Welfare state adds to illegal-immigrant problem

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Welfare state adds to illegal-immigrant problem
By Thomas Sowell

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Social Security used to be called the third rail of politics, but illegal immigration is the real third rail that both political parties are afraid to touch.
Cops who find illegal aliens are under orders not to turn them in to the feds. And the federal government’s own border guards have their hands tied by the higher-ups as well.
Now that Hispanics are the largest minority in the country, and with the country closely divided politically, neither party wants to risk alienating the Hispanic vote by enforcing immigration laws.
Many other Americans may be outraged at the way illegal aliens are handled with kid gloves — and, in some places, even given rights normally reserved for citizens — but so long as this outrage is directed at both parties, neither party wants to be the one to risk losing the Hispanic vote.

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I was discussing the immigrant situation with a friend of mine the other day. We were specifically talking about the jobs that only immigrants will do or So they say. When I went to High School here in California most of the fast food jobs, waiter/waitress and retail jobs were worked by high school and college kids. This is no longer the case and it’s not because kids aren’t applying for these jobs. I know of high school and college kids who have applied for fast food, restaurant and retail jobs but were turned down. Managers many times immigrants themselves would rather give these jobs to immigrants (illegal or legal) because they (the immigrants) usually stay longer and are usually more reliable because they have a family to support. Where as high school or college kids may only work during the summer or during the school year for extra money.