It does seem as if the alliance between constitutional conservatives and those who only care about profits is way beyond repair.
Cheap foreign labor is exactly what they lust for. The trick is that they don’t individually want to hire illegals but they will tell you that the presence of illegals keeps the price/ wage pressure down on the rest that are legal. Just the threat that your boss might exchange you for an illegal chicken plucker is enough to keep you from asking for more money. No less a genius than Bill Gates whines and bellyaches about how he needs more techies. But he pines to be able to hire furriners instead of ponying up for locals because the furriners tend to be willing to work cheaper——not that there aren’t as many home grown geeks around as he actually needs. As best I can tell it’s not actually the amnesty part of reform that all these blowhards want-—it’s the opening up of quotas and loosening of rules about stay-time, etc. that they really want.
How cheap can labor be considering the minimum price is fixed already by the Federal government? Abolish the Welfare program and there will be millions of looking work for any price.