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Immigration Insanity
Incompetent lawmakers and a gullible electorate
BY PATRICK OSIO JR.

Why does a sector of our elected political body insist on stopping the $6 dollar a day worker from entering the U.S. in search of the $6 an hour job as the way to resolve the illegal immigration issue, instead of stopping the $6 an hour employer who should be paying $12 (or more) an hour to American citizens and legal residents?

It sounds kind of, well, dumb, doesn't it? Dumb and really expensive — and to boot, it hasn't worked. [Read More]

 



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