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Vilsack on immigration and farming

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I could only imagine how much produce would cost if we had to pay citizens minimum wage to harvest it.
 
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I could only imagine how much produce would cost if we had to pay citizens minimum wage to harvest it.
Did you know that the average wait for a green card is 5 years? I might border jump too. In 5 years at $30000 a year they would be missing out on $150000.
Huh. $7.25/hour X 80 hrs/wk x 52 wks/ year = $30,160. :stirthepot:

And since most are seasonal lobors I'm guessing $30K per year isn't anywhere close to their income.
 
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Really?
Quote from article,
"They pay their taxes, they learn the language, they learn the rules of the country and they have some way of legitimately working in this country."

He needs to get out more.
Ok, so your not going to get rid of 12m. Start making it tougher for the ones that don't get there green cards and for the ones that do, don't pussy foot around when their cards expire giver harsh penalties. Other countries do it why can't we.

Sorry just spouting.....
 
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Really?
Quote from article,
"They pay their taxes, they learn the language, they learn the rules of the country and they have some way of legitimately working in this country."

He needs to get out more.
Ok, so your not going to get rid of 12m. Start making it tougher for the ones that don't get there green cards and for the ones that do, don't pussy foot around when their cards expire giver harsh penalties. Other countries do it why can't we.

Sorry just spouting.....
I don't disagree with any of that. I just wish that they would make it more difficult for them to abuse our social safety net. I also wish that our tax dollars would stop being spent on incarcerating them. If you are here illegally and commit a crime you ought to get a bullet in the back of the head regardless of how serious the crime is. Deportation doesn't work because they just come right back. Some people have suggested that deportation plus a lifetime ban on any path to citizenship is a good solution. If they didn't mind being here illegally in the first place, do you really think they are going to mind coming back illegally?
 
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Why not use those who are in prison to do some simple labor?
Put leg irons on them and a guard with a shotgun on horse where they going?
If they did a crime they lost their rights in my mind.
Those prisoners are outside they are learning a trade and we got rid of the ones who have came in illegally.
Old school!!!!!!!
Dean
 
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Make crime time tougher, might open some eyes to stop and think.
It is time WE THE PEOPLE take back this country we all love.
Sorry but I was brought up that this is the greatest country, and if you do not like it you can go elsewhere.
I still am thankful I live here and wish others that do not want to live by the rules we have leave!
If you break the rules you suffer, might again open some eyes!!
Old school again
Dean
 
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Fox News is not news.
 
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Google Sovereign citizens sometime. Is that what you believe in?
 
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Yet another liberal spin off an original statement.

Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. For centuries past, the idea that a state could be sovereign was always connected to its ability to guarantee the best interests of its own citizens. Thus, if a state could not act in the best interests of its own citizens, it could not be thought of as a "sovereign" state

Your damn right that's what I believe in.
 
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Just in case you didn't catch that...

Thus, if a state could not act in the best interests of its own citizens, it could not be thought of as a "sovereign" state

The folks your talking about do NOT qualify...yes. In 5 years they may and then all rights and liberties are equally theirs as they are mine. Not until then.