Question:
What do you think companies that employ illegal immigrants will do if all the illegal immigrants are deported?
2006-04-25 09:48:52 UTC
Do you think they will keep the jobs here or move them where they can get cheap labor?
Eighteen answers:
2006-04-25 11:30:18 UTC
They will get loopholes for guest workers or get visas to have the people tehre, they cannot not have those workers!
dinochirus
2006-04-25 16:53:18 UTC
Wait.

What will the companies do?

The companies will hire new people. If jobs open up because of a lack of illegal immigrants, there will be Americans willing to pick them up. I'm pretty sure there's even people who will illegally work for under minimum wage in an effort to make some money and not die of starvation in the streets. When I was poor, anyway, I took what I could get.



What will the illegal immigrants do?

I don't care. Hopefully they'll try to come back legally and then become powerful contributing members to society. Or maybe they'll discover happier lives back in their own home countries and not have to worry about breaking the law in other countries where they're underpaid, treated like crap, and can't speak clearly.
joevette
2006-04-25 17:00:23 UTC
They will keep the companies here as it is hard to move your crops. They will hire citizens at a higher wage and the prices of some services and products will increase meaning more taxes will be paid by consumer and workers alike. With the extra tax revenue or schools and roads can be fixed and maybe New Orleans can be rebuilt. Most jobs filled by illegals can not be out sourced to foreign lands so the companies do not have much choice of what to do. Some assembly line work could be out sourced but I do not believe it would happen that way and if it did I would hope it would be to Mexico.
Daisy
2006-04-25 18:31:19 UTC
Probably some companies will move to other countries for cheaper labour, but lots of companies won't. Farmers can't move their farms out of the country - they will have no choice but to pay their employees at least minimum wages. Same with hotels, restaurants, construction companies, etc. It is only the manufacturing companies that will be able to move to other countries. Tech companies already have moved lots of their jobs outside of the US. Prices of produce and goods may go up but not as much as many people believe. I don't believe it would cause a catastrophe to the American economy.
john_stolworthy
2006-04-25 17:02:12 UTC
I though it was against the law to hire illegal immigrants. If so, they should be doing jail time.



Most of the companies that "employ" illegal immigrants at lower wages service jobs. Moving the jobs overseas is not really an option for them. I expect they will be forced to charge more for their products, be it burgers or hotel rooms, because they will be unable to find American workers willing to work for minimum wage or below. This higher pay will translate to higher prices.
Popocatepetl
2006-04-25 17:01:06 UTC
Maybe some of those companies will broke, or the owners wouldnt take the risk of keep trying with the lack of labor, and close it.

Maybe some of those companies will move from some citties where the population used to be immigrant mainly, to some other citties, where they will find employees, altougth they will have to readapt their companies, because the labor will be more expensive.

And i kind of believe some of the companies owners will start thinking of oppening their factories or companies in some other country. Like Mexico, India, China.
2006-04-25 16:53:49 UTC
Dont You Mean WHEN??



WHEN all the illegal immigrants are deported, Those Companies Will Hire American Citizens



Also WHEN all the illegal immigrants are deported, The US unemployment rate would drop close to zero, and wages would begin to rise.

The American middle class would begin to return to viability, as would the union movement in this nation.
Ignatiusreilly
2006-04-25 17:12:05 UTC
Companies will move their factories to another countries.



At the same time the US instead of 10 million illegal aliens working in legal activities will have another 10 million illegal aliens without the possibility of getting a job and without welfare. What would they do? Starve to death? Go back illegally to their countries?



America is going to have a lot more of unemployemt, less work and a lot more of criminals in the streets.
lundstroms2004
2006-04-25 17:03:08 UTC
Hire Americans.
HoneyC
2006-04-25 17:04:48 UTC
They will either hire legal citizens to do the work at a slightly higher wage (and yes they will pass the increased expense onto their customers) or they will find an automated or mechanized way to accomplish the same job.
stud989
2006-04-25 16:57:17 UTC
File bankrupcy. start hiring at higher pay labor, which will mean less profits for the same or even less production.

I'd love to see a white proud american man working as a gardener, or at a pillow factory, getting seven bucks an hour.
jmdavis333
2006-04-25 17:36:26 UTC
The jedi strike back.........



I found this and thought it was worth sharing.



A retired border patrol agent shows some common sense.



This letter sent to Tennessee Senator Bill Frist from a retired border patrol agent, and it has more common sense than all the bull being spewed from the Senate, with the exception of a few sensible representatives.



Dear Senator Frist:



There is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating about illegal aliens, particularly illegal Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan and Honduran

aliens.

#1. Illegal aliens generally do NOT want U.S. citizenship. Americans are very vain thinking that everybody in the world wants to be a U.S. citizen. Mexicans, and other nationalities want to remain citizens of their home countries while obtaining the benefits offered by the United States such as employment, medical care, in-state tuition, government subsidized housing and free education for their offspring. Their main attraction is employment and their loyalty usually remains at home. They want benefits earned and subsidized by middle class Americans. What illegal aliens want are benefits of American residence without paying the price.



#2. There are no jobs that Americans won't do. Illegal aliens are doing jobs that Americans can't take and still support their families. Illegal aliens take low wage jobs, live dozens in a single residence home, share expenses and send money to their home country. There are no jobs that Americans won't do for a decent wage.



#3. Every person who illegally entered this nation left a home. They are NOT homeless and they are NOT Americans. Some left jobs in their home countries. They come to send money to their real home as evidenced by the more than 20 billion dollars sent out of the country each year by illegal aliens. These illegal aliens knowingly and willfully entered this nation in violation of the law and therefore assumed the risk of detection and deportation. Those who brought their alien children assumed the responsibility and risk on behalf of their children.



#4. Illegal aliens are NOT critical to the economy. Illegal aliens constitute less than 5% of the workforce. However, they reduce wages and benefits for lawful U.S. residents.



#5. This is NOT an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native born Americans. While it is true that this nation was settled and founded by immigrants (legal immigrants), it is also true that there is not a nation on this planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time or another.



#6. The United States is welcome to legal immigrants. Illegal aliens are not immigrants by definition. The U.S. accepts more lawful immigrants every year than the rest of the world combined.



#7. There is no such thing as the "Hispanic vote". Hispanics are white, brown, black and every shade in between. Hispanics are Republicans, Democrats, Anarchists, Communists, Marxists and Independents. The so-called "Hispanic vote" is a myth. Pandering to illegal aliens to get the Hispanic vote is a dead end.



#8. Mexico is NOT a friend of the United States. Since 1848 Mexicans have resented the United States. During World War I Mexico allowed German Spies to operate freely in Mexico to spy on the U.S. During World War II. Mexico allowed the Axis powers to spy on the U.S. from Mexico. During the Cold War Mexico allowed spies hostile to the U.S. to operate freely. The attack on the Twin Towers in 2001 was cheered and applauded all across Mexico. Today Mexican school children are taught that the U.S. stole California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. If you don't believe it, check out some Mexican textbooks written for their schoolchildren.



#9. Although some illegal aliens enter this country for a better life, there are 6 billion people on this planet. At least 1 billion of those live on less than one dollar a day. If wanting a better life is a valid excuse to

break the law and sneak into America, then let's allow those one billion to come to America and we'll turn the USA into a Third World nation overnight. Besides, there are 280 million native born Americans who want a better life. I'll bet Bill Gates and Donald Trump want a better life. When will the USA lifeboat be full? Since when is wanting a better life a good reason to trash another nation?



#10. There is a labor shortage in this country. This is a lie. There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of American housewives, senior citizens, students, unemployed and underemployed who would gladly take jobs at a decent wage.



#11. It is racist to want secure borders. What is racist about wanting secure borders and a secure America? What is racist about not wanting people to sneak into America and steal benefits we have set aside for legal aliens, senior citizens, children and other legal residents? What is it about race that entitles people to violate our laws, steal identities, and take the American Dream without paying the price? For about four decades American politicians have refused to secure our borders and look after the welfare of middle class Americans. These politicians have been of both parties. A huge debt to American society has resulted. This debt will be satisfied and the interest will be high. There has already been riots in the streets by illegal aliens and their supporters. There will be more. You, as a politician, have a choice to offend the illegal aliens who have stolen into this country and demanded the rights afforded to U.S. citizens or to offend those of us who are stakeholders in this country. The interest will be steep either way. There will be civil unrest. There will be a reckoning. Do you have the courage to do what is right for America? Or, will you bow to the wants and needs of those who don't even have the right to remain here?



There will be a reckoning. It will come in November of this year, again in 2008 and yet again in 2010. We will not allow America to be stolen by third world agitators and thieves.

*********************************



"What are you like illegal"?
bobbyc362002
2006-04-25 16:55:27 UTC
Hire legal workers. Most do not know that the workers are illegal and thus do not pay them any less.
2006-04-25 22:50:12 UTC
they should pay americans a wage that is dignified. I think we can all affored the extra 6 cents it will cost per head of lettuce.
2006-04-25 16:49:36 UTC
Start employing little kids probably.
2006-04-25 17:01:26 UTC
You were voted to be the Villiage idiot. Stand up and clap.
man of ape
2006-04-26 02:28:20 UTC
leave good radian's, Don't do any go if they stay and work slave Mexican or go to china and work them slaves, they do no good for the American born citizen
nash
2006-04-25 16:49:20 UTC
help our economy?


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