Well let’s see...Food prices will have to go up, and landscaping, hotel/motel housekeeping, construction labor, etc.
So... isn't this an argument for also not deporting illegals? Help me out here; am I supposed to be all in favor of enforcing immigration laws except in cases where it would raise the price of produce? Is this what "sticking by our principles" means?
Yes, I'm being snarky here, but this bugs me. Maybe you didn't mean it this way, but I've seen too many people turn a blind eye to illegal workers when the issue becomes the price of products. If we "solve" illegal immigration (however we do it), then it's going to cost more to do the jobs they were doing illegally. That's going to hit us in the pocketbooks. We have to be OK with that.
I think you’re absolutely right, and I agree with you 100%.
So what’s the difference between amnesty and deportation? Same as between paying higher prices for American goods versus higher prices for Chinese goods. Either way we’ll pay more. It’s just a question of whether the extra cost benefits us or someone else.
Here’s a hypothetical: Suppose I agitated for a minimum-wage increase, and your friend Bob campaigned against it, but it passed anyway. If Bob and I both show up at your business to apply for a minimum-wage job opening, which one will you be inclined to hire?
And to carry that a bit further: If you know Bob donates to FR and that I donate to DU, will that influence your decision?
Prices and wages have long been skewed by the illegal-alien problem. If they are ever to return to normal, it’s gonna hurt. But if it happens via deportation, some factors (increase in demand for labor, resulting increase in wages, etc.) will at least mitigate the pain.
The fact that the big push is for amnesty instead of deportation indicates somebody else will benefit from that option, cuz you and I certainly won’t.