How Do They Do It?
I just received an anonymous musing from someone inquiring as to HOW illegal aliens manage to get state money, medical care, etc. I can tell you that help IS given regardless of legal status. As a multi-cultural citizen of the United States, I have seen and experienced the rejection/acceptance by a certain illegal segment of the populace. I recall doing some business at a bank, and I went to in to find out how I was to get a token for parking. This was a branch of my own bank and I was going to transact some business regarding an IRA. BUT, one needed to get a parking token. There was no visible way to get one, no attendant - you get the picture. I asked a person there who was a Latin American. She replied without asking me if I was a customer..."We don't give out tokens just to park." She then returned to her Spanish chat with a co-worker. I then raised my voice a bit, this time in fluent Spanish, saying: "I'm here to do business and I need a damned token". At this, a brilliant smile flashed across her face, as she looked closely at me and said: "Oh, Senora, I didn't know you were one of us. You don't look..." Before she could finish that really tacky sentence, I broke her off: "And just HOW am I supposed to look, muchacha? Not everyone from south of the border to the tip of the continent LOOKS like a mestizo. I happen to be a North American, U.S. Citizen, of Italian descent who has lived in Central America and Europe." She quietly handed me a token and shut up.
You have to understand that when the balance of workers is unsettled, those who serve the public will show preferential treatment to those they PERCEIVE to be one of their own...documented or not. This may well be simply a case of human nature, such as it is. Since I am tri-cultural, I know that an illegal alien frequently looks for a U.S. Citizen from whom to "buy" the use of a birth certificate. Yes, they do. They then register that child with THAT name. If the person, let's say, is Juan Gonzalez, born in Santa Ana, CA on 12/24/05, then that birth certificate can be sold or lent to another person so that the illegal child can be registered. Do you have any idea how many people it would take - the manpower - to track EVERY Juan Gonzalez? How many do you think really WANT to do that job, especially when so many of the workers are of the same ethnicity, albeit legal?
At a grocery store recently, the cashier asked for the customer's ID. The customer was anxious and whipped out FIVE different Public Assistance, Medi-Cal cards and said: "Take one, whatever one" The clerk looked at the cards and asked which person the customer was. The customer replied that it didn't matter, just use one. Come ON!
If there is a small town in a rural area with, let's say, 3000 people - and over time, 5000 more illegal aliens move into the area, (working the farms) the economy of that town becomes strained. Why? Because now there needs to be more schools to accommodate the "anchor babies". The hospital is not sufficient to handle an influx of MORE e.r. visits by NON-paying patients. Because they work on a "cash" basis or use "counterfeit i.d." or someone ELSE's I.D., and are below the official "poverty line", they pay no tax anyway. So, WHO has to pay for all those services? Yep, the citizenry over all and MOST ESPECIALLY, the poor slobs who have been residents of their previously happy little farm town.
Or, some legal guy works for a big office cleaning company. He gets the job and does it daily. He has a supervisor, usually someone who speaks the same language and assures that the workers are on the right floors cleaning, etc. ALSO, most of these workers are NOT thieves. For the record, most stuff stolen from offices is stolen by co-workers. That is a fact. Anyway,
once in a while and in some cases FAR MORE OFTEN, the ONE worker is at two companies. One of them is assuming the other's identity for work purposes. OR, the legal worker gets "sick" and the other guy goes to work in that guy's place. He signs in for the job with the "real" worker's name. The supervisor and EVERYONE know this (except the security guard) but nobody says a word. WHY? Because the cleaning company has a contract and the building HAS to be cleaned by the end of the night. Get in and get out is how the cleaning business makes money...pricing based on so many square feet of cleaning for a fee. Why is this harmful? Assume, if you will, that the "illegal replacement" gets injured. UH-OH! Here comes big probelmas for the cleaning company (whose executives do NOT operate their business like that), liablility, law suits, maybe the loss of a contract. The bulding ownership might get another cleaning company and the whole thing starts over again.
A janitor gets about $10 per hour to start (in the union). They expect raises and benefits. Okay, fair enough. But the employer has to go thru hoops to terminate a worker. They can't INSIST that the worker learn English. They don't monitor driver's licenses of their employees because so many don't have valid ones. Getting an AUTOMATIC raise every 3, 6 or 9 months is also counterproductive. Why? Because it rewards a person for just showing up. When does the pay scale reach a PLATEAU for THAT job? So, if Juan stays a janitor for 5 years, he'll be earning more than entry level office workers...for what? To empty the garbage? In many gov't. jobs, there is a CEILING. From a base amount of pay to a maximum.
The cleaning companies are probably not going to want to continue this way. Or, maybe a new crop of LEGAL immigrants will come in - maybe from another part of the globe. Imagine that!
Do NOT call illegal aliens "undocumented residents". They are breaking the law being here. The men most likely broke their own nations' laws by coming...leaving their nation without their military service i.d. That is - without having their own countries' "matricula".
It matters not if you came from Ireland, U.K., Canada, Italy, ANYWHERE...IF you sneaked in, then go home. Fix the problems in your own country. If you want to be here, then do what other legal immigrant families did...apply, get a sponsor, wait, wait, WAIT!
On yet another note, if the MIGRA or "ICE" is really serious, they can take a trip to any major theme park and round up illegals by the busload. Or to any large park on a weekend or holiday and get them there.
I'd love to see the employers fined or penalized in some way. I'd promote MANPOWER or other casual labor places to get workers. Here in southern California, the casual labor (usually illegal) has their own mini-unions operating...Nobody is to work or sign on for one penny LESS than $10. So, there ya' go! For you homeowners who have all those "do it yourself" projects and think you NEED that casual laborer...remember, once you bring 'em to your home, THEY know where YOU LIVE. You don't know their REAL names, where THEY live, what their BACKGROUNDS are, and yet again, they know ALL ABOUT YOU and YOUR FAMILY. If you bought a few thousand dollars worth of cabinets, flooring, sinks, whatever...then get professional workers to help regardless of their nation of origina...just bonded, licensed and LEGAL.
I am in favor or IMMIGRATON...not illegal entry into the U.S. A. I am even hoping we can get a few more Polish, Russian, other European immigrants here - LEGALLY!
That's the rant!
You have to understand that when the balance of workers is unsettled, those who serve the public will show preferential treatment to those they PERCEIVE to be one of their own...documented or not. This may well be simply a case of human nature, such as it is. Since I am tri-cultural, I know that an illegal alien frequently looks for a U.S. Citizen from whom to "buy" the use of a birth certificate. Yes, they do. They then register that child with THAT name. If the person, let's say, is Juan Gonzalez, born in Santa Ana, CA on 12/24/05, then that birth certificate can be sold or lent to another person so that the illegal child can be registered. Do you have any idea how many people it would take - the manpower - to track EVERY Juan Gonzalez? How many do you think really WANT to do that job, especially when so many of the workers are of the same ethnicity, albeit legal?
At a grocery store recently, the cashier asked for the customer's ID. The customer was anxious and whipped out FIVE different Public Assistance, Medi-Cal cards and said: "Take one, whatever one" The clerk looked at the cards and asked which person the customer was. The customer replied that it didn't matter, just use one. Come ON!
If there is a small town in a rural area with, let's say, 3000 people - and over time, 5000 more illegal aliens move into the area, (working the farms) the economy of that town becomes strained. Why? Because now there needs to be more schools to accommodate the "anchor babies". The hospital is not sufficient to handle an influx of MORE e.r. visits by NON-paying patients. Because they work on a "cash" basis or use "counterfeit i.d." or someone ELSE's I.D., and are below the official "poverty line", they pay no tax anyway. So, WHO has to pay for all those services? Yep, the citizenry over all and MOST ESPECIALLY, the poor slobs who have been residents of their previously happy little farm town.
Or, some legal guy works for a big office cleaning company. He gets the job and does it daily. He has a supervisor, usually someone who speaks the same language and assures that the workers are on the right floors cleaning, etc. ALSO, most of these workers are NOT thieves. For the record, most stuff stolen from offices is stolen by co-workers. That is a fact. Anyway,
once in a while and in some cases FAR MORE OFTEN, the ONE worker is at two companies. One of them is assuming the other's identity for work purposes. OR, the legal worker gets "sick" and the other guy goes to work in that guy's place. He signs in for the job with the "real" worker's name. The supervisor and EVERYONE know this (except the security guard) but nobody says a word. WHY? Because the cleaning company has a contract and the building HAS to be cleaned by the end of the night. Get in and get out is how the cleaning business makes money...pricing based on so many square feet of cleaning for a fee. Why is this harmful? Assume, if you will, that the "illegal replacement" gets injured. UH-OH! Here comes big probelmas for the cleaning company (whose executives do NOT operate their business like that), liablility, law suits, maybe the loss of a contract. The bulding ownership might get another cleaning company and the whole thing starts over again.
A janitor gets about $10 per hour to start (in the union). They expect raises and benefits. Okay, fair enough. But the employer has to go thru hoops to terminate a worker. They can't INSIST that the worker learn English. They don't monitor driver's licenses of their employees because so many don't have valid ones. Getting an AUTOMATIC raise every 3, 6 or 9 months is also counterproductive. Why? Because it rewards a person for just showing up. When does the pay scale reach a PLATEAU for THAT job? So, if Juan stays a janitor for 5 years, he'll be earning more than entry level office workers...for what? To empty the garbage? In many gov't. jobs, there is a CEILING. From a base amount of pay to a maximum.
The cleaning companies are probably not going to want to continue this way. Or, maybe a new crop of LEGAL immigrants will come in - maybe from another part of the globe. Imagine that!
Do NOT call illegal aliens "undocumented residents". They are breaking the law being here. The men most likely broke their own nations' laws by coming...leaving their nation without their military service i.d. That is - without having their own countries' "matricula".
It matters not if you came from Ireland, U.K., Canada, Italy, ANYWHERE...IF you sneaked in, then go home. Fix the problems in your own country. If you want to be here, then do what other legal immigrant families did...apply, get a sponsor, wait, wait, WAIT!
On yet another note, if the MIGRA or "ICE" is really serious, they can take a trip to any major theme park and round up illegals by the busload. Or to any large park on a weekend or holiday and get them there.
I'd love to see the employers fined or penalized in some way. I'd promote MANPOWER or other casual labor places to get workers. Here in southern California, the casual labor (usually illegal) has their own mini-unions operating...Nobody is to work or sign on for one penny LESS than $10. So, there ya' go! For you homeowners who have all those "do it yourself" projects and think you NEED that casual laborer...remember, once you bring 'em to your home, THEY know where YOU LIVE. You don't know their REAL names, where THEY live, what their BACKGROUNDS are, and yet again, they know ALL ABOUT YOU and YOUR FAMILY. If you bought a few thousand dollars worth of cabinets, flooring, sinks, whatever...then get professional workers to help regardless of their nation of origina...just bonded, licensed and LEGAL.
I am in favor or IMMIGRATON...not illegal entry into the U.S. A. I am even hoping we can get a few more Polish, Russian, other European immigrants here - LEGALLY!
That's the rant!
Labels: illegal immigration, migra, migrants
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