So there's no sense in punishing business so severely that American consumers are hurt by it. Instead, I think we need to focus on enforcement by policing the borders and applying existing immigration laws. Once we do that we can start thinking about creating a better legal path for people who want to come here, but not until.
When I first read that, I thought you were being sarcastic.
Using that logic, businesses don't really make campaign contributions to politicians in exchange for a blind government eye to illegal immigration either - they pass the cost on to the consumer - maybe the very same consumers that in turn, have to compete with low wage illegals for jobs.
And what about the businessman that plays by the rules, isn't he put at a competitive disadvantage? Perhaps he has to put off his plans for expansion when he is underbid by a cheap labor employer of illegal immigrants.
What about the taxpayer who subsidizes cheap labor employers of illegal immigrants through tax funded services?
So there's no sense in punishing business so severely that American consumers are hurt by it. Instead, I think we need to focus on enforcement by policing the borders and applying existing immigration laws.
As long as people are desperately poor and US employers are willing to employ them, people will risk life and limb to get to those jobs regardless of border controls. And as long as penalties for employers are light or nonexistent, they will continue to employ them.