So who threw out that large faction of “productive but undocumented workers?”
Certainly not the government.
Yep...I know that some people here think every brown face they see is illegal, but even the immigration conservatives have noted that the crackdown post-collapse has resulted in a significant number of illegals voluntarily leaving. At the same time, looking at the front lines of the issue (ag business people looking for people to pick crops) see a significant decline in available workers. People without jobs or who can’t stay in the country don’t pay their mortgages.