Should American Citizens Only-Protests the Companies & Businesses that Hire Illegals?
373504
I think the businesses that choose to break the law and hire illegals should be shut down - permanently.  Once the illegals are unable to get a job other mowing yards and cleaning houses they will either become legal or go back to their own country.  I really don't understand why - if their country is so great - that they are leaving rather than building it up to make it better.
503042
if they are illegal then they should go and before they go be forced to pay back taxes on any and all wages that they recieved while working in the US. All companies found hiring illegal immigrants should have their business licenses revoked and the actual business sold off at auction. Seriously fight the businesses who hire and the problem will go away.
633559
I too am under the impression they do and I guess that is exactly the core issue of the illegal immigrant debate.  With all the millions of dollars our government spends on studies, you would think they would do a comprehensive study on this to settle the arguement once and for all.  Illegals do provide a source of cheap labor for businesses keeping the costs of services and products down but, as a result, often take away jobs from citizens/legal residents who would be paid more for the same work.  Employers who hire illegals are also competing unfairly, paying reduced wages, against those companies that do not- driving them out of business and raising unemployment for citizens/legal residents. I have also been under the assumption that  illegals are also paid "under the table" not being documented as actually working for a company so neither the employer or illegal employee pay taxes for social services/healthcare/etc. (although from debates on YahooAnswer I have been told this is incorrect but how do you pay taxes/social security if you don't have a social security number and/or other i.d?) thus driving up taxes and healthcare costs for the rest of us.
268296
Yes, but those organizations are breaking the laws against forgery.  There is a reason that word "illegal" goes in front of immigrant, because by entering the U.S. without permission you are breaking the law.
327125
Yes there is:\n\nGet involved with counter demonstrations by illegals:\nhttp://www.illegalimmigrantprotest.com\nContact your senators and congressmen by email:\nhttp://www.congress.org \n\nPetition:\nhttp://www.PetitionOnline.com/usavoice/\n\nThank you for being a true American.
690418
Very simple, I fired 6 employees who took off to boycott, they were not "illegal" but they were hispanic and in favor of breaking the law. Maybe the Government wont do anything, But each business owner sure can. I already replaced the hispanics who went to boycott with Americans who were interested in working, took abt 30 minutes. I wonder how they will feel tomorrow morning when they find they have no job here.
576651
I don't care if they speak English or not.  If they want to do business in the US, then they will have to eventually learn it.  I just think that there are too many illegals here and too many companies outsourcing to other countries.  If you are illegal, you do not belong here!  And  US Companies, quit outsourcing work to foreigners who can barely speak english just to save a buck at the cost of American jobs!
575512
It is illegal to employ them, but the republicans that are in power wouldn't think of doing away with the cheap labor that their constituents use. They will protect the greedy corporations and rich individuals that pay slave wages. Some people say this isn't true, but I think if you do a little investigation you will find as I have that alot of them are paid below the minimum wage, which is illegal. They don't pay taxes on their earnings, which is illegal. They don't pay social security tax, which is illegal. They don't pay medicare tax, which is illegal. They crossed our border without permission from our government, which is illegal. They work without permission from our government, which is illegal. They use up all our financial resources,such as welfare, free health care, schools, which is illegal and immoral. Some people can't understand why they are called illegal immigrants. Can you?
579467
There are no jobs that Americans won't do if they are paid at least minimum wage and are protected by American labor and employment law.\n\nCheap labor allows businesses to not hire naturalized americans and to outsource jobs.  within a generation there will be no jobs for actual american citizens and then the economy will tank because no one will be able to buy anything.\n\nWhy do people assume that illegals are only doing the manual jobs?  They are doing restaurant, hotel, construction, childcare, and any other job they are offered....not just produce pickers.\n\nif Dynacorp can hire someone for 1 dollar, why would they hire you?  or your son?  or daughter?
300951
I dont know what planet your from but here in this part of the country McDonalds has adults working there cause there is NO WORK. More than 50% of the population in this part of the country have housing construction or mechanical backgrounds and tradeskills. And yes the ILLEGALS are taking those jobs too! It is a Myth that they are all on the farms or that Americans won't work and dont need any of the jobs they now have. It is also a Myth that without ILLEGAL immigrants doing slave labor our country and its economy will crumble. \n\nWere in our American history have you ever read were Americans and the wheel of commerce in America has ever stopped, come to a grinding halt due to americans saying "aw its broken I dont want it anymore" or " Aw I need to feed my family and work is scarce but I wont work at Taco Bell to feed them" Americans are some of the most industrious and creative people that walk the face of the earth. Were there is a need it is filled, were there is work we work, were there is a gap we create and fill it.\n\nYour question is misleading because the issues debated are not about legal immigrants. The issues are ILLEGALS and the lack of boarder security and the huge flood steaming in daily now from the southern boarders.\n\nWe have farmers of all races that own land in those boarder states. Is it ok that Americans in this country have to take a gun with them to go check their livestock, due to the ILLEGALS swarming in and onto their lands as well? Is it ok that Americans cant find any work and our government shuts the door on them when they ask for some assistance to feed or cloth or house their children? Is it ok that more and more of our tax money is spent housing , feeding and clothing ILLegals in the prisons while our schools for our children can not afford to buy a book for every child?\n\nThis is everyones problem and is not going away anytime soon. Bottom line we have marches going on demanding they have the same rights in ALL areas we do, and demanding that we make these sacrafices and more to ignore their ILLegal status, ignore our boarders, ignore law violations and let them have their way.\n\nPersonaly I do not want to sacrafice the food off my table or clothing my children anymore for people who have no regard to obey our laws to enter this country and show no desire or effort to become legal. And am furious that these people have the gual to demand it, march our streets on our American issues and policies, and wave a flag from their country. What am I sacraficing for? People who demand (not ask) that they have rights to everything here but are not citizens here and still wave their loyalty to their own country while butting into our business? That's ass backwards if you ask me. Now Wrong is right and right is wrong....\n\n\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-PMRb1p42aacMueZmc_FaRn89U4XQsyz9cyAO\n\nhttp://www.humaneventsonline.com/index.php\n\nhttp://www.gvnews.com/shared-content/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30
1003185
There is controversy. I know someone who had to teach the foreigner who was taking her job what to do. It's rough up here in the Mitten, but how can one protest against something going on overseas when it's easier to protest what's going on at home?\n\nAfter all, we need jobs here NOW. Illegal immigrants are taking away those chances. We also need the jobs overseas, but we can't be immediately affected by them (in terms of, if the owners said they'll come back, they won't be back for months or maybe years.)
578384
Get involved with counter demonstrations by illegals:\nhttp://www.illegalimmigrantprotest.com\nContact your senators and congressmen by email:\nhttp://www.congress.org \nReport people who hire illegals\nhttp://www.wehirealiens.com/
67793
First of all you need to define your terms. in your question you stated "hate" and "illegal". In your support, you stated "immigrants". There is a VERY large difference.\n\nBasically that illegals are here ILLEGALLY!\n\nIt appears that your statements are based on a vile dislike of the word "Republican". Illegals do not steal the jobs of fat cat Republicans, they steal them from the high school kid next door trying to save for college or buy his first car. they steal from the public because they demand serviuces and goods but are not taxed to support those goods and services. In essence, they arent pulling their own weight. Are you stating that you approve of freeloaders? \n\nAs an aside, did you know that if you added up the number of people who you consider fat cats, did you know that 3 of every 4 fat cats are liberal democrats, as stated by the federal General Accounting Office? I use the word "rich" here, and i define it as anyone making over half a million dollars a year.\n\nSo i recommend that you define your terms and your position before you go firing volleys based on hate, and make sure your arguments are complete and accurate.
528907
Immigrants are great, but these are ILLEGAL ALIENS.  It looks to me like a great opportunity for INS to find all these lawbreakers in one place and initiate arrests.  With our being told which companies HAD to shut down completely or partially, that the Attorney General, Homeland Security, or whomever is responsible for fining companies who do hire illegal aliens, really just have a list now that they can follow. \n\nThe protest offended, but didn't really affect me, or the town in which I live.  The following things bothered me:\na.  these protests were for ILLEGAL ALIENS, NOT regular immigrants.  Their PR machine was great in blurring the lines here.\n\nb.  The Mexican flags were still very prominent.\n\nc.  I was soooo tired of seeing all the posters written in Spanish!!!!!!  And the signs that were translated to English were often very critical of this counry that they claim to love so much.\n\nd.  One of the organizers, last name Rodriguez I think, was on some TV shows the day before.  He made very negative comments about the U.S. in general.  It seemed he was leading up to the one comment that made me wonder about the REAL agenda.....he said, paraphrasing, that the southern part of the U.S. was STOLEN from Mexico, and that the people just wanted to reclaim what was rightfully theirs.  Okay, we did fight and confiscate land way back in our early history......but wasn't just about every country formed by gaining land from somebody??  \n\ne.  The whole thing would have been so much less significant, had our media simply refused to give these demonstrations wall to wall media coverage!!\n\nf.  Do these illegal aliens have the constitutional right to assemble like this?  This is just a question I wondered about.......they are not citizens.\n\ng.  IF these folks are really protesting for rights, better conditions, etc., well, I can't help but be curious as to why they don't just demonstrate in their own countries where conditions must be worse.  Couldn't they use this energy to focus on problems at home?\n\nh.  I can't help but wonder WHEN the LEGAL CITIZENS of the U.S. will step up to the plate, care enough to organize as efficiently as these folks, and take our voices and opinions to the streets, all the way to Washington D.C.\n\nWhew, got some of that off my chest!  I understand the plight of these illegal aliens, and this IS a country of immigrants, but it's also a county of laws.  What do you think would happen to us if thousands of U.S. citizens decided to sneak into Mexico, Colombia, Venzuela, Russia, China, etc., and march on their capitols & make demands for rights while waving American flags and speaking mainly English?  How about trying that in Cuba or Iran?  \n\nWelcome to all immigrants, just do it LEGALLY!  We do have a process in place for that.  Many of us feel that we and our country are being greatly disrespected by the ILLEGAL ALIENS. (I am ever so tired of the term "undocumented workers"..............does that mean that we citizens can drive around freely with no drivers' licenses, and simply be "undocumented drivers"?  Political correctness can get way out of hand.\n\nI just about forgot one other thing that burns me, and that's the so-called Spanish version of our National Anthem!  This is not a translation, the lyrics are totally different.  This is the United States.  We speak English.  A common language is necessary for assimilation.  And our National Anthem should be sung in English!  What's next, translating our Constitution, the Pledge of Allegience, etc??
567367
I do mention it, but nobody listens. I think the penalty for hiring an illegal aliens should be greater than the penalty the illegal alien recieves. The reasoning for this is: the company doing the hiring is familiar with the laws of this country and is knowingly and willingly breaking them. Penalties should include HEAVY fines and jail time. It is, after all, tax evasion.
538617
yes double standards it doesn't matter if that job pays nine cents a hour the point is that is wrong to ask us to do something they wont even do themselves . they can protect their borders we cant they can deny work to illegals we cant , it goes on and on
307963
I think that the people that hire them should be held accountable for it. There should be jail and a large enough fine that it would be worth their time to hire ILLEGALS. That is the magic word here illegal.