"But as long as we let them in, people will hire them."
Obviously you have never been to the border - we don't just "let them in" .
Your line of reasoning is the same as the rapist saying " but she had a short skirt".
It is illegal to hire them, it is harmfull for our national security for them to know that they WILL be hired by Americans IF they can sneak in. Harshly punish the employers here, and the draw will disappear.
If you have ants in your kitchen, you get rid of what is attracting them - if you kill the entire line of them, but you do not get rid of the draw you simply start a new line.
"If you have ants in your kitchen, you get rid of what is attracting them - if you kill the entire line of them, but you do not get rid of the draw you simply start a new line."
Or, you could just seal off the hole in the wall that they are coming through, and make sure there are no other holes or cracks, and keep your can of RAID ready just in case a few do manage to slip in.
"It is illegal to hire them, it is harmfull for our national security for them to know that they WILL be hired by Americans IF they can sneak in. Harshly punish the employers here, and the draw will disappear. "
I agree that we should harshly punish the employers. But we should ALSO harshly punish the illegals.