Illegal Immigration

[soulatom]

This is a heavily loaded issue, which is not going to go away.
It is global in extent.
Much of Europe is also struggling with it.
As the numbers grow, the political fall-out in the future looms large.

The economic argument for banning illegal immigration is simple enough.

It takes away jobs from legal residents and over-loads the infrastructure with aliens who pay no taxes for its upkeep.
Building walls and campaigning for more police to patrol the border is the current American government policy.
Amnesty, which was first granted in the late 1980's is up for review again. It has the advantage of registering aliens in the tax base.

The moral argument is more complex.

If there was no work at all, Mexicans would not come in the first place.
They take the most menial jobs at below the legal wage.
Forced repatriation splits families who have children born on American soil and are therefore legal citizens.
By not making a big issue out of it, America retains goodwill with a close neighbor.

Question 1. Is it morally right to deny work to impoverished neighbors?
Question 2. Is the current policing policy the right approach?
Question 3. Is amnesty the right answer?
Question 5. If none of the above are right, what other suggestions are out there?

[Tormod]

This is already being discussed in several other threads - why not take it there?

Start here for example:
http://hypography.com/forums/social-...migration.html