[FairOpinion]

"I truly believe going after the companies that hire illegals is the best approach. Dry up the labor market and make it more expensive to hire an illegal. Hit these employers with a fine of $100,000 for each illegal they hire."

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In other words: make businesses close down or move to Mexico, because they couldn't stay in business.


I guess you want to pay $20/lb for strawberries too.

[JackelopeBreeder]

I'm already paying $20/lb for strawberries. The only difference is that $16 of it is hidden in my tax bill.

Since I live on the border I also pay for them in ways you don't want to even begin to imagine.

[Marak]

[In other words: make businesses close down or move to Mexico, because they couldn't stay in business.
I guess you want to pay $20/lb for strawberries too.]

If $20 per pound for strawberries is what it takes to live in a country where the rule of law means something, count me in. If you want cheap strawberries, move south.

If businesses cannot remain solvent without illegal labor, then we have problems other than one of immigration.

If the minimum wage is too high, lower it.

If your product cost is too high with legal workers, get out of the business.

If there are not enough legal workers, increase the quotas for LEGAL workers.

A simplistic statement that we must have illegal workers or our businesses will die isn't working towards a viable solution. I think we can do better than that.

[usadave]

In other words: make businesses close down or move to Mexico, because they couldn't stay in business. I guess you want to pay $20/lb for strawberries too.

Labor costs only account for about 10% of the retail price of produce at the grocery store.

[BlackbirdSST]

I guess you want to pay $20/lb for strawberries too.

I GROW MY OWN STRAWBERRIES!!!!! I'll sell them to you, and only you, for say $10 a lb. Blackbird.