highwaystar101 said:
It's those damn pesky Saxons that did it to my country |
This is a false equivalency though ...
Legal immigration and illegal immigration are vastly different in how they impact the immigrants, the people in the community they move into, and the society on the whole. In a large part because they have no status within a country, illegal immigrants are heavily exploited by individuals within their host country; and working for less than minimum wage for excessive hours in dangerous conditions is often one of the better outcomes they face.
To see the impact on individuals, consider what happens to the legal unskilled labour when they face a job market where employers are forced to pay them two or three times as much as someone who is in the country illegally. While it would be unfair to attribute it entirely to illegal immigration, illegal immigration is certainly one of the reason why the unemployment rate is so bad for people with a high school education (or less)
Finally, there is the community on the whole which faces a massive population increase from people who don’t pay taxes because they’re neither citizens nor are paid through legitimate channels.
