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Link – Amnesty Illegal ImmigrationAmnesty causes further illegal immigration due to prevailing wages Cutler 9 [Michael, Staff Writer for Family Security Matters, December 18 2009, http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.5047/pub_detail.asp] When aliens who had previously been illegally present in the United States were granted lawful status, they were no longer exploitable. In many cases, these previously illegal aliens approached their employers and told them that they would certainly want to continue working for them but that they now wanted to be paid prevailing wages. They wanted the appropriate deductions taken from their salaries. They wanted to be compensated appropriately for working overtime and on weekends. In short, these previously vulnerable aliens were no longer vulnerable and demanded fair and equitable treatment by their employers. In many of these instances, guess what happened? The employers fired these now-legal aliens and hired the next wave of illegal aliens! Illegal immigration diverts money from the US economy Cutler 9 [Michael, Staff Writer for Family Security Matters, December 18 2009, http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.5047/pub_detail.asp] Illegal aliens are certainly easy to exploit because they are desperate to secure any job that they can so that they can send their money to their families back home. This, of course, raises the issue of the fact that every year foreign workers, both legal and illegal, seek to send as much money out of country and our nation's economy as possible. It has been estimated that more than $100 billion is wired or otherwise sent from the United States to other countries around the world by foreign workers. This is money that is lost to our economy. This is money that is not spent in the United States and not invested in the United States. This is money that is not earned by American citizens or lawful immigrants. Link – Amnesty Illegal ImmigrationAn amnesty policy will lower the cost of crossing the border illegally only exacerbating the problem Ruark 10 [Eric, Director of Research of Federation for American Immigration Reform, March 2010, http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=22563&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1761] In addition, amnesty would not stop the future flow of low-skill workers into the United States. The adoption of another mass amnesty like the one in 1986 — but covering 3 to 4 times as many illegal aliens — would reinforce the message that the United States does not have the will to enforce a strict immigration policy. That would be taken as an invitation to continue to illegally seek work in the United States. Employers who previously hired illegal workers will not hesitate to do so again if they can get away with it, and a federal government that has consistently refused to uphold immigration law can not suddenly be trusted to secure the border and pursue interior enforcement. Promises of strict enforcement were made when the last major amnesty was passed in 1986 and are being made again today; yet, many of those now pushing for amnesty have adamantly opposed increased border security and/or enforcement of immigration law already on the books.7 They support nothing less than a de facto open borders policy. Even just the discussion of amnesty by elected officials serves to encourage some illegal aliens who may have considered returning to their home countries to remain in the United States, while also attracting others to come in the hopes of receiving U.S. citizenship.8 Link – Amnesty Illegal Immigration, Lowers WagesAmnesty would have a number of negative effects on including depressing wages and encouraging more illegal immigration. Smith 9 (Rep. Lamar, ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, June 29 2009, USA Today, NEWS; Pg. 8A, LexisNexis Academic) TJN Granting amnesty would increase illegal immigration. Since Congress passed the last "one-time" amnesty in 1986, the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. has jumped to more than 12 million. Amnesty sends the message that if you just get into the country, even illegally, you can stay indefinitely. Amnesty rewards illegal immigrants with the right to live and work in the U.S. That is unfair to the millions of legal immigrants who play by the rules, wait their turn and come in to the U.S. the right way. And selling amnesty to lawbreakers for the price of a fine would demean the value of the greatest honor our country can bestow: citizenship. To achieve immigration reform, the choices are not just amnesty or mass deportation. A strategy of "attrition through enforcement" would dramatically reduce the number of illegal immigrants over time. If the federal government enforced our immigration laws, especially those that target the employment of illegal workers, many illegal immigrants would simply return home because they can't get jobs. Others would never come to the USA in the first place because they would not be hired. A Zogby poll in 2006 found that a majority of voters prefer this approach over others. Amnesty would cost Americans their jobs, depress wages, burden taxpayers and encourage even more illegal immigration. On the other hand, enforcing immigration laws would increase respect for the rule of law and reduce illegal immigration. Neg Defense – Amnesty doesn’t Increase Wages1986 amnesty proves that the plan does not solve the low-wage problems of illegal immigration Ruark 10 [Eric, Director of Research of Federation for American Immigration Reform, March 2010, http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=22563&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1761] The 1986 amnesty did not end the demand for cheap labor, nor was it accompanied by increased border security and workplace enforcement. Amnesty proponents today are making the same promises about securing the border and enacting tough penalties for employers who hire illegal aliens, but the legislative record and 23 years of history show these promises to be hollow. Those in Congress pushing the hardest for amnesty claim that the border is already secure, while they have continually sought to undermine interior enforcement. Amnesty does not solve for cheap labor and low wages Ruark 10 [Eric, Director of Research of Federation for American Immigration Reform, March 2010, http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=22563&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1761] The IRCA amnesty is the example of how not to approach immigration reform, yet, for some, it is the model for a massive new amnesty. Several recent reports have lauded the “success” of the 1986 amnesty, but gains were limited to the recipients and even these were minimal. The Center for American Progress has claimed that the wages for IRCA beneficiaries rose 15 percent due to the amnesty and they cite a 1996 Department of Labor report as evidence.71 What the report actually found was that for a small percentage of 1986 amnesty recipients — those who spoke English well and possessed the most job skills — their wage levels increased after legalization. However, the report also shows that this group had seen similar wage increases prior to the 1986 amnesty, and even those amnestied workers who saw an increase in earnings still earned substantially less than comparable workers. Low-skilled wages remain low even after amnesty Ruark 10 [Eric, Director of Research of Federation for American Immigration Reform, March 2010, http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=22563&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1761] A statistical portrait of the current illegal alien population highlights the fact that they remain largely uneducated, low-skilled, and work predominately in low-wage jobs, thus helping to keep wages in that sector artificially low. Nearly half (47%) of illegal aliens ages 25-64 have less than a high school education and 30 percent have less than a ninth grade education.77 The median households, while illegal alien households contain one-third more workers. Even after a decade of working in the United States, the median income for illegal alien households shows negligible gain. Download 0.75 Mb. Share with your friends:
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