http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2007/01/09/immigration-amnesty-fraud-enforcement/ Stories, thoughts & insights on Jesus, college students, and the Bible; Los Angeles, immigration, politics, ethnicity and culture, and also about my daughter Isabel - from a spanglish gringo father living in, learning from, leading & loving life in East L.A. Sat, 19 May 2012 05:05:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2007/01/09/immigration-amnesty-fraud-enforcement/#comment-857 Nate Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:52:02 +0000 http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2007/01/09/immigration-amnesty-fraud-enforcement/#comment-857 The other major thing about the immigration "problem" is NAFTA--which allows capital to move freely across our borders, but not people. So American investors are allowed to reap the benefits of comparative advantages, to buy up factories and land in Mexico, while "illegals" arent's allowed to do likewise by selling their labor here. And on that three-legged stool, I think the employer sanctions is where folks would actually focus if the "problem" needed a no-immigrants fix. What we need to figure out is how to integrate our needs with theirs. The other major thing about the immigration “problem” is NAFTA–which allows capital to move freely across our borders, but not people. So American investors are allowed to reap the benefits of comparative advantages, to buy up factories and land in Mexico, while “illegals” arent’s allowed to do likewise by selling their labor here. And on that three-legged stool, I think the employer sanctions is where folks would actually focus if the “problem” needed a no-immigrants fix. What we need to figure out is how to integrate our needs with theirs.

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