 workers compensation for illegal immigrants  the michigan democrats are at it again state representative rashida tliab a democrat from detroit has introduced a bill in lansing that would cover illegal immigrants if they were injured on the job as usual the democrats don t understand the rule of law first the illegal immigrants are breaking the law by being here second they should not have a job here if they are illegal third they are not entitled to the rights and privileges the citizens of this country have if anyone should be responsible for the injury to the illegal immigrant it should be the employer who hired him illegally not the people of the state of michigan if as a state and nation we continue to condone the illegal immigration of people from other countries by giving them benefits they are not entitled to we will only promote the continuation of the illegal activity only by making illegal immigration less appealing will we be able to curb the onslaught from our southern border estimates are that michigan currently has approximately 125000 people here illegally and according to authorities a large majority of these illegals have fraudulent social security cards the argument is always that the illegal immigrant segment of the population has jobs most michigan citizens wouldn t be willing to take with an unemployment rate of 15 in michigan i seriously question their premise and say illegal immigrants are taking job opportunities away from michigan s legal residents the longer we continue to ignore the problem the worse it is going to get the government always has purported solutions to the problem including implementation of more inefficient bureaucratic agencies that subsequently will cost millions billions of dollars throwing money at the problem isn t the solution the state and federal governments need to pass legislation that will correct the problem at our borders and the other issues will take care of themselves make sure you have a voice this year and elect responsible leaders to go to lansing and washington who will truly represent your interests submitted for publication to the owosso independent laingsburg independent perry independent the st johns dewitt informer on march 31 2010 published in the laingsburg independent perry independent on april 4 2010 the st johns dewitt informer on april 11 2010  