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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Vast majority of illegal immigrants work 5x harder than the average native born American.[/quote]

Honestly, how do you know that?   That is such a stereotype I am so sick of hearing.  They are CHEAP labor that put LEGAL American businesses who have to pay minimum wage out of work.  Just because you are cheap labor does not mean you work harder than Americans.

When was the last time you saw a white landscaping company?  It isn't because they don't want to do it anymore.  It is because companies that hire illegal immigrants pass over slightly cheaper rates to families who hire them and take in more money overall because they pay their employees pennies.  It is so corrupt.  [/quote]

And this is why I know Republicans have no intention of doing anything about immigration except maintaining it as a foolproof wedge issue. If they really wanted to shut it down, they'd go after businesses that hire illegal immigrants.  But agri-food lobby is powerful; if business wants cheap labor, business will continue to get it.  Giving immigrants a path to citizenship means that labor may stay cheap but it will have the right to complain about losing a hand or dying on the job, not to mention start demanding minimum wage, which is way more than they're getting now.

Plus, as long as people's lives are so bad that they're willing to send their 10 year old child off on their own to get away from it, they will find a way to get over the border.  Wall or not.[/quote]
If unemployed Americans - both pro and anti Trump folks - took on those farm jobs, the farms wouldn't have to lobby the government.  But  Americans don't want those jobs.  So, if we kick out all the illegal immigrants, I'm really wondering who will work on those farms:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/15/north-carolina-needed-6500-farm-workers-only-7-americans-stuck-it-out/[/quote]

If capital can't find labor at a given price point, then capital has to offer more for labor. It is simply inaccurate to say Americans don't want those jobs. It is accurate to say Americans don't want those jobs AT THE CURRENT PREVAILING WAGE WHICH IS CLEARLY DEPRESSED BY UNDOCUMENTED LABOR. [/quote]
If you had bothered to read that article, you'd know they pay more than minimum wage.

But yea, sure, why get a job when I can be on welfare, and then blame illegal immigrants for taking said jobs that I don't want to do?[/quote]

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