Quote:It's economics in terms of Mexicans coming here to work.  If you made it harder for employers (IE penalties) to hire undocumented workers, the market for their labor would dry up.  

Agreed...I can't fault the Mexican people for wanting to better themselves...I would do the same thing for my family that they are doing by coming across the border to work...If (as you said) the penalties for employers hiring undocumented workers were tough enough to cause them financial difficulty, there would be a reduction in illegal immigration...Now there are two more points that I think would further help to dry up the market for illegal immigration...

 

Landlords...Fine landlords a hefty sum for renting housing to undocumented persons...

 

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE...Stop giving public assistance to anyone who is illegal...Stop giving them health care, stop giving them food stamps, stop giving them anything at all..

 

Take away the availability of jobs, housing, medical, food, cash benefits and there would be very little reason to cross illegally...

 

I fully support immigration, all I care is that it's done legally...Entering our country illegally is a CRIME of which our government willfully rewards, and that is just plain wrong...

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