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Old 01-28-2012, 11:18 AM
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I do understand what a lot are saying about deporting illegal immigrants because they are breaking the law. However, look at the economic side.

Americans will not take the backbreaking jobs of picking crops. Farmers in Alabama have found that out with their recent immigration law. Farmers in Alabama are going bankrupt because of this law. That effects the rest of the economy. Manassas, Virginia passed an anti-immigration law a few years ago and it backfired on them. Postville, Iowa had ICE round up all the illegals working at their huge meat packing plant. As a result, the plant closed, houses standing empty in town, and the entire town is dried up for all business. Bankruptcies and foreclosures abound. If the home building in The Villages goes that way, more and more of the economy will suffer. The industries and stores that rely on home building will dry up. Our community will become undesirable with half built houses standing around and our home values will drop.

Very tough question and no easy solution.