[tomder55]

I agree and that's when and where the universal nature of our constitution would apply .But frankly I don't see that happening anytime soon .There are more cultures of the world who do not agree in human rights at all.

[twinkiedooter]

At last, Australia has decided that enough is enough and suspended the processing of applications from Afghan and Sri lankan "refugees

Government suspends processing of Sri Lankan, Afghan asylum claims | News.com.au

This comes in the face of the arrival of a large number of boats and with Sri Lankans beginning to take the direct route.

I'm cynical however, since I think Krudd has only taken this action because he knows that illegal immigrants will sink his boat at the next election due in about six months. If there is one thing that makes Australians cranky it is queue jumpers and the attitude here is,

we don't need any more unskilled labour,

we would rather help those who have been in camps for years

Immigration is fuelling interest rate rises which means the average Australian is paying twice for refugees

and of course the classic John Howard statement we will decide who comes here and the circumstances in which they come

All of this might be a little inconvenient for some but our advice is live peacefully where you are and we will try to help you

Gee, I wish America would have had such a luxury as to deny illegal aliens (or refugees or asylum seekers) into this country a long time ago.

Granted, Australia has very limited resources and is rapidly running out of water. The interior of your country is barren and arid although most people don't realize this and think they're plenty of room for them.

Australia can round up all the undesirables and deport them much easier than America can ever do.

I don't condem your country from not wanting more people regardless of where they come from. Many years ago back in the early 1970's my late mother and I were seriously thinking of moving to Australia. We found to our horror that since my mother was over 50 years old she would not be allowed to immigrate there. WOW talk about picky back then! And she was an RN and well educated but nope, Australia didn't want her to move there.

[paraclete]

Australia can round up all the undesirables and deport them much easier than America can ever do.

I don't condem your country from not wanting more people regardless of where they come from. Many years ago back in the early 1970's my late mother and I were seriously thinking of moving to Australia. We found to our horror that since my mother was over 50 years old she would not be allowed to immigrate there. WOW talk about picky back then! And she was an RN and well educated but nope, Australia didn't want her to move there.

That must have been in the days before shortage of nurses, usually older people are allowed to come for family reconciliation. I don't know why you think it is easier for us to find the undesirables, there are large numbers of illegals here, people who have overstayed their holiday visas, we don't have a green card system like yours and from what I can tell many of the criminals are imports
http://www.news.com.au/national/riot...-1225852321064
And it seems like half the population of New Zealand is here. The kiwi's are to us like the hispanics are to you, they cross the Tasman and just don't go home.

Let's correct any misimpression, we want people but we need talent, we have enough camel drivers and taxi drivers and criminals, so we want trained people because we don't have jobs available for labourers and process workers, we also want people who are prepared to live outside the major cities and help develop the country, not people who want to turn our cities into ghettos just to be here. Refugees are a problem and there are only so many places, they require more support than other arrivals.

It's nice to find someone who understands that Australia is an arid place, no big rivers and plentiful water here as in Europe and America

[smoothy]

I am 110% behind Australia and any other country wanting to control who is in their land, and to take initiative to remove both those who have entered illegally, or overstayed their visa, etc.

Every country has the right to set their own limits and impose them. And to remove anyone who does not follow the laws in effect.

[excon]

I am 110% behind Australia and any other country wanting to control who is in their land, and to take initiative to remove both those who have entered illegally, or overstayed their visa, etc.

Each and every country has the right to set their own limits and impose them. And to remove anyone who does not follow the laws in effect.

Hello again, smoothy:

Me? I'd go after the employers who invited them in. The meat packing industry put ads in Mexican papers encouraging the very lawbreaking you say you abhor. But, like any good righty, I'm not surprised you let them off the hook.

excon

[smoothy]

Hello again, smoothy:

Me? I'd go after the employers who invited them in. The meat packing industry put ads in Mexican papers encouraging the very lawbreaking you say you abhor. But, like any good righty, I'm not surprised you let them off the hook.

excon

Really, where did I do that? Care to point out a link or post?. After all... the Government isn't doing its part at all to keeping them out in the first place... or sending them back when they are found. They really do very little of the sending them back.

In fact locally, when Prince William County, VA cracked down on Illegals last year in a big way... the Feds chastized them for it.

After all it's the Lefties that are helping the Mexicans crossing the borders with maps... water stations and legal aid once they get here. Or calling to "Give" them green cards after they broke a number of Federal, local and state laws.

Plenty of blame to go around and it isn't just with the employers. Those that are helping them get here, or defending their so called "right" to be here in violation of the law share an even bigger part.

[excon]

Really, where did I do that?.

Hello again, smoothy:

I didn't notice any ranting against employers from you - just the illegals they hire. So, tell me, then. What WOULD you do to the employers?

excon

[smoothy]

Hello again, smoothy:

I didn't notice any ranting against employers from you - just the illegals they hire. So, tell me, then. What WOULD you do to the employers?

excon

Why are YOU fixating on ONLY the employers when it's the left that is going out of their way to prevent illegals fropm being sent OUT of the country? How about also attacking those who fascilitate their coming here, those helping them stay here... and those in the government who won't send them back whenever they get caught here.


Lots of blame to go around and fixating on only ONE of them isn't going to do didly squat...

Because... in case you aren't aware... many of them have fake ID's ( a LOT in fact)... that Joe Small Business Owner has no way of determining if they are legit or not.

How about focusing on people that RENT to them... provide pro-bono legal services, who prevent them from being deported? THey share an equal if not LARGER portion of the blame.

And since you don't notice these things... nobody is defending the employers who hire illegals without papers and pay under the table. You just refuse to recognise the liberal organisations that HELP illegals as being a problem. Including the Government.

If they got NO assistance... and people did their jobs... they would not want to be here... and would not stay if they bothered to come here at all.

[tomder55]

I would go hard against any employer who knowingly hires illegals... period.

However ;what this country has done is make the employer the enforcement arm of immigration law and that is not right.
Every employee that gets hired ;if the hiring is done right ,needs to get the documentation and needs to confirm that the documentation is not fraudulent . And it is the employer that is tasked with that responsibility .
This is needed only because the Federal Government has decided that it will not enforce the laws it has on the books . Reform ? Heck we don't even need go as far as that. What is needed is a vigorous attempt by the government to enforce existing law. Yes ,illegal immigration is a problem .But we don't know to what degree it needs reform because existing law has not been tried .

[excon]

Hello again, smoothy:

I carefully read what you said AGAIN. You gave the employers a pass. You said it's not their fault. Or do we have another misunderstanding?

I can read pretty good.

excon

[smoothy]

Hello again, smoothy:

I carefully read what you said AGAIN. You gave the employers a pass. You said it's not their fault. Or do we have another misunderstanding?

I can read pretty good.

excon

Really... Quote it... because I didn't give anyone a pass. Your blame is solely on employers... and I am saying employers are only a tiny part of the problem.


Also since you want to exclusively blame ONLY employers... exactly how are they supposed to know a false ID from a valid one... and what mechanism is in place that would allow them to do so. Since many of these fake ID's don't actually have dreamed up numbers... but valid numbers that belong to someone else... which at face value, constitutes ID theft and violations of other statutes... and no blame is put towards those who are helping them get these fake, ID's, Defending them from deportation when they are determined to be here illegally, or helping them while they are here... not considering helping them get here in the first place.

And all of those are committing a far greater crime than hiring someone that actually had papers... (particularly if they are determined later to be false).
Not all employers of illegals knowingly hire people without papers... and then pay cash under the table to keep their existence off the books.

I actually know a couple small employers that have exactly this problem. Finding out people with papers actually had fake ones... even though they apeared legit. And in each case... 20-30% of those with "papers" were fraudulent, discovered later. And not all are discovered.



Now that is NOT giving anyone a free pass... because they have to have a way to determing legal from illegal... and THAT would have to be Federal level as SSI is a Federally issued ID. And that agency ultimately has to bear the responsibility of determinations and those it misses.

What's wrong with illegals when found without valid papers... being transported to the border after fingerprinting, biometrics and photos are taken first within 48 hours and NEVER let loose on a promise to appear... which nobody with 2 brains cells ever does.

And WHY do taxpayers have to pay for illeglas healthcare at emergency rooms... and why are their kids entitled to a free education at OUR expense? And why are children of illegals automatically given citizenship?

And why do taxpayers have to pay for foodstamps given to illegals, or illegals taking up public housing while real Americans are on a waiting list.

Obama's Aunt in Boston is an example it DOES happen all the time.


And it's the Democrats that have been fighting against a standardized national ID for a LONG time. Which would go a long way towards this problem and others.

We are off topic for Australia, but I'm sure many of thise issues will apply to them as well.

[paraclete]

Have you guys ever considered using the tax system to help control the problem, 1. every employee must be able to supply a valid tax ID, otherwise 2. 50% withholding, with 3. inspection of records and 4. your tax office reporting to Immigration the detail of any person in the system, employer or employee where the ID doesn't match up. You can modify the system so where an illegal is paid the employer doesn't get a deduction for those wages. I reckon you would fix the problem overnight.

[tomder55]

It all comes down to enforcement. When you have municipalities like we do declaring themselves sanctuary for the illegals at the same time you have other sections of the country zealousy enforcing them
,then it's tough to have a consistent national policy .

As far as employers taking the lead on being the front line enforcement tool ;it just isn't right. They should be able to assume that anyone seeking employment is already here legally .

[paraclete]

It all comes down to enforcement. When you have municipalities like we do declaring themselves sanctuary for the illegals at the same time you have other sections of the country zealousy enforcing them
,then it's tough to have a consistent national policy .

As far as employers taking the lead on being the front line enforcement tool ;it just aint right. They should be able to assume that anyone seeking employment is already here legally .

Tom I hear what you are saying but there is a difference between hiring, not suggesting employers shouldn't do that and where I come from there is no enforceable prevention on hiring, just common sense, but collection of taxes and registration of employees (workers) has nothing to do with employers per see. The way it works is this, do you have an ID? No, then you get a penelty withholding tax. If you can't work for this rate then you have made the decision not the employer. We have the same system working with contractors and the GST. The employer has an obligation to collect withholding whether you are legal or not. It's just a compliance issue.

Sometimes I wonder, who is actually running that country over there, the government or the local politicians? Like you elect people to do a job then tie their hands. Do you have 50,000 nationals parks or one country?

[Catsmine]

Why are employers the villain in contemporary society? They're supposed to verify I.D.'s, provide health insurance, pay for your old age, make up more jobs out of thin air, wipe your bum and give you a ride.

How about letting them make or do something and sell it?

The entirety of the problems with Western Society can be boiled down to people wanting to do someone else's job instead of their own. Lawyers want to be insurance agents, Insurance agents want to be Doctors, Doctors want to be legislators, legislators want to be executives, executives want to be preachers, preachers want to be lawyers, and round and round it goes.

Ambition and altruism are nice, but why can't they leave me the heck alone!?

OK, rant over, continue your discussion please.

[tomder55]

Sometimes I wonder, who is actually running that country over there, the government or the local politicians? Like you elect people to do a job then tie their hands. Do you have 50,000 nationals parks or one country?

Yeah that's the weakness and the strength of federalism. Presumably it prevents the national government from having too much power. But;sometimes the legitimate authority of the national government(like immigration policy ) gets subverted by regional decisions.

[tomder55]

Cats ;even worse. Lawyers want to be law makers. That's a conflict of interest in my book.

[smoothy]

Tom I hear what you are saying but there is a difference between hiring, not suggesting employers shouldn't do that and where I come from there is no enforceable prevention on hiring, just common sense, but collection of taxes and registration of employees (workers) has nothing to do with employers per see. The way it works is this, do you have an ID? no, then you get a penelty withholding tax. If you can't work for this rate then you have made the decision not the employer. We have the same system working with contractors and the GST. The employer has an obligation to collect withholding whether you are legal or not. It's just a compliance issue.

Sometimes I wonder, who is actually running that country over there, the government or the local politicians? Like you elect people to do a job then tie their hands. Do you have 50,000 nationals parks or one country?

Problem with the tax end you mention is what the employer is legally allowed to do... if they don't follow the guidelines they would be in bigger trouble than the illegal is. Not saying its not a good idea, but taken on its face, who will stop them from pocketing that 50% and not forwarding it to the taxing authorities. Particularly since in our case (USA) most of the costs incurred by illegals is on the Backs of the towns, or state and not the federal government.

Then if they actually enforced the laws on the books... there would be no problem.

We need to de-incentivise (sp) their being here. If their kids could not enroll in schools, if Emergency rooms required cash BEFORE treatment, if they faced confiscation of property and jail for driving uninsured and unliscensed... and actually prosecute them for using OTHER peoples Social security number or false ID. And to STOP giving amnesty to illegals as a reward for breaking our laws.

Then they may decide its not worth the risk to be here illegally.


I have no trouble with LEGAL immigration... only with thoise who feel the laws and rules don't apply to them.

[paraclete]

Why are employers the villain in contemporary society? They're supposed to verify I.D.'s, provide health insurance, pay for your old age, make up more jobs out of thin air, wipe your bum and give you a ride.

How about letting them make or do something and sell it?

The entirety of the problems with Western Society can be boiled down to people wanting to do someone else's job instead of their own. Lawyers want to be insurance agents, Insurance agents want to be Doctors, Doctors want to be legislators, legislators want to be executives, executives want to be preachers, preachers want to be lawyers, and round and round it goes.

Ambition and altruism are nice, but why can't they leave me the heck alone!?!

OK, rant over, continue your discussion please.

Yes I agree some strange concepts have gotten loose in the US, and very incompatiable with capitalism. You could call it socialism by stealth. You shouldn't characterise what happens in the US with the rest of western society, however it should be recognised that professions who think they are the only ones who can handle an issue are a problem. All wisdom on a subject does not reside within the prerogative of a profession or with a politician for that matter.

[excon]

Really.....Quote it....because I didn't give anyone a pass. Your blame is solely on employers....and I am saying employers are only a tiny part of the problem

Hello again, smoothy:

You again, diminish the role of the employer. The fact is, if there were no jobs, there would be no illegal immigration. It's like blaming the hookers and giving the johns a pass. In fact, it takes TWO to tango.

But, contrary to what you say, I don't place the blame on the employers. I don't put it on the immigrants either. In fact, neither are the bad guys here. I put it on the government who didn't enforce the laws we had on the books for over 50 years. During that time, family's got established. Lives were changed. Things happened.

So, it does NO good to be mad at the government for doing this, and it makes no sense to be mad at either the employers or the workers. All they did, was what people do. They hire people, and people get hired. Given that it wasn't EITHER'S fault, we shouldn't punish either of them. I'm willing to give them BOTH amnesty.

You wingers, on the other hand, obviously want to give the employers a pass, with all your talk about enforcement, and you want to throw the immigrants OUT. It ain't right. It just ain't right.

excon