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> the current system works pretty well. the us doesn't deport most illegals. their children will all be citizens, allowing for a de facto backdoor immigration s
by autoexec 3y ago
> the current system works pretty well. the us doesn't deport most illegals. their children will all be citizens, allowing for a de facto backdoor immigration system (if you're never deported, it doesn't matter as much you don't have citizenship)
I strongly disagree. I think it's disgusting that the US encourages and even prefers to have a massive underclass of easily and very often exploited people without the rights and protections everyone else has.
The current system enables human rights abuses so that businesses can have the next best thing to slaves. It would be a massive improvement if we actually regulated immigration properly, enforced the laws, and made sure that workers in America were typically Americans who earned a decent wage and had equal rights under the law.
- hollerith 3y agoIt's not right IMO to call them slaves if they are free to leave any time they want.
- autoexec 3y agoThat's not always the case either. Some illegal immigrants are literally locked in cages (or in some cases shipping containers https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/slavery-towers-feds-say-immigrant-workers-forced-to-build-luxury-condos-in-san-jose/211007/ https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/slavery-towers-feds-sa...) Just because people are here illegally it doesn't make it acceptable to beat, rape, or steal from them and the companies who do should be punished the same as if they'd treated an American worker that way. The right thing to do would be to make sure that no company can hire someone who can't legally work in the US and to severely punish any company that does.