“State Treasurer Sarah Steelman, a Republican running for governor, says she plans to appear before a state Senate committee Wednesday and “present an analysis and testimony…that illegal workers are likely costing Missouri between $26 and $49 million every year.”

I ask again, if the workers are costing Missouri $26 to $49 mil per year how much do the illegal companies that hire them cost? Do they bear any finanical obligaiton to the state? If elected Governor would Mrs. Steelman actively persue the illegal employers to recover some of the money that the illegal workers are costing the state?

Garrison (post #10)

“Maybe, just once, Republicans can show some respect for working Missourians.”

…and get vilified in the press for being racist for their trouble.

I say ’screw ‘em all’! Deport the illegals, jail the employers, fine the landlords, put ICE and the local cops outside of WalMart and anywhere else that is not on the way to the border.

We could ’settle’ this in 30 days… if we want to

But we don’t really want to

The left thinks it’s too mean… the right wants the cheap labor.

and so it goes

#5: John:

There is 81 billion in the Social Security Fund that is not assigned and presumable a large portion of that is illegal aliens deductions.

However, in the USA, after all taxes and contributions of illegals are added together, the American taxpayer is subsidizing illegals to the tune of 87 billion per year.

So in one year, the 81 billion that has accumulated over 20 or more years is cancelled out by the American charity to illegals of 87 billion.

When all the illegals leave, there will be some minor disruption to certain areas of the economy. All the dishonest business will suffer. Boo hoo hoo. Serves them right for cheating.

But within 6 months to a year the economy will right itself. And we can bring in legal immigations from all over the world if we need labor. That way ALL AMERICANS get a chance to bring in their family and race.. vs racist preferential amnesty for Hisapnics.

The arguments you make, and many businesses make, are the same that were used to argue against the abolishiton of slavery. Greed never changes.

There is no possible way American can ever again give amensty.

In 1986 Americans said no way, it will just encourage more illlegal immigration. Reagan convinced enough to go along with his plan. Average Joe Blow Citizen was right.

The Rule of Law = one law for everyone, applied equally.

Give amnesty= abolition of the rule of law. Rewards criminal conduct,. Gives racist preference
to illegals over legal immigrants and all other American citizens.

Our country is great because we strictly believe in the rule of law.

T\\hird world countries are corrupt, crime ridden failures without an economy because they do not follow the rule of law.

It is really that simple. You cannot have a functioning country by handing out amnesty to law breakers. Period.

How does this sound for starters, a $500 fine per illegal hired, doubled for each additional raid, BUT for each illegal they turn in, they get a $500 tax credit. and in both cases, the illegals get deported.

SVPPB at #14: The average company doesn’t care about one-time tax credits, they want sales and EBITDA.

Steelman’s analysis is shallow, even beyond the point made at #4. The fact that Pew believes there are 35,000 to 65,000 illegal workers does not mean that all of them are outside of the tax rolls. Many of them do receive a regular paycheck net of tax and Social Security withholdings. Those who actually are paid only in cash are almost certainly not averaging a $25,000 wage, which would translate to more than $10 an hour.

Will any state legislator challenge Steelman on her math? Naaah.

Isn’t the burden of following the laws here concerning employment a burden that should be far more the responsibility of the empoyer?

The illegal immigration problem is just another one of our country’ s great evils of greed that this country have refused to learn from from history. Stop blaming illegals for the problem, who can blame them for wanting honest work? But, what about personal responsibility (Conservatives favorite lingo) on the part of our government and employers?

As far as I am concerned all the illegals with a job are grandfathered into this country as citizens due to our corrupt government and employers turning their heads to what has been going on for decades.

The only reason it is causing issues today is because illegals started stepping into the White male blue collar construction industry, (big threat to the White American man). America didn’t care about employers effect on Black communities when Swift etc…, moved away leaving Black men unable to support themselves and families. No one cared about the effects that this have had on the Black community for decades. These communities are now destroyed, too late now, but politicians are attempting to cause division between Blacks and Hispanics in this present day. This must not happen. (This is what the Hillary Clinton Democratic Party and Democratsare famous for, not to mention Republicans amongst Black and Whites).

Well, not much of a construction home market to fight over now, nor will there be for a long, long time. ASll should honestly judge way, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Blacks or Hispanics, but White greed and corruption.

Thank God that good people of all races are finally having the blinders taken off their eyes. It is possible that we all can all live in harmony together and have productive lives. This is the hope that I look forward to in this country, for enough people to put aside their differences and work towards fairness, equality and a just society for all.

How on earth can this country justify sending them back after they have been here so long and their children growing up here? What is this about fining them without fining the employers and making them share equally in the fines for those illegals working for them. Under no circumstances should the illegal workers suffer any punishment or fines without these employers sharing just as much responsibilty.

Hopefully there are enough good people out there who love doing whats right and willing to put aside their self serving ways and dealings for the good of the whole .

GRASSFIRE “Where’s The Fence??”

There have only been two sections of the designed, legislated, and approved, double-layered fence built. One section near San Diego, and the other at San Luis (Yuma), AZ. Both of these sections have been very highly effective at stopping illegal immigration.

We need more of this orginally designed, legislated, and funded fence.

I just signed a petition demanding our leaders in Congress to
build the border fence–as it was promised to us. I’m asking you
to join me in signing.

http://www.grassfire.org/242/petition.asp?PID=15638677&NID=1

Thanks for joining with me, and thank you for passing this on to friends who feel as you do.

California has over 1 million illegal immigrant students; each illegal immigrant student costs $9,912 a year for education. The total cost for education of illegal immigrant students in California is over 10 billion dollars a year.

Incarceration of illegals in California alone is 1.4 billion dollars a year.

It costs Los Angeles County, excluding the cost of education of illegal immigrants, over 1 BILLION DOLLARS a year, for welfare, food stamps, healthcare, and law enforcement, for illegal immigrants.

Missouri State House Of Representatives
http://www.house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills081/member/memmail.htm

Missouri State Senate
http://www.senate.mo.gov/08info/senalpha.htm

Join a Local Anti-Illegal Immigration Group
http://tinyurl.com/378zbm

Contact your Senators and Representatives - office staff email addresses:
http://tinyurl.com/2r7q6e

suspicious activity??
1-866 DHS 2ICE.
1-866-347-2523

reportillegals.com

I applaud Miss Steelman, but honestly the massive amounts of U.S. taxpayers hard earned money because of illegal immigration issues, and man are there a ton, is an outrage. It is nothing less than theft of the tax money that is supposed to go to American citizens and legal residents, who never ever seem to be served by the politcians of this nation,(YOU KNOW PUBLIC “SERVANTS”,) (BARF), WHO WASTE AMERICANS RESOURCES ON THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO EVEN BE IN THIS COUNTRY. HELP!!

There’s a RAY OF HOPE ahead!!

Senators Form Border Security and Enforcement First Caucus

The Border Security and Enforcement First Caucus

“The principle mission of the Caucus is to promote a true, achievable alternative: attrition through enforcement and border security.”

David Vitter (R- Louisiana),
Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina),
Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama),
James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma),
Elizabeth Dole (R-North Carolina),
Richard Burr (R-North Carolina),
Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia),
Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia),
Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee),
Pete V. Domenici (R-New Mexico),
John Barrasso of (R-Wyoming),
Arlen Specter of (R-Pennsylvania)
Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi)

The package, an enforcement smorgasbord assembled by at least eight lawmakers, consists of 11 bills, but could expand to include as many as 14.

1. discourage states from issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants by docking 10 percent of highway funding from states that continue to do so.

2. extend the presence of National Guard on the border.

3.end language assistance at federal agencies and the voting booth for people with limited English ability.

4. impose a maximum two-year jail sentence on someone caught crossing the border for a second time.

5. Block federal funding from cities that bar their police from asking about immigration status.

6. Give the Department of Homeland Security the authority to use information from the Social Security Administration to target illegal immigrants.

7. Require construction of 700 miles of fencing along the Southern border, not including vehicle barriers.

8. Impose sanctions on countries that refuse to repatriate their citizens.

9. Deport any immigrant, legal or illegal, for one drunken-driving conviction.

10. Enable local and state police to enforce federal immigration laws

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl…ig0304-ON.html