🚀 go-pugleaf

John Gilbert (gilbert@halcyon.com) wrote:

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: So I ask all you supporters of 187... what should we do about all the
: AMERICANS who have drawn the illegal labor force to California through
: illegal employment for their own personal gain?  These folks not only
: have drawn the migrant population to the state, but also probably do
: not correctly report the wages paid, since they are paid illegally,
: thus possibly costing the state, and as a result YOU, even more.
: Surely these people are repugnant to you, and worthy of a measure
: on the ballot next-go-round.  Isn't it time to take ACTION?

Yes.  One doesn't have to be a supporter of 187 to believe that these
employers should be prosecuted for violating federal and state laws.  If
employers are permitted to evade the law, then there is no justification
for requiring illegal immigrants to obey the law.  It's a two-way street,
but it requires that citizens demand of their elected and appointed
representatives that they enforce all the laws already on the books (187
excluded) and vigorously prosecute everyone guilty of breaking the law,
not just the illegals.  Scapegoating and selective enforcement will solve
no problems.  If the politicians and police (federal, state, local) had
been doing their jobs in this area, then perhaps -- the world of "If" is
such a pleasant place, located as it is on the other side of Never Never
Land -- perhaps the impetus for 187 would never have existed.  So 187
supporters now have the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to
solving the "illegal immigration problem" and to demonstrate that they are
not in fact "racist," mean-spirited, short-sighted ethnocentrics. 

Bill Franke