| ▲ | andrewla 2 hours ago | |
What can I say, I contain multitudes. I think that yes, they should be deported. This is not a punishment. If your solution is that they should not be deported, but employers should be prosecuted, then you're saying that you want the immigrants to starve. If your solution is that they should not be deported, but we should extend labor protections to them and force employers to hire them legally, then I think there is some merit to this. This is closer to the libertarian open borders argument, and I once found it very appealing. Entitlement abuse is the main argument against here in my mind. | ||
| ▲ | slfnflctd an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
My thoughts on this have always been a blend of your two 'they should not be deported' scenarios, with a slow, measured rollout. Sudden changes cause too much chaos, and you don't always know what works until you try it. Avoiding entitlement abuse is always going to be part of the conversation, and it seems to me the fix for this (and nearly any other issue) needs to be approached carefully from both the supply and demand sides until what's effective is more clear. | ||
| ▲ | tantalor an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> extend labor protections This would also solve the "competition" problem, because it would tend to equalize wages. | ||