If you can open the borders for trade, open them for people

[Taverner]

There is no such thing as an "illegal" person!

[BlueEyedSon]

1. It's merely bringing offshoring home

[Taverner]

3. Not really...

Employers in the US are subject to the same laws....

That's where the enforcement should be - making sure the migrant workers get paid at least min wage, not hunting them down

[BlueEyedSon]

6. are migrant workers making min wage?

maybe we should just allow in all the Indian cust svc and IT peeps, pay 'em $5.15, and no visa required!

[John Q. Citizen]

2. Yep!

[IsItJustMe]

4. Let's just combine Mexico and the USA.

I think that would take care of the problem from your point of view.

[BlueEyedSon]

5. oh no, combine the US with Canada!

[Disturbed]

7. Open Borders

Isn't that just about what we have now?

[IsItJustMe]

9. How about all three countries? Then we can have our own little version of

the European Union.

[misternormal]

11. What would we call our money???

We would have to have something comparable to the Euro. don't ya think???

[IsItJustMe]

13. How about 'Amercanco'?

[jody]

8. NAFTA, Chapter 12: Cross-Border Trade in Services says

QUOTE
Article 1202:National Treatment

1. Each Party shall accord to service providers of another Party treatment no less favorable than that it accords, in like circumstances, to its own service providers.
UNQUOTE

What prevents a service provider from Mexico from using NAFTA and offering citizens of Mexico as farm workers legally in the U.S.?

[Disturbed]

10. farm workers

The problem is that so many more jobs other than farm workers are being taken by Illegal Immigrants, esp. in the Construction Industry. Also, many factory jobs, esp. the meat and poultry industry.

[jody]

12. Understand but could a Mexican service provider use NAFTA to bring

in what would otherwise be illegal immigrants to provide the entire range of services?