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Ahh! I was looking for an article about a boycott. It was effective because it was a town. So, people just went outside town to buy gas and groceries. I mean, the bus boycotts organized by Martin Luther King lasted like 2-3 years. Davis boycotted Taco Bell forever and it work! So, for a boycott to be effective must need to be really focus and people have to be willing to sacrifice and help out. It is easier for a town because if Pancho slacks or his car breaks, he can be either help out or held accountable. National and state boycotts are hard to pull off because there is no one to held you accountable if you slack or help out if it is very hard for you to keep going.

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This reminds me of the plebians in ancient rome, they were lower class citiziens, probably immigrants and had no rights whatsoever. In time they gather enough influence and power to gain citizenship. From wikipedia:

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i would! in exchange for U.S. citizenship!:lol:

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Those who are strictly opposed to giving us a legal status say, "I don't care whether they've lived here for five years or ten years. Deport them all! Enforce the laws!"
They say illegal immigrants are "stealing" their jobs.

I'm wondering what would really happen if all illegal immigrants were deported at the same time or in a relatively short period of time (e.g. 1 year) or if they went back to their countries by themselves.

Wouldn't it destroy the U.S. economy, which is already in a serious recession?
The consumer spending would plunge. The farm industry would be destroyed. Some towns would become ghost towns. Businesses in those towns would go bankrupt. State revenues would decline. Millions or billions of tax dollars would be required for the deportation process. Billions of dollars would escape the United States as those leaving the country would take their money back (if they got the chance to do that). The federal and state deficits would skyrocket. The U.S. credit rating would be downgraded. The value of the U.S. dollar would plunge. Mexico and other countries would experience a "flood" of people entering their countries. The whole world would face a total chaos. Of course, the airline industry would experience a "boom" for a while...

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Ever see the movie "A Day Without A Mexican?"

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Unfortunately i did see that movie, complete crap. A boycott would be great in theory, however it is a bit unrealistic. It has in fact been tried before and people are really apathetic. It's only effective if there is massive participation