it opened some serious discussion for me on this topic.

[falcon2160]

Then pay 'em a decent hourly wage, provide medical because the work can be/ is kinda dangerous. We should have listened to Cesar Chavez and his supporters. We are now joined at the hip with Mexico and we both need the people on both sides to align against our respective governments and the corporations knee deep unethical and immortal behavior because the poor cannot hire lawyers to fight the international corporations.Results are usually miserable for the locals in the area farmed, or mined in

[falcon2160]

Then pay 'em a decent hourly wage, provide medical because the work can be/ is kinda dangerous. We should have listened to Cesar Chavez and his supporters.

[707hoser]

What part of ''illegal'' is hard to understand? If you are hiring illegals you are breaking the law and should be prosecuted.

[instantword]

construction was not a low paying wage before this invasion.

[XxUrSoLoStxX]

There's absolutely no benefit in illegal. There should be no discussion or debate.

[43zeep]

That individual never talked about the false social security number he used to work & how he's defrauded the citizen who carries that #. Most likely, the person that has the SSN is a kid & doesn't realize his or her credit will be wrecked by the time she or he is old enough to even earn a pay check. Our growers will not go bankrupt. However, the companies that hire these people, should face fraud charges themselves. They know the people they hire are illegal - they see their phony documents.

[43zeep]

@lapin71457 >>> Good point.. I like your term "slavings."