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[–]Drewski 13 insightful - 5 fun13 insightful - 4 fun14 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Many illegal immigrants use someone else's social security to work, so they are actually paying taxes but under someone else's name. Illegal immigrants also do not qualify for welfare or other benefits, though their children may. The problem here is the welfare state which takes our money and incentives and subsidies unemployment and underemployment. That's the real theft.

If you think that illegal immigrants are just rolling through easy street, working great jobs, getting free healthcare, and getting into all the best jobs and schools without any effort, you are out of touch with reality. Living in fear of deportation & taking the jobs that other people are not willing to work for low wages is not my version of an ideal life.

[–]edwwsw 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

taking the jobs that other people are not willing to work for low wages

I'm good with the points you are making with the exception of this one. Low wage jobs can have low wages because there are people willing to work them. If their are not people willing to work them, then either the job goes offshore (not feasible for most of the remaining low wage jobs) or wages increase to the point were someone is willing to work it.

The strongest arguments for limiting any type of migration centers around stability of the employment markets.