Illegal immigration solution:Without going into all the details, it looks, from today's New York Times
editorial, that the Senate Judiciary Committee bill is the best approach. It's really too bad that employer penalties haven't been enforced over the decades, since we're talking about what is essentially an economic crime. Unfortunately, history shows that such crimes are the least likely to be enforced - especially with Republicans controlling the executive and legislative brances. Maybe this time there will be real enforcement. As to the border and fences and guards, that's mostly for show. It's a way Republicans can appear to be halting the intake of immigrants, but in reality, since employers are largely left alone, it allows the economic magnet to continue to function.
posted by Quiddity at 3/29/2006 04:15:00 AM
I heard a Mexican-American high school student on NPR this morning. She oten worked the fields with her mother in California. "I've never seen a white person work the fields," she said.
Where are these "Americans" who will take "any" job???
It's easier to penalize the illegal immigrants taking the jobs, than to attack the Americans hiring them illegally.
The employers of illegal immigrants have money, can defend themselves - and are much more likely to be Republican donors and voters.
