Reality is they’re not coming here for welfare. I 100% agree they shouldn’t receive any, but that in and of itself isn’t the cure all. Go after the people who employ them is the only way we get this under control.

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Posted by Wednesday

Member since Aug 2017

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Posted on 7/29/18 at 5:45 pm to DavidTheGnome

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Reality is they’re not coming here for welfare. I 100% agree they shouldn’t receive any, but that in and of itself isn’t the cure all. Go after the people who employ them is the only way we get this under control.

I totally disagree with you.

These people are coming here because the welfare benefits are better.

They “hide in the shadows” bc it’s too expensive and too much of a pain in the arse to pay taxes. They get paid in cash, so their takehome is higher. They also get paid in cash by contractors, so large employers can pay their contractors cheaply, reducing wages for citizens who now deal with lower rates / hr less the mandatory withholdings necessary to fund increased welfare benefits.

Turn off the benefits and you solve 3/4 of the problem. Build a wall and the other 1/4 of the problem is solved.

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Posted by I B Freeman

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Posted on 7/29/18 at 5:59 pm to DavidTheGnome

I think these Central Americans are coming for the food and housing. The conditions in those countries are horrible.

I welcome any of them if they are brought here by an employer.

I do think there should be financial criteria--they should have to have health insurance since there will be no way to care for them should they need health care except welfare if we do not require that. I wish we had did not have all the socialized medicine we have but that is a different issue.

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