Ted Rall for October 20, 2003
Transcript:
Republicans have it right! It's time to close the borders! The I.N.S. says that 7,000,000 illegal immigrants live in the United States. (Man 1: They're breaking our laws!) (Man 2: They're stealing our jobs!) The labor dept. says that 9,000,000 Americans are unemployed. (Woman: You have a nice resume. So do a lot of other people.) If we seal the borders and expel the illegals, U.S. unemployment will fall to zero in 4 years. There'd be 500,000 more new jobs than workers every year. The labor shortage would force wages up, make unions stronger and... (Man: Now that the illegals are gone, no one wants to do bad jobs.) (Woman: I'll do your bad job- for $100 an hour!) ...and... (Man: ...and cut corporate profits!) (Man: Give us your huddled masses longing to be free...)