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Thread #125368   Message #2775887
Posted By: EBarnacle
28-Nov-09 - 11:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Dobbs: Citizenship for Illegals
Subject: RE: BS: Dobbs: Citizenship for Illegals
The point I made in another thread is that if we can regularize everyone who comes across the border to work--or not--we gain in several ways.

First, we can gain in collecting taxes.

Second, if everyone is eligible for health care without fear of arrest and deportation. This means that when an immigrant becomes sick, he can go to a hospital for care instead of becoming a focus of infection.

Third, it means that when they work, they can do so without fear of exploitation and abuse because they will have legal recourse.

There are those who fear that Social Security will not have the money to support the next generation. If we provide legitimate jobs for people who wish to work this problem will be minimized or eliminated.

Finally, while Dobbs is off CNN, his is still on quite a few talk radio venues.