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The Daily Couier
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

EDITOR:

I read Jeremiah Cota's letter to the editor. What we have here is an example of not seeing the forest for the trees.

If the developed world economies weren't driven by economics, illegal immigration would not be such an issue as it is today. After all, they do the grunt labor Americans won't. However, we do need to control their access to skilled labor, which is another issue.


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Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008
Article comment by: Let's really be fair

That's Fair: if you are truly going to be fair, then address all the other issues David raises. How about the costs for schools to educate children that do not speak English, and to do it in their original language? Look at what is happening to the health care system in border areas where folks come across, have babies or are treated in local hospitals and then ignore the bills by moving back across the border. Look at the crime statistics and the cost of housing criminals. Yavapai County for instance has an illegal immigrant population of less than 5% of the total population, but illegal immigrants make up 28% of our local jail population. My point is that David brings up various real issues and you ignore all of them except one. How "fair" is that? That assumes you really care about being fair. What about all the cash based employment where no taxes are collected? Look, it is OK if you are pro-illegal immigration, you are entitled to your opinion, but the idea that it is only a benefit to the US economically, is simply not true and it would be "fair" to discuss all the impacts, both positive and negative, not pick and chose depending upon your politics.