Illegal immigration issue SOLVED!!!!

itsbob

itsbob

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SamSpade said:
Have you been reading or did you just show up?

Pedro sneaks across the border to get a job that pays better than in Mexico. Since he doesn't pay taxes, an employer will hire him, because he's cheaper than his American counterpart (his American counterpart - to get the VERY SAME TAKE HOME PAY as the Mexican, since he ain't paying taxes - requires about 30% more).

And that's the biggest part of the problem. See, if the employer was NOT ALLOWED to hire him, and we enforced this law, Pedro would have to pay taxes - and suddenly - he costs more. He costs the same as an American, except he doesn't speak the language. Now, he might be a liability.


Secondly - where is this that Europe has "open borders"? You're saying that anyone in Europe can immigrate to anywhere else in Europe, without restrictions - or can work anywhere else in Europe, same pay, no restrictions? I bet the former Eastern bloc would love to hear about it.
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I have learned via the unlinkable newsfeed site NOS Teletekst that The Netherlands will be opening its borders to East European workers coming from the new EU member states, starting January 1st 2007. Dutch Parliament pushed back the original entry date, May 1st 2006, that was proposed by employers. The big fear is abuse of social security.

In Great Britain, Ireland and Sweden the borders are already open. Portugal, Spain and Finland will follow suit on May 1st while Germany and Austria keep their borders closed for the time being.

In Belgium there was some debate about allowing workers for so-called bottleneck jobs, jobs for which there are hardly any qualified candidates in Belgium.

I believe the figure of unfulfilled job vacancies mentioned was put at around 30,000 and it covers a whole range of activities- like masonry, flooring, cabinet making. East Europeans with the proper qualifications will be allowed entry into the Belgian job market as of June 1st. There is an official list of some 145 bottleneck jobs. For those of you who read Dutch, here is a 2002 analysis of bottleneck jobs in Belgium. And here is the analysis for 2004.
 
itsbob

itsbob

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I just cut and past for the paragraphs that mention the open borders.. not in the mood to type much.
 
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