Re: population and environment

I sort of remember what the Democratic congressman said, something to the
effect of, "Why don't you just hold all their money back."

Andrew Austin
Knoxville TN

On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Andrew Wayne Austin wrote:

>
>I don't know how many, but a lot of Mexican workers who are in the United
>States illegally did not first come to the US illegally. They are
>designated guest workers who have overstayed their contracts. I listened
>to an interesting House debate some years back were Republicans were
>trying to figure out a way to get guest workers to go back to Mexico. They
>thought about holding a portion of their money back until they get on the
>bus home. Some congressmen suggested 10 percent. Others said that was not
>high enough, maybe 25 percent was better. One thing they all agreed on:
>their constituents depend on that Mexican labor, so there was no thought
>of restricting the use of guest workers. I cannot remember what he said,
>only that it made me laugh, but a Democrat after listening to the debate
>for little while stepped in and interjected a comment on how incredibly
>stupid the whole discussion was.
>
>Another source of immigrants are Scandinavian women who come over for a
>Summer and often stay. Many of these women come to Miami. I know this
>because this is how I met my wife! (Don't worry, she's legal.)
>
>Andrew Austin
>Knoxville, TN
>