no, i'm not shy about this, i've posted it here before, albeit maybe not in a cohesive argument.

if america were serious about immigration reform, what it would do is dismantle ice and redirect the funding to a regulatory body that ensures that employers follow proper hiring practices, and face serious consequences if they don't. i will argue strenuously that, yes, it is an employer's responsibility to determine that their employees are legally allowed to work in the country, and that they should face severe punishment if they are caught breaking that law.

like, jail time.

this is the actual problem: the labour laws aren't being followed, and absolutely nobody is doing anything to ensure that they are. the debate is entirely on the migrants, which is totally backwards.

but, america is not serious about immigration reform. the democrats take their massive checks from their big donors, and look the other way as they exploit workers that literally have absolutely no rights, then argue it should be easier for those corporate donors to exploit those workers. the republicans also look the other way, but they scapegoat them like they're jews in order to quell dissent from the native born population and win votes. neither party has any vested interest in changing the status quo at all; it's just all political theatre on both sides, with no intent to change anything.

i think that nobody is illegal, and free mobility should be universal - globally. but, until we can get rid of capital altogether, the viability of such a system relies on a violent enforcement of labour regulations. migrants deserve a living wage, like everybody else - and native born workers deserve the rights to a collective bargaining process that prevents migrants from undercutting their wages...

there are thousands of immigration officers working for ice. redeploy them to go after the businesses. you'll see immediate results.

but, it will never happen, because nobody wants the status quo to be altered.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.