There are probably several million illegals in any 15-square-foot mile area of So. Cal. alone. I tell you and you had better believe me: if we attempted to round-up and depart "every last one of them," there would be BLOODSHED in the streets and riots, violence, and an ugly forced divide between otherwise-friends the likes of which we've never seen.
There are better ways to solve this problem. First, dump the minimum wage -- it is the equivalent of a respectable middle-class wage south of the border, and illegals' legal competition for those jobs is made up of teen-agers and unskilled, uneducated folks who mostly have a bad work ethic. The minimum wage both invites the illegals here and employers to prefer them because they have a better work ethic. I know because I've worked beside illegals and will tell you outright that many times, I'd rather have the illegal alien who had a good attitude, showed up for work every day, was honest and trustworthy, and VALUED HIS JOB, as a co-worker, than a legal co-worker who was a drop-out with zero skills, an entitlement mentality, showed up for work sporadically, and was too young and/or stupid to value his job.
The other half of getting rid of them WITHOUT bloodshed would be to end the welfare/medical/education/freebies/housing/etc.etc. that illegals get when they move here.
Your way is stupid, bloody, and would do FAR FAR FAR more harm than good. My way would restore economic freedom and a good work ethic.
“First, dump the minimum wage — it is the equivalent of a respectable middle-class wage south of the border, and illegals’ legal competition for those jobs is made up of teen-agers and unskilled, uneducated folks who mostly have a bad work ethic. The minimum wage both invites the illegals here and employers to prefer them because they have a better work ethic. I know because I’ve worked beside illegals and will tell you outright that many times, I’d rather have the illegal alien who had a good attitude, showed up for work every day, was honest and trustworthy, and VALUED HIS JOB, as a co-worker, than a legal co-worker who was a drop-out with zero skills, an entitlement mentality, showed up for work sporadically, and was too young and/or stupid to value his job.”
So what you are saying is that in open competition, the folks who are working harder and doing a better job are getting the jobs? I don’t have a problem with this.
If you’re one of the entitlement mentality folks, then by all means. The reality is that the cost of labor would immediately spike, and businesses would simple close rather then hire these folks. Especially if they need to get more productivity per worker just to close the gap between what they now need to make.
Eliminating the minimum wage wouldn’t have the effect you desire. The same people who are working these jobs now, would stay in these jobs, and the people who are out of work would stay out of work.
What would happen is that even more people would want to come and there would be even more opportunities in America to get these positions ahead of the folks who aren’t willing to work.
You have basically conceded the country if in the last resort you aren’t willing to do whatever is necessary to get them out.
Yes, many employers find it convenient to hire illegals because some of them do work well. Nevertheless, there is an enormous criminal element among illegals; they are generally poorly educated and don’t value education; they bring with them a culture that lends itself to creating the kind of utterly corrupt society that exists south of the border; and every one of them is stealing from taxpayers through the use of infrastructure and services to which they are not entitled.
Illegals are already causing bloodshed. That problem is going to grow. The only choice we have is to surrender or do the necessary. Their numbers can be diminished by cutting off services and jobs - if we even have the will to do that - but there is a core, particularly the criminal element, that will require force. Again, Eisenhower did it, and I find that those who say it shouldn’t or can’t be done simply just don’t want it done because they want a cheap labor force, want to force a change in our electorate, want to transform our culture, or have some personal relationship with an illegal.