01-02-2017, 06:50 AM
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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
There's a flight to LA out of Hilo every day.
That's true.
$650 for a one way ticket. Times 10 or 12 people. That's $7000. Can they leave with just an airline ticket if they stayed beyond their visa date? Will they be allowed off the plane in LA if they left Hawaii with expired paperwork? Or do they need another $3000 for tickets to Mexico?
On the other hand, a ride down the road to another part of Puna in the back of their relative's pickup truck is about $10,000 cheaper.
"One may pretend knowledge of philosophy more successfully than that of arithmetic." -Last Aphorisms (or how about, one may pretend knowledge with an opinion more successfully than with facts)
Based on your logic, where did they get the $7K to get over here in the first place? It doesn't make sense for poor, illegal immigrants to move to Hawaii.
But i'm an open minded person. Just point me to one or two establishments where some of these hundreds and thousands of illegals are working.