Pros and Cons of America's

Broken Borders:

Businesses who obey the law and only hire legal immigrants are not able to compete fairly with contractors in construction and landscaping who do not, should a crack down on employers be implemented nationwide? staff1@stmarystoday.com

READER FEEDBACK:
Absolutely. If we don't crack down we may as well change the name of this country to Amexican.
Scott Oberg

War on Drugs a Winner? Increased border efforts may be contributing to driving up the price of cocaine.
When immigrants run up against laws restricting illegal aliens, even legal immigrants feel discriminated against and often leave town with closed shops and drop-off in business for the towns that didn't want them...Arizona  Pennsylvania  Florida
Crime victims of illegal aliens     The New York Times called them Mexican 'wetbacks' when Ike cracked down on illegal border crossings, farmers and ranchers profited from low cost labor, bribed officials to not enforce borders...We Hire Aliens website promises to punish employers who illegally hire illegal aliens; promote boycott of Bank of America; Banks help illegal aliens own their own homes; firm hired to build border fence charged with hiring illegal's to build it; legal options don't exist for many immigrants; illegal aliens often part of local crime scene with several arrested recently trying to hire hookers on Great Mills Road;   send your views on the topic to staff1@stmarystoday.com