All you have to do to stop it, is prosecute the companies and large farms that employ them. The way it works now, is that only the labor contractor is fined. He goes bankrupt, and re-opens the next day under another name. The farmer, who is the real employer of the illegals, is immune from prosecution.
Of course, the big farmers were Pete Wilson's biggest supporters, so he was never going to prosecute them.
But, if you're serious, thats what it will take. That, and some National Guardsmen patrolling the rural areas along the border, to keep people from dying in the desert. But people will not cross if there are no jobs waiting for them.
And don't tell me that Americans will not do the work that illegals do. They will do it; just not at the price and conditions offered. But farm labor costs are only a tiny percentage of the cost of produce at the supermarket. You could double the wages offered, and the price of produce would only go up by a few cents.
Farmers like illegals because, if injured, they can't sue. If you have a dispute about wages, they can't go get a lawyer. That is why nothing will be done to stop it.
And, in the present climate, where both parties are jockeying for hispanic support, they will both pander to this issue. The ironic thing is, that hispanics supported Prop 187, too; 60% to 40%, roughly the same percentage as Anglos. Oh, did the news media forget to mention that?
And just a note to those that like to throw gas on the fire in California, or somehow think this is limited or isolated to California, you are wrong, way wrong. This titanic invasion is no longer limited to California. It's nationwide, from Tennessee, to Georgia, to Ohio, to Washington, Texas, etc etc etc.
It is truly coming to an area near everyone, thanks to our federal government.
And I would add that California is an global economic powerhouse. We are the 5th largest economy on the face of the Earth, up from 6th last year. In my area of California, most people in this country would chew off their one of their arms to be able to live in my area. We are not giving up, or fleeing, and wont go down easy.
Just thought I would throw this in.
LBJ did the same thing in 1964 to eliminate literacy tests so they could vote democRAT, along with welfare which destroyed the families in the projects.
This is all rat driven to form a Socialist Workers Republic.
Now it is a hot potato for almost any politician.
We've got the rinos in the NE, etc, who truly want to be politically correct, etc., and the rats multiply with their pitch to the Afros and Hispanics.
Want more, elect Gore.