The fact that they are illegal aliens is the reason that they can be forced into near slavery. If they want a better life for themselves and their families there is a correct way to do it. If they were here legally then this would not be soo easy to do. The fact that these companies are doing wrong is because of the fact they are preying on illegal immigrants. Take the illegals away and this practice may cease.
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Yeah, I got you here. But because they can prey on these people doesn't mean they should. My goodness, we are all people. And coming here legally is pretty difficult, which is why we get so many people coming here illegally. And yes, I know these illegals in particular are taking away jobs American citizens would want and skewing the pay-scale lower for truckers in general. And even knowing all of that, I can't blame these poor people but I could easily blame the evil SOBs targeting these people because they are vulnerable. I guess this is the bleeding heart side of me.
Laws without enforcement are merely guidelines, but laws without compassion are tyranny. Enforcement of illegal immigration laws are absolutely needed to prevent abuse of both the immigrants and our society, yet they always should be tempered with humanity. This girl is not the criminal, even though her parents are, and she should have full health care until she is able to go back home. IMO, the burden put on the system by the unemployed is far worse than that by illegal immigrants, and job creation should be highlighted to offset this.
The burden of giving all illegals full health coverage when most working Americans can not even get that is wrong. Granted this is a 10 year girl but a law is a law. She should be removed from the country along with her parents. We have enough people straining our system why should we let other get better health care than the citizens whop are working to pay for these people to get it?
I actually didn't state that all illegals should be given health care, just this one case. Until she is healthy. No one should be allowed to freely take advantage of any social programs if they have no contributed to it or have a specific reason why they couldn't. But exceptions should always be made, in specific cases. Still, any illegal immigrants should not be allowed to remain in any country they are not citizen to.
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