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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
You have to treat the underlying disease and not just the symptoms. If you scare people away from hiring them, they will have no jobs and no reason to come here. Border control will fall into place and be much easier (read: less expensive) after that. As it is, you're just playing whack a mole....you'll never catch them all, no matter how many troops you put on the border.
I've said it before, it's hard to have sympathy for anyone in this debate. The illegals who sit there and get all hurt and upset and act genuinely shocked when we decide to actually do something about them, you know, breaking the law. But then it's hard to also have sympathy for people screaming about border fences and the national guard, and then turning around and hiring a crew of illegals to paint their house.
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Bang! Well said. I know a lot of white people who decry illegals, but have a long history of hiring them to save a buck. It reminds me of slavery in the 19th century. Like John said, get serious about penalizing those who hire illegals, make them hurt. And set up a better system to allow documented migrant workers into the country. I'm all for Mexicans and South Americans coming over to work and provide for their families--but they should be legal in a system that tracks them and protects them from abuse, and most importantly, they should not be provided an easy and automatic path to citizenship. We are already at the tipping point where legal Hispanics and illegals, and short-sighted liberals are effectively presurring the govt to allow more in the country. This will change the political nature of this country, and the change in society will result.