First you kill me, then I'll sign it.
- Magdalana Domingo Ramirez Lopez, when asked to sign a deportation order as one of 330 suspected illegal immigrants arrested in the raid of a chicken processing plant in Greenville, South Carolina. Her sons — ages 4, 5 and 6 — were all born in the U.S. The youngest is recovering from surgery. "The whole time I was there with police, I cried. I kept thinking about my sons. That I wouldn't see them again," she said. (Source: Associated Press)
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what do you think we should do about immigration?
"First you kill me, then I'll sign it." does this not seem a bit weird to you? i mean, who expects to go into someone's house uninvited, be shown hospitality by the family, and then when the dad finds out, state "you'll have to kill me first before i agree to leave"?? really? c'mon.
30% of the working public in rhode island doesn't pay taxes.
the remaining 70% of the taxpaying public will pay roughly $150 million this year alone (~$99M in 2007, ~$173M in 2010) in emergency medical, education, and incarceration to support our immigrant population.
given that we're running roughly $550 million dollars in the red right now, and our first quarter projections (for next year) are already off by $30 million... rhode island is in a bit of a bind.
raids on illegal workers seem callous and heartless until you think about it a bit. the raids are not because we dislike immigrants, but because it puts an unfair burden on those paying taxes. employers who employ illegal aliens get the benefits of cheap labor and not paying taxes.
there has to be some sort of regulation for this stuff.
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