James Fulford
The Moral Hazard Of Not Enforcing Immigration Law
Mon Sep 27, 2004 22:11
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The Moral Hazard Of Not Enforcing Immigration Law
By James Fulford

VDare
http://www.vdare.com/fulford/sullivan.htm#smuggling
May 15, 2003

18 illegal aliens just lost their lives when their smuggler drove off and left them locked in a trailer compartment in the Texas heat. One was five years old.

Some people don't blame the smugglers. According to the New York Times,

"'This is not entirely the fault of the smugglers, though they are certainly unsavory people,' said Rogelio Nuņez, director of Proyecto Libertad, a legal services organization for illegal immigrants in Harlingen, Tex. 'This incident and others like it have come about because harsher U.S. policies toward the border has made it more difficult for people to come across, [VDARE.COM note: i.e. illegally] increasing the risks they're willing to take.'"

["Trapped in Heat in Texas Truck, 18 People Die," By Simon Romero and David Barboza, May 15, 2003,]

Bunk. It's not the harshness of border controls that makes people take risks, it's the size of the taxpayer-funded reward,

"Moral hazard" is the insurance industries term for putting temptation in people's way by allowing them to insure something for more than it's worth.

If your house is worth $50,000 if you sell it, and $250,000 if you burn it, you may be tempted to the legally hazardous and physically dangerous expedient of arson. That will endanger not only you, but the people next door. The insurance company would be partly responsible.

That's why insurance companies go out of their way to avoid rewarding crime.

The United States government gives many rewards to illegals who can make it across the border.

They get

o Free education
o Medical care
o Citizenship for their children
o Welfare
o Home loans
o Amnesty

The problem is that they have to risk their lives to gain this, crossing through some of the worst desert in world, at the mercy of gangsters who may rob them, or (as in this case) abandon them to their deaths.

If the U.S. government would stop rewarding border crossers, and deport them after they made it through, then perhaps they would be inspired stay home and build a better life for themselves in Mexico - which needs them more than the United States does.

Reference the above piece using this permanent URL:
http://www.vdare.com/fulford/sullivan.htm#moral

And Guess `What About That Alien-Smuggling Truck Driver?

In line with the media custom that immigrants are only victims, never criminals, Laurie Johnson reports on Houston Public radio [Listen to audio] that the driver who allegedly abandoned them was Tyrone Williams, a "lawful resident alien from Jamaica," but the station's website headline reads "Smuggling Suspect has Houston Tie."

Why not "Smuggling Suspect Has Immigration Policy Tie?"

And the "paper of record?" It referred to him only as "Tyrone Williams of Schenectady, N.Y."

You can trust the Times, can't you?

posted by Davy 7:22 AM
http://www.stoptheinvasion.com/2003_05_11_newsarchive.html
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EXPORTING THE AMERICAN DREAM!
... Exporting Jobs, Importing Cheaper Wages Jon E. Dougherty, NewsMax.com Thursday, Feb. ... "....a network of net workers.
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Oh, Where Have All
The Jobs Gone?
Importing-Exporting America
And American Jobs
By Norma Sherry
2-24-4

Say so long to the plumber's crack. So long Roto Rooter Man. To be precise, so long to the Roto Rooter man you used to know. But, the plumber you used to know is not the only worker you soon won't be able to recognize. Your doctor, nurse, architect, accountant, your librarian, lawyer, dentist, your physical therapist, psychologist, acupuncturist, chiropractor, your social worker, your children's teacher, your puppy's vet, even the judge you may stand before, or your country's nuclear engineers are among the workforce being imported to America. So, too, they could be your new salesperson, sales manager, or your company's sales representative, attorney, the graphic artist that designs the company letterhead, the pharmacist that fills your next prescription, or your next auditor. Perhaps even the biologist or chemist in any number of American corporations or government institutions. As a matter of fact, we are in the midst of the highest percentage of immigrant workers America has seen in 70 years.
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/exporting.htm


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