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Fla Mom's avatar

They might still come for work, but it's a rare person who will reject free money. There are plenty of hardworking farm hands where I live, who are immigrants.

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Jack Bergeron's avatar

Our government, particularly the federal government, is the entity at fault. I don’t blame the people illegally crossing our borders, but like drugs and alcohol once people get hooked on the government handouts, it becomes very hard to break free. The same can be said for a whole variety of federal government programs where the government has usurped power and wealth rightly belonging to the states and the people and used it to wield undue influence and control. Sadly too few recognize they have been suckered in.

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Fla Mom's avatar

Do I ‘blame’ those who cross our borders illegally? I think that’s the wrong term. I hold them accountable for breaking our laws. I hold our oath-breaking elected officials accountable for breaking their oaths of office.

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Reasonable Horses's avatar

The free money can’t last forever, and people in the habit of getting a free ride will suddenly get kicked off the bus. I wonder what kind of reaction the psy-op planners expect.

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

the Mexican families near by are all hard working in gardening, having their own business so I think all of them are legally.

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Reasonable Horses's avatar

I hope so, and not that you should be suspicious of your neighbors, but “illegal immigrant” doesn’t mean none know how to fit in. Since the Mexican-American War, the southern border has been leaky both directions. Many illegals still sneak in, behave and lay low, take hard-labor jobs under the table, and happily earn minimum wage. Some work here for 4-6 months and go back to Mexico to live like kings the rest of the year. Rinse, repeat. Border states have functioned fairly well that way. The problems have always been cash leaving the US, fewer entry-level jobs, and too many American kids who don’t know the value of starting at the bottom and working hard with dirty fingernails.

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