Will the Anti-Illegal Immigration Law affect the Real Estate Market?

JC.

"Allienate" is a subjective term.  We are a country of laws, not of feelings.  People with ITIN who speed have to face the same music as you or I would if pulled over.  If they turn out to be here illegally, they were caught because they were speeding.  Before this law, the speeder could ALSO have been an illegal and law enforcement wouldn't even be able to ask their residency status. 

The officer who pulls them over is pulling them over for speeding, not because they have a home.  In fact, is it possible for illegal aliens to buy a home, even with ITIN????

I see absolutly NO connection between the new law in PW County and the fact that folks with ITIN can buy a home. 

I'm not anti-immigration.  My company has a focus on helping the immigrant community purchase homes.  What I'm reading in your post is that illegals who break other laws should not face the possibility of being identified as illegal just because they also violated driving laws. 

Law enforcement, with probable cause, has used the incidence of traffic violations to identify drug traffickers and other illegal activity for anything that is in the system when they do a computer check following a traffic stop. 

If entering the US illegally is a violation of the law, then violators of any law should face the risk of being identified if they are caught speeding.

 

 

 

 

I think the issue will remain at the forefront of neighborhoods across the country. The law in Va. should surprise no one. Those that live in the area are well aware of the politics on that side of the river. You seem to think there is some correlation between the real estate market and the influx of foreign born residents that may be challenged for violating a law. As it now stands on the books in Federal Laws, the act of establishing a residence without proper visa is a violation of the law. Speeding or jaywalking will be the least of their worries.

The national dialogue will have to eventually reach a point of reason. It is not practical to have all of the illegals pack and go back. It is not practical to just wave a magic wand and say you are now all citizens. Someplace in the middle, maybe a guest worker program or something like that, will have to be passed. I realize those that immigrated the "proper" way will feel short changed, but in the long run the country will be stronger and better suited to face our other problems if we are united.

jmac

As with any law enacted, it will take time to get it working correctly (if it ever does.)  I share some of your concens but hopefully, the good will outweigh the bad.

JC, I think there will be a negative ripple effect on the housing market by tightening illegal immigration laws. Real estate ivestments in the U.S. offer Mexicans a profit margin and tax benefits that are unheard of in Mexico. I believe that it is a win-win situation for all, since buying and selling homes in the U.S. contributes to our economy and employment rates, while accumulating wealth for the buyer/seller as well. Statistics continue to show that the growing Latino population (which includes illegal aliens) is pumping billions of dollars into our economy. I say, "Don't bite the hand that feeds us."

Had not thought about this until you wrote about it. Something to think about.

Oops, I didn't log in before writing that comment. Here I am logged in. :)

I am not surprised at some the comments that i read on this forum.

How should the native Americans feel about every one who is not a native American. I am sure we asked the permission of the different chiefs before we took possession of the lands that we currently occupy. There are no statistic that show that illegals are less law abiding than other population groups. When the Irish, Italians and in the 80' and 90's the Russians were the immigrants why did we not have such a clamor to have them sent back or thrown in jail. The faced discrimination in one way or the other but not to the extent of modifying local laws to exclude them from society.

We should be very careful when we have these knee jerk reactions to problems that don't exist. The fact remains that these laws are aimed at the Hispanic segment of the population.

Thanks JC ,

I did need some clarification to understand tax number vs residency.

 

I guess I can see now that you are concerned with what will happen when illegal folks will need to leave their homes. .... not pleasant. It would certainly economically effect a large portion of our nation. 

peace,

Mary Ann 

 

Great post. There was some great input already.

Three Words. Build The Fence.

Why is it that the internationalists want to make the US into a huge soup kitchen for the rest of the world? The problem is much worse than the "cure". To observe that since a "perfect" solution does not exist, we therefore must keep the staus quo is crazy! Build The Fence, and then we can continue the conversation.

The fence is already up - it is up between the urban and suburban, the haves and have-nots, the whites and the blacks - the Hispanics and everybody else.

Simply building another fence will not solve this complex problem of legislative neglect by our US Senators, US Representatives and all pass Republican and Democrat Presidents.

And these legislative officials have used their ineptness to create a fair and just laws to govern our immigration process to get votes. Their political rhetoric has nothing to do with immigration. But it has a lot to do with getting the vote out.

How many of you in this forum have worked on election day, either as a driver, board/poll worker, committee person, election committees, etc? If any of you would have been a part of this process you would know that the "political machines" most important job is not to get the candidates message out to the public but to get the VOTE OUT at any cost. And the importance of the message is measured not by the facts and figures but by the strength to get the vote out. Even if it divides a neighborhood, community, township, county, state or country.

Before any of you make another comment about illegal or legal immigration - volunteer this November 6th for whatever party you want. And get to know the insiders. And what you will hear is that they will only promote an issue only if it gets the vote out.

So all these pro-immigration marches and anti-immigration rallies had nothing to do with Hispanics, Mexican or 911 - but it has a lot to do with GETTING THE VOTERS ENERGIZE FOR NOVEMBER.

Now let me be specific - the good folks that attended the rallies, wrote their legislatures and called the White House - I believe you are well intended - but the leaders of these rallies, letter writing campaigns and radio shows - all want to energize the voters in their specific districts at any cost.

Get involve and see for yourself. I did it for almost 20 years - initially as a Democrat (be default) then as a Republican (intentionally).

"law abiding illegal immigrants". - Isn't that an oxymoron?