Those in support of Colorado Referendum H argue that it targets the employment of unauthorized aliens, which is the root cause of illegal immigration. By reducing the financial advantage a business gains from paying lower wages to people illegally in this country by eliminating tax breaks for hiring illegal aliens, employers will be encouraged to hire people lawfully in Colorado and pay them higher wages.
As a result, this provides a more competitive environment for businesses that pay higher wages to legal workers. Donald Rice, author of Compendium of Illegal Immigration Data, estimates an economic loss to Colorado workers of $2 billion ($2,030,807,803) caused by the downward drag of illegal labor wages paid by Colorado employers.
As long as job opportunities exist for illegal workers, the incentive to come to Colorado, or overstay visas anywhere in the United States, will continue to grow and exist. By reducing the number of jobs available to unauthorized aliens, more job opportunities will be open to Colorado residents; which offers benefits such as a lower unemployment rate, additional cash flow being spent in internal communities, and less reliance on government assistance; which in turn increases consumer spending, especially at the local level.
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We need the SAVE ACT and E-verify used for every business and to be sure illegals stay out of the market and American can get any Job they want or need.
E-verify does not discriminate against RACE, Religion, SEX or physically capability only your Citizenship and your LEGAL right to be and work in United States.
If we can stop Predatory business owners from hiring then the Illegal Aliens will not Stay and return to their native Countries.
This ISSUE is not about RACE, but ALL Governments Federal/State/LOCAL not doing their jobs, because big and small business owners want cheap workers and no labor laws to bother with.
Its called GREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Both Liberals and Conservatives need to take some pride in our Country and protect it from all invading nations citizens and corporate greed. Please, NO IMMIGRANT BASHING or HATE Crimes.
HATE only feeds the single RACE agenda groups for Open Borders and the Liberal Media
I agree with this story completely.
I can’t say the ILLEGAL ALIENS are completely to blame for the shape of our economy, but they are a BIG part of the problem. The ILLEGAL ALIENS send BILLIONS upon BILLIONS out of this Country every year, money we will NEVER see again. Does this help our economy? How about the BILLIONS the American taxpayers fork out for the ANCHOR BABIES, the schooling of them, the medical care and the list goes on, and on, and on.
How about the MILLIONS upon MILLIONS paid to jail ILLEGAL ALIENS for the crimes, then the cost to deport them. Does this help our economy? Then you have these so called activist groups that want AMNESTY for these ILLEGAL ALIENS. It would be absolute suicide for this Country if AMNESTY were granted to the 20 million or so ILLEGAL ALIENS. We have more and more people out of work everyday and they want to add another 20 million to this Country? I say, “NO”!
If AMNESTY were ever granted to these 20 million ILLEGAL ALIENS, you can bet big money that 3 years from now, there would be ANOTHER 3-5 million ILLEGAL ALIENS demonstrating on our soil for AMNESTY. I don’t wish to lose my privilege on this site, so I will refrain from using the words that fit here. An end MUST come to this illegal immigration.
The perfect tool we have so far is E-Verify. It MUST be used on ALL businesses and Government Social Services. EVERY employee must be checked! If they are illegal, they are to be dismissed and deported! I believe it is time for all 50 States to pass a State law, like Arizona, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina and a few others. It is time for these ILLEGAL ALIENS to go back to their home Country and get out of this Country. The problems they are causing will not go away until the ILLEGAL ALIENS are out of this Country. I think that is plain to see.
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