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A: about 40% of the businesses on the main street that runs along my neighborhood are Mexican, and a good chunk of those are likely undocumented. If they were ousted there'd be a ton of commercial vacancies, commercial building owners would go into foreclosure.
B: about 30% of my neighborhood is occupied by Mexicans and other Hispanics, with a good chunk of them undocumented, they were gone it would leave alot of vacancies in single family homes as well as multi-family dwellings which would cause more foreclosures, drive home prices down further, cause more vacancies, decay and property crime.
C:The increase in foreclosures would cause the property tax base to drop which would cut even more into city services, etc.
D: With all those people gone the local economy would be negatively impacted, local business would probably suddenly see a 30% drop in traffic, leading to more businesses closing, and adding to vacancies, foreclosures, etc.
Slig, while I can understand Your concern, You did mention (twice) the word "undocumented" . I'll bet that this demographic stat did not happen overnight, but took a few years to happen. In other words Your neighborhood not only allowed this to happen,but encouraged it to occur. Why build a neighborhood or community based upon ignoring the law and creating a "false economy" that was never there in the first place ?
Isn't it ironic that a neighborhood could be so negatively impacted simply because a law was enforced ?
Do You think it is the responsibility of the taxpayers in your neighborhood/ community/county/state , to foot the bill for Your poor choices?
What about the taxpayers in other states and their states and communities who are facing the same problems. ( maybe by their choice,maybe not) Should their federal tax money be spent to cover for Your states/communities failures, rather than their own problems ?
Slig, we're all bozos on this bus,but I think it is time to head in a different direction. We don't have enough money to tax us back into prosperity...
" The problem with socialism is that eventually You run out of other peoples money to spend"
Margaret Thatcher
No business has the right to exist that isn't within our laws. No one has the right to be in our country illegally. It is unforunate that they created this mess but it is time to pay the pauper. We simply can't allow corruption to exist because it benefited "some" Americans. Life will go on and improve eventually for those neighborhoods and citizens. The neighhood's law abiding citizens should have objected long ago.
You don't understand how bad my neighborhood was before the Mexicans and Somalis occupied the area in the last 10 years. In the 90's Minneapolis was nicknamed "Murderapolis" and ground zero was on the southside in my community and the one bordering to the north. It's a much better neighborhood now, and there is no way we could afford to have it go back to how it was, it would be catastrophic. I agree that something should be done to improve the current system but you can't go and level out already existing infrastructure, aka already existing undocumented population. It would cause much more harm than good.
You don't understand how bad my neighborhood was before the Mexicans and Somalis occupied the area in the last 10 years. In the 90's Minneapolis was nicknamed "Murderapolis" and ground zero was on the southside in my community and the one bordering to the north. It's a much better neighborhood now, and there is no way we could afford to have it go back to how it was, it would be catastrophic. I agree that something should be done to improve the current system but you can't go and level out already existing infrastructure, aka already existing undocumented population. It would cause much more harm than good.
On that same note Cities like Escondido have turned into giant Barrios that used to be nicer inner City neighborhoods, all thanks to the influx of Illegal Immigrant workers and their families. The schools in the area and even areas further out suffer thanks to busing programs that let them put their kids in schools around the County. ESL and the combination of NCLB has been a nasty combo for the school's Teachers.
On that same note Cities like Escondido have turned into giant Barrios that used to be nicer inner City neighborhoods, all thanks to the influx of Illegal Immigrant workers and their families. The schools in the area and even areas further out suffer thanks to busing programs that let them put their kids in schools around the County. ESL and the combination of NCLB has been a nasty combo for the school's Teachers.
Escondido is a nice city. I don't think a city with a median family income of $58,000 is a Barrio. East Los Angeles, considered a true Barrio, has a median income of roughly $37,000. However, it is interesting to note that the economy of East LA would suffer if mass deportations were to occur.
Eh? First you agreed to take in millions of illegals in MN and then you call them citizens?
Sorry for the confusion, I was going by the 2nd definition of the word "citizen."
1. a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from alien ).
2. an inhabitant of a city or town, esp. one entitled to its privileges or franchises.
Do You think it is the responsibility of the taxpayers in your neighborhood/ community/county/state , to foot the bill for Your poor choices?
Borderlord
What do you mean my poor choices? I'm am not the landlord or comercial development owner who is renting to the undocumented. I'm just reaping the positive effects it has had on my neighborhood.
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There are 3 million and their families we can ship your way.
