these workers are merely trying to survive. so long as laws governing the flow of labour exist, they need to be enforced in some trivial manner, but it should not be a crime to cross a border to seek work.

what is truly criminal is hiring people below the minimum wage, without benefits and without safety regulations. what is criminal is denying them the right to form unions. and, what is criminal is throwing them out of the country when they agitate for change.

what is criminal is the theft of surplus value occurring at even more obscene levels than elsewhere in the economy.