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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, school checking citizenship would be one huge deterrent. People would come here to work but not bring their families.
Companies not hiring illegal workforce would be another deterrent but it seems like there’s too much interest in cheap labor.
Landlords will also rent for cash…
So I think schools are the only real way

Montgomery County basically now has an entire ‘underground’ economy based on cash. Illegal rentals have proliferated. Landlords are making a killing. They buy SFHs and put in multiple boarders, who pay in cash. Landlord has no rental license, pays no taxes, etc. and often funnels the money overseas.

Undocumented immigrants can easily obtain fake licenses. For example: https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2018/10/woman-allegedly-sold-fake-documents-to-help-people-qualify-for-md-licenses/

Lots of people driving without any auto insurance.

Being an undocumented immigrant in a sanctuary county is quite appealing and there are lots of ways MoCo makes it incredibly welcoming.

Love those houses with 20+ migrants and 5 dented pickups on the front lawn.

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, school checking citizenship would be one huge deterrent. People would come here to work but not bring their families.
Companies not hiring illegal workforce would be another deterrent but it seems like there’s too much interest in cheap labor.
Landlords will also rent for cash…
So I think schools are the only real way

Anonymous wrote:You can thank Joe Biden and the Democrats. This is what happens when you send the message out to the world that the US has open borders and you won't be deported if you try to come. It just emboldens illegal aliens to keep coming and keep taking risks that end up killing people. Shame on Biden and the Democrats for failing to understand the basic concept of moral hazard.

Anonymous wrote:There is never any talk about accountability for the governments of the countries where these people are coming from. They are the ones who should be feeling shame that they are not providing a safe environment where their citizens can prosper and not be driven to migrate.

The only leader that has taken accountability is Nayib Bukele of El Salvador who stepped up after that horrible accident where the father and his daughter drowned in the Rio Grande trying to cross. Bukele made it a point to say publicly that El Salvador is at fault for driving them to migrate.

Anonymous wrote:You can thank Joe Biden and the Democrats. This is what happens when you send the message out to the world that the US has open borders and you won't be deported if you try to come. It just emboldens illegal aliens to keep coming and keep taking risks that end up killing people. Shame on Biden and the Democrats for failing to understand the basic concept of moral hazard.

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Anonymous wrote:Gin, I have to ask...why bother trying to sneak/smuggle in if the borders are so open and policies are so welcoming? By that logic, people should just be able to walk right over and get welfare checks immediately.

They do just walk across the border….have you not been paying attention? Others are victims of the cartels engaging in human trafficking.

so you want it both ways?

Here are the claims about immigration under Biden, and here are the actual facts.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=immigration&ruling=barely-true

Have you read some of the justifications? Hilarious

I have. Facts are inconvenient things for Republicans, so it's no wonder that you're trying to deflect.

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Anonymous wrote:Gin, I have to ask...why bother trying to sneak/smuggle in if the borders are so open and policies are so welcoming? By that logic, people should just be able to walk right over and get welfare checks immediately.

They do just walk across the border….have you not been paying attention? Others are victims of the cartels engaging in human trafficking.

so you want it both ways?

Here are the claims about immigration under Biden, and here are the actual facts.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=immigration&ruling=barely-true

Have you read some of the justifications? Hilarious

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Gin, I have to ask...why bother trying to sneak/smuggle in if the borders are so open and policies are so welcoming? By that logic, people should just be able to walk right over and get welfare checks immediately.

They do just walk across the border….have you not been paying attention? Others are victims of the cartels engaging in human trafficking.

so you want it both ways?

Here are the claims about immigration under Biden, and here are the actual facts.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=immigration&ruling=barely-true

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Anonymous wrote:Gin, I have to ask...why bother trying to sneak/smuggle in if the borders are so open and policies are so welcoming? By that logic, people should just be able to walk right over and get welfare checks immediately.

They do just walk across the border….have you not been paying attention? Others are victims of the cartels engaging in human trafficking.

Anonymous wrote:Gin, I have to ask...why bother trying to sneak/smuggle in if the borders are so open and policies are so welcoming? By that logic, people should just be able to walk right over and get welfare checks immediately.

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Anonymous wrote:The solution is to crack down on employers and social welfare benefits. All contact with any level of government should require proof of citizenship or residency. If you take away the ability to easily work and live without documents, a lot of this goes away.

What social welfare benefits do you think people who don't have status in the US are getting?

Not exactly a social welfare benefit, but education. There are illegal children enrolled in our public schools and the past

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is a federally-funded, state-administered program run by the USDA. SFSP reimburses program operators who serve free healthy meals and snacks to children and teens in low-income areas. In Fairfax County, any child under the age of 18 can visit one of the food distribution sites and get a free lunch. Private school kids, homeschooled kids, FCPS kids, "illegal" kids. You just show up so a child who lives in Maryland or DC could show up at one of the sites and get their free food.

FCPS has been providing free breakfast to all students for at least five years. I can't remember when it started. In our elementary school, the breakfast was delivered to the classrooms in the morning and there was enough for every student in the class. In the middle and high school, if the student wanted breakfast, they would go into the cafeteria and get it. The last couple of years, every student in the county has been able to get free lunch as well. In the past, the family had to fill out paperwork every year to qualify for free and reduced lunch prices. I believe this coming school year, they are going back to requiring paperwork.

Yes. The Supreme Court ruled in Pyler v Doe that children have a right to a free public education regardless of status. The summer meals program is free to all (the nature of the program with kids showing up often by themselves to sites would make it hard to certify or vet kids). Schools that have switched to a local area benefit do not need to individually certify for meals. Got anything else? Every eaten a free summer meal?

I wonder if the Roberts' Court will reverse this Pyler case. Stare decisis is dead.