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Post by avordvet on Mar 14, 2014 4:06:52 GMT -5
The Only Way to Stop Illegal ImmigrationMar 12, 2014 2:13 PM ET, By The Editors The catch is that this crackdown will have little to do with the U.S.-Mexico border. The Senate bill already includes a staggering $46 billion for border control, doubling the size of the patrol force (which is already double its 2004 size). The House Homeland Security Committee has put forward its own, far cheaper immigration security bill, but it still suffers from Washington's obsession with the border. Politicians from varied and distant locales relish demanding militarization down yonder while continuing to ignore the reality of illegal immigration in their own backyards. What reality? As many as 8 million undocumented immigrants hold jobs in the U.S. In fact, they account for more than 5 percent of the U.S. labor force. Their unemployment rate might even be lower than that of the nation's black citizens. www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-03-12/the-only-way-to-stop-illegal-immigration?cmpid=yhoo
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