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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm all for effective border control and managing immigration in such a way that people with skills enter our country and people who will drain our system are not admitted. Canada has such a system, I believe.  But I have read that the most effective way to control illegal immigration is to crack down on the businesses that hire illegal immigrants in large scale. (Meatpacking plants in the Midwest come to mind.) imposing serious fines and possible prison time for owners of these plants would be a good solution, costing much less than a wall. And a wall poses constraints based on terrain and other factors, including extraordinary cost.

This is based on my limited reading on the subject. Could anyone with deeper knowledge of the subject offer their perspective? Would serious crackdowns on business be the best answer to contain illegal immigration? I've read that the Republicans don't want to fine businesses because the business folks are Republicans. Plus, they need this hot-button issue to whip up all the rednecks and racists. And the Democrats don't want to conduct large scale raids on businesses because of concerns about offending citizens and racial profiling.

I would honestly like to learn more about this issue. Building a wall seems ridiculous if there are other, better solutions to the problem of illegal immigration.[/quote]

Not an immigration expert at all.  But to start with, a wall really doesn't solve the problem. Besides the obvious downsides of expense, the fact there will be gaps (due to geography, land ownership, etc), and things like going over and tunneling under it, many people in this country illegally entered legally and overstayed their visa. [/quote]

We need Moses to part the seas between the US and Mexico.  [/quote]

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