The only way to control the situation is with visas for people who are working.
If you want to go out and pick tomatoes all day or rip out asbestos with your bare hands, go ahead and do it. The problem is that there aren’t enough other (young) Americans who want to do so.
Employers need workers, and if you give short-term legalization to people who are here working, then they can actually go home again when the job is done.
There already is a program that allows guest workers, in unlimited numbers, for picking crops.
There are many other temporary visa programs as well.
All these programs tie the employee to the employer for the length of the visa (ie, job ends visa ends)
Perry is proposing something completely different, he is proposing a form of amnesty.
Agree. People don’t want to hear it but a lot of the illegals are doing jobs that Americans don’t want to do anymore. Not sure how many illegals are working here. But most employers would prefer to hire Americans if they could. Reality, some of the lower paying jobs Americans aren’t willing to do, and a lot of Americans don’t need to. Just the way it is.