Comment on 7.2M illegals entered the US under Biden admin, an amount greater than population of 36 states

Drusas@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I will admit I use the term out of laziness but you are correct. It shouldn’t be used to disparage people.

  I actually don’t fault the illegal aliens. I fault the government for not cracking down on the employers and border.

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  • Drusas@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thank you. The illegal immigrants are doing what they believe is best for them and their families. Anybody would.

    If we actually want to tackle illegal immigration, we need to throw a lot of money and a lot of employees at the problem to fast track asylum claims and deportations. Our economy also absolutely depends on the inexpensive labor that they provide, so there should be a straightforward path to temporary work visas for, for example, migrant agricultural workers.

    They're going to be here either way. Let them pay taxes, earn some money, and go home. If they want to become citizens, there's a process for that for longer-term immigrants.

    Having said all that, obviously I'm not conservative because I don't think we should just be putting up razor and deporting everybody. But there is a mutually beneficial relationship between migrants looking for work in the US and employers looking for labor. As it is now, the employers just take advantage of the migrants and the migrants are the ones who get demonized, while it's the employers who are the ones encouraging illegal immigration and depriving the US of tax dollars.

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    • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Our economy also absolutely depends on the inexpensive labor that they provide, It shouldn’t. People should be paid a fair wage. Jobs should provide a living wage.

      so there should be a straightforward path to temporary work visas for, for example, migrant agricultural workers.

      There is but nobody wants to use it. That is why we need to punish the employers. Trump actually uses the Visa properly.

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