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Red Mountain

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3. I had part of this conversation with a group of Magats
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 07:50 AM
Dec 30

Me: Look....it's like the drug problem.

Them: ?

Me: Labor. Cheap labor. We're addicted to it. The one group that gets ignored in all this is the people who are hiring undocumented people. They should be prosecuted.

Them: .....

Me: It's like drugs. We want it. They're supplying it. Then we want to turn around and act like they're somehow forcing us to take drugs and hire them. We're the problem. Want to end illegal immigration? Make e-verify mandatory. Put anybody hiring someone under the table a felon. Put them in jail. It won't solve the problem completely because there are different reasons people want into the US but removing the economic incentive would be huge.

Me: It won't happen, of course. Like with drugs. Too many Americans making a buck off the illegal activity.

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