I think we have to deport a lot of people so that all over the world people get the message that they can't just come live here without permission.  I agree that it will hurt people and ruin lives but people need to know that the law actually means what it says.  People aren't seeing the law respected and it's making them think they don't have to respect the law, and thats a dangerous game that only gets worse.

In a short term labor market point of view, yes it's good to have these extra cheap workers, and sending them back will hurt GDP, but it's still worth doing from a rule of law standpoint.

We need to make it easier for people who are abroad and vetted to get work visas so they can come here legally.  Then we need to be very very harsh on the people who are already here but aren't citizens and don't have visas.  During the Obama years I favored DACA and things like that.  But now I see that these "nice guy" policies only invite more bad actors and more chaos.

I don't think any of us are willing to report the people laying our sod to INS or even ask them to show their visa. But maybe we should be.

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