Quote Originally Posted by nicholasstanko
yeh that's true. but at what cost? it drives down the wages in order to balance. the illegals will work dirt cheap but what about the mom an' pop american worker?
My point wasn't to defend illegal aliens. Not at all.

I was just saying that really no one really cares about this issue, despite what they may say. It's a ridiculous right wing, oddly patriotic wedge-issue and nothing else. Companies get employees who will work for substantially less with no benefits and in terrible conditions. Then consumers get cheaper goods and services as a result. Sure, it's morally questionable but who's complaining about that?

Even the "security" arguments against the practice don't make sense. Last time I checked, the terrorists who got into America did so legally.

If Republicans, or Democrats for that matter, were serious about this "problem," they'd press their rich, corporate donors to stop hiring illegal aliens and this would stop. I guarantee that people wouldn't stream over the border illegally if there wasn't a paycheck involved. But we all know that ain't gonna happen.

I just think the whole thing is funny. High comedy in fact. And W's solution is the best of all. Amnesty: illegals get to stay and keep working on the cheap; a massively appeasable solution for his corporate cronies and an entirely new base of voters to lie to. It's just perfect.