Alot has been made of illegal immigration lately and I think I have a solution.
In the U.S. we have laws to protect workers. We can form unions, we have minimum wage, we can sue our companies for a litany of various abuses or harassments, we have unemployment offices, OSHA to make sure the environments we work in are safe. Mexico and most Latin American countries don't. The biggest reason we have so many people coming north is because they can make a better living working here than they can in their home countries. Why not make life easier for them in their home countries so they won't want (and some cases have) to come here illegally.
Get rid of NAFTA or any other free-trade agreements we have with ANY country that doesn't have protections for their workers on par with ours. Tariff those who refuse. Use American consumerism as leverage, because if there is one thing we do better than any other country it's consume. Make it harder for corrupt governments and companies to provide the supply that we demand.
I believe the OVERWHELMING majority of people here illegally just want to work, provide for their families, and lead honest lives. There is a criminal element coming across our borders, but they seem no more dangerous than the criminals we grow here. I think it should be easier to become a citizen. If you're an honest, hardworking person, that pays your taxes and wants to make his/her part of America better, I say come on in, learn English (not for an elitist reason, it just makes it easier on those of us who are already here), and live it up, regardless of where you were born. On the flip side, if you are already an American and you use every loophole and lie you can to skirt the tax system, take advantage of hardworking people, and then drape yourself in the flag when the subject of immigration comes up I say, kiss my tax paying (censored) and let us get back to work.
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