'Day Without Immigrants' picks up steam

A day without an immigrant is upon us and many business and school are feeling the impact. Thousands of illegal immigrants have gathered at Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, Houston, and Homestead (FL) to protest the new the bill that is about to be passed. Jeff Salsbery is one business own that is not happy about the protests going on. He lost thousands of dollars today because 25 Latino workers didn’t show up for their jobs today, during their busiest month. Salsbery is not the only business owner feeling today protests in his pocket, Tyson Foods shut down 5 of 9 beef plants and 4 or 6 pork plants. Perdue farms also shut down 8 of its 14 plants. Retuters a business owner in Salinas, California, said that if the companies ask for immigration papers no one is going to be able to work. Illegal immigrants make up 4.9 percent of the labor force in America (7.2 million). Schools all over the country were noticing an abnormally high absentee rate today. Even people in Mexico City were supporting the protest by boycotting American goods.

Illegal immigrants think they have a bigger impact on American then what they actually have. As today proves some American business were affect by the protest, but a vast majority were not. We need to look at the jobs that these people held. No where in the article did it state that they held high positions that could not be easily replaced. If you don’t pay taxes then you shouldn’t be in this country and the government should not have your interest in mind. We are paying for their kids (most don’t speak English) to go to our schools with our children, ultimately holding our kids back because of language issues. Over the weekend my family had barns come out and fertilize our lawn. A man come up to the door and said that he was lost. He then proceed to ask questions that I couldn’t understand. I stood there for 20 minutes before looking at his paper to figure out which house should be fertilized (we own two). When I said the house across the street he didn’t understand me until I pointed it to him. When I told my dad about what happened he said next time not to answer to down because they always do our house (we don’t have Barn’s fertilize our own home). I know a vast majority of immigrants come here to seek better opportunities for their families but at what cost is it to our society? The government is responsible for people who pay their taxes. I think we should sign the bill into law, making it tougher for illegal immigrants to stay in and enter our county.