On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:14:07 -0700, Frank Gilliland
wrote:

+++The Democrats want to legalize illegal immigrants because Latinos tend
+++to vote overwhelmingly for Democrats. Granting easy citizenship to
+++immigrants would result in a major swing of political power (as well
+++as a significant increase in tax revenue). But it will not stop
+++-illegal- immigration because these people are jumping the border for
+++jobs, not freedom or citizenship, and employers are required to pay US
+++citizens at least the minimum wage. Also remember that the largest
+++industry in the US is agriculture. So we would have both legal -and-
+++illegal immigrants.
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Overwhelmingly Democrat? At least not in Dade County Florida recently.
That may have been a fact prior to 2000. The hispanic vote is nearly
split in half.

The agricultural insustry has recently lost immagrint worker to the
construction industry as they are paying on average about $5 an hour
more.

james