Immigration system works just fine if laws are enforced: Choosing not to hire inexpensive illegal workers is putting landscaper out of business

contracostatimes.com
By Mark Cromer

KIRSTEN STEWART IS not the kind of American that President Bush and the Democratic congressional leadership are likely to bring up as they renew their push for so-called comprehensive immigration reform.

Stewart is not the personification of any of the cliches that Bush and the Democratic leadership enjoy tossing about; she is not an impoverished illegal immigrant "living in the shadows." Nor is she a businesswoman who can't seem to find an American willing to work hard for a fair wage.

To the contrary, she is an example of the steep price America pays in integrity when its government refuses to enforce its laws, allowing many of its citizens to violate it with absolute impunity.

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Posted by tyne at March 26, 2007