In truth, ask any Englishmen & they will tell you that “we” do NOT speak English. Perhaps we should redefine this & say we want “American” to be our official language. What Americans have done to the English language is beyond comprehension to most from there. In fact, we have tailored the language to fit us, so what’ the big deal?
As for lettuce pickers… I am not so sure most even knew that dispute was going on. The added costs for legal immigrants, permanent residents or citizens to pick it versus illegal aliens has already been determined to be approx. 10% more. So we all grow home gardens or pay the up-charge. The costs of illegal aliens versus the savings if they leave are indisputable.
In addition, the immigration laws permit employers to bring in as many seasonal agricultural workers as they want, no limits at all, so long as they agree to pay them a fair wage & make sure they go home after the season. The growers did not want to be encumbered by such hugely burdensome technicalities like paying a fair wage or making sure they go home, so they are pushing for amnesty & more illegal aliens, new laws that eliminate the need for a fair wage stipulation, & elimination of the “see they go home” clause.
In truth, if we erected the “real” fence, even though it will cost a fortune since its a government project, the “annual” savings realized by reducing drug trade, illegal aliens, & perhaps even slowing or stopping a terrorist or two, would easily pay for the real double layered fence, with all the gadgets, bells, & whistles. If we reduced our costs to incarcerate felony criminal illegal aliens, those savings would also defray the costs to erect the fence & thereafter be savings to apply to maintenance.
The “comprehensive” approach is OK, so long as Congress does not add into it all sorts of benefit programs. And many Americans resent that aliens, especially those who came in or stayed illegally, were to get “benefits.” Hey, lets be really fair here guys, why should people pay the bills for those who are breaking our laws?
