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In reply to the discussion: Been using a new tact with Republicans. ie. Immigration. [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)for the people who immigrate to do the jobs. If they really wanted to stop illegal immigration, they would treat current immigrants the way our ancestors were. They came, did the hardest and lowest paying jobs, and might have experienced bigotry, but at least not "illegality."
As right wingers, they are usually against "government interference" in business, yet for this issue, suddenly they are. Let the market take care of it. Immigrants would not come if there weren't jobs. Were there huge numbers of immigrants during the Depression? Why are they suddenly for government regulation? The citizen speaks English already, and would have the advantage. Why are illegal aliens preferable? Because they are illegal. If they weren't, they would not have an advantage. Now they do because they have no standing to complain if they are not paid minimum wage, etc. They cannot enforce worker protections.
Republicans have no intention of stopping this system. It would go away as a wage issue and would force them to provide worker protection laws to every worker.