As most of you know, I have become a prolific letter to the editor writer at Las Vegas Sun. I would estimate that 80% of the letters I have written to the LV Sun editor over the past seven years have been published.
The latest is over an extremely controversial topic and in one day it generated 69 comments and counting. Most letters to the LV editor generate much less comments. As expected, my letter raised Republican hackles and I've been called any number of names. I love it. C LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The dark reality for immigrants By Cesar Lumba, Las Vegas Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014 | 2 a.m. View more of the Sun's opinion section - Editorials - the Sun's viewpoint <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/opinion/editorials/> - Columnists - local and syndicated writers <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/opinion/columnists/> - Letters to the editor - readers' views <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/opinion/letters/> - Write a letter to the editor <http://www.lasvegassun.com/contact/letters/> Last summer, when Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama’s adviser, was in Las Vegas to promote immigration reform, I pointed out to her that Republicans don’t want immigration reform. Undocumented immigrants are expected to register as Democrats once they gain citizenship, so why should Republicans help them? I have since been convinced there is a far darker reason. Undocumented immigrants are an important economic resource to American business. By keeping them illegal, they can be paid any amount under the table. Such undocumented immigrants tend to keep costs down for huge farms, hotels/motels, restaurants, landscape contractors, laundromats, etc. They exist in the shadows and would not dare complain if they are abused, taken advantage of or treated inhumanely. They do not exist under the law and therefore cannot sue. America had a huge economic advantage over Europe when we had slaves. Today, the businesses that employ undocumented immigrants also have a huge advantage because they don’t pay payroll taxes on those employees’ wages, don’t have to offer health care and don’t have to pay minimum wage. Employers don’t have to worry about such employees’ housing, schools for their children or sick leave. Undocumented immigrants aren’t owned by their employers and are paid wages for their labor, so technically they aren’t slaves. There are enough good-natured employers who treat their undocumented workers well, just as there were slave masters who treated slaves like they were family. But to a large majority of these undocumented immigrants, it’s a living hell akin to slavery. 69 Comments <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/dec/16/dark-reality-immigrants/#livefyreComments> Share on print <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/dec/16/dark-reality-immigrants/#>Share on email <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/dec/16/dark-reality-immigrants/#>Share on facebook <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/dec/16/dark-reality-immigrants/#>Share on twitter <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/dec/16/dark-reality-immigrants/#>Share on google_plusone_share <http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300&winname=addthis&pub=ra-51e06c335920f139%26domready%3D1&source=tbx32-300&lng=en-US&s=google_plusone_share&url=http%3A%2F%2Flasvegassun.com%2Fnews%2F2014%2Fdec%2F16%2Fdark-reality-immigrants%2F&title=The%20dark%20reality%20for%20immigrants&ate=AT-ra-51e06c335920f139%26domready%3D1/-/-/549192a769201e88/4&frommenu=1&uid=549192a7e10106ef&description=Last%20summer%2C%20when%20Valerie%20Jarrett%2C%20President%20Barack%20Obama%E2%80%99s%20adviser%2C%20was%20in%20Las%20Vegas%20to%20promote%20immigration%20reform%2C%20I%20pointed%20out%20to%20her%20that%20Republicans%20don%E2%80%99t%20want%20immigration%20reform.%20Undocumented%20immigrants%20are%20expected%20to%20register%20as%20Democrats%20once%20they%20gain%20citizenship%2C%20so%20why%20should%20Republicans%20help%20them%3F%20I%20have%20since%20been%20convinced%20there%20is%20a%20far%20darker%20reason.&ct=1&pre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lasvegassun.com%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2F&tt=0&captcha_provider=nucaptcha>More Sharing Services <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/dec/16/dark-reality-immigrants/#> <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/dec/16/dark-reality-immigrants/#>0 <http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/dec/16/dark-reality-immigrants/#> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Center for Good Governance" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/center-for-good-governance. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
