And by immigrants I really mean immigrants: you don’t have the nationality and live in the country = you’re an immigrant.
I keep reading about the plans of parties to kick out all immigrants, stop letting in any, and some parties even advocate to revoke dual-nationalities and kick those people out too. I’ve never really understood what the point of it is and have trouble imagining what the effects of such actions would be within the country.
They don’t mean it. They just want someone for the working class to blame. They need immigrants to work for cheap and to only be here during their “productive” years and they need someone to blame for low wages and lack of local jobs.
Who is paying them under the table? Doesn’t that mean they are not paying their share of payroll taxes, wsib etc? Why not crack down on this?
Who let them into the country? Was it because they couldn’t find local people willing to take low paying jobs? This takes both the company and the government to make happen.
Will off shoring end? Not likely…
Will foreign companies be discouraged from investing in the country? Absolutely not.
If there is no one for the poorest and most exploited working class american to feel superior to, will he continue to buy into the ‘american dream’?