May 12, 2010 05:06 AM UTC

Repubs love immigrants - for cheap labor & taxes anyway

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• by: JeffcoTrueBlue

A friend sent me this gem of a quote that was one of their guy’s attempt to demonstrate how moderate and compassionate he is on immigration. Too bad for them, when an intelligent person reads it, it’s clear that even when the Repubs are trying to act like they understand the need for immigration reform, for them it comes back to “what can they do for me?”

“A tough, fair and practical comprehensive solution will help the economy by turning undocumented workers into legal taxpayers and ensure that businesses have the necessary labor they need to compete.”

Notice they start with “tough,” throw in “fair” to seem almost reasonable before immediately going into what they really care about – more low-income people paying taxes to make up for their tax cuts and cheap labor to exploit for more corporate profits. No mention or appreciation of the humanitarian issues, the struggles immigrant families face, the laundry list of contributions to our country from doing jobs others won’t or spilling their blood for our country – just pay taxes and give businesses what “they need.”