Illegals Should Build the Border Fence

The constitution applies to everyone regardless of citizenship. The constitution is not conditional. No federal or state law can operate outside it. The United States Supreme court has held that the consitution applies to everybody "without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality," and to "an alien, who has entered the country, and has become subject in all respects to its jurisdiction, and a part of its population, although alleged to be illegally here. " Yick Wo v. Hopkins(1) My point is not moot. Illegal immigrants fall under the protection of the bill of rights. They also would deserve equal protection under the law as mandated by the 14th ammendment. With regards to forced labor, It would fall under cruel and unusual punishment(making illegals build the border fence is ment to be humilating and you know it) Furthermore this Country is not about to have gulags. This idea of using immigrants as forced labor is clearlly cruel and unusal. It is not the same as a 'home depot contractors'. Being forced against your will to work under armed guard, to build a fence that is ment to keep you and your kind out is wholly disturtbing. how dare you for chalking it up to nothing more than a days work of a construction worker. Also, Since immigrants fall under the protection of the 14th ammendment this would have prisoners who commited offenses of similar mangitude to be subject to the same punishment. Orwell would shake his head. With regards to immigrants, Yes we do. Why should we? I've already explained the economic reasons. Political Rhetoric and history disagree. This country has on many occasions opened its arms to the illegal and llegal travel alike. My original statement stands. This countries policy on dealing with immigrants is not confused. The united states removed thousands of indians off its lands. This country can move people if it wants. Your flaw is in assuming that that is its intention. The farmer example was not merly hyperbole, It underlines the view of business towards immigrants. Cheap labor is in demand. There is no confusion. The political Rhetoric speaks oof getting rid of immigrants, while real policy is to let immigrants roam into the country free for business to exploit. This is not an oversight. This is not confusion. Your plan has the support of some of the populus, but not business. Since they are the movers and the shakers it stands to refute your arguement that we 'don't welcome illegal immigrants' I'm not justifing illegal immigrations,I'm explaining the reasons. I have not given a stance on my position of illegal immigration. Losing jobs to immigrants, well this is just plain logic. If immigrants build the fence, then it will take the job that a U. S. contractor could have done. Your outsourcing the job to immigrants. 'Save people the pain of dealing with contractors' your noot seriously saying that? You've undermined your enntire stance. The whole point of expelling illegals would be to have americans do the work the illegals are doing. The jail arguement. Simply: Its less expensive to house a prisoner in an already built jail, than it is to build living quarters on the southern border, train, supervise, supply, feeed, and medically treat all on the southern border. (an area that is HUGE! ) It would be outragously more expensive. Also it would not be a well built fence. Your a conservative, do you think the goverment or private business does a better job? case in point But this are people being forced into labor, the work would not stand up to that of a skilled contractor. The incentives to sabotage and do a poor job are there. But this is all minusha when you consider the proposition: Its unconstiitional, indecent, wrong, and a poor way to construct a fence. Thank you . http://usgovinfo.about.com...