Lesh
Diamond Member
- Dec 21, 2016
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Let's make no mistake. We have an immigration problem. There are 11 million illegal immigrants here.
But we have lost sight of why that is a problem. It is NOT that they are especially violent. They are actually more law abiding than American citizens.
Anti-immigrant types hate the IDEA of them. Their culture. Their skin color.
Those are ANNOYANCES at best.
The PROBLEM is that they work in the "grey economy" Employers exploit them to work for lower wages and that depresses all wages. Of course business loves that and hence THAT part of the discussion is lost...and it's the REAL issue.
We need to enact real immigration reform. We need to enforce and strengthen hiring laws. We need to deal in a positive way with Dreamers. We need to figure a way to make the 11 million here (who are NOT leaving) legal and tax paying and making legal wages
Instead we are stuck talking about how inhumane we can allow ourselves to be to asylum seekers. This is insane but that's how Republicans and Trump deal with serious problems. By making them even more absurd
But we have lost sight of why that is a problem. It is NOT that they are especially violent. They are actually more law abiding than American citizens.
Anti-immigrant types hate the IDEA of them. Their culture. Their skin color.
Those are ANNOYANCES at best.
The PROBLEM is that they work in the "grey economy" Employers exploit them to work for lower wages and that depresses all wages. Of course business loves that and hence THAT part of the discussion is lost...and it's the REAL issue.
We need to enact real immigration reform. We need to enforce and strengthen hiring laws. We need to deal in a positive way with Dreamers. We need to figure a way to make the 11 million here (who are NOT leaving) legal and tax paying and making legal wages
Instead we are stuck talking about how inhumane we can allow ourselves to be to asylum seekers. This is insane but that's how Republicans and Trump deal with serious problems. By making them even more absurd