Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said during an interview on Thursday that he hopes members of his party know it is not "xenophobic" to be worried about the southern border.
“Start making it less desirable to sneak into the US and people will stop sneaking into the U.S.”
This seems like 100% sensible thinking.
Unfortunately it may be easier said than done. In El Salvador for example, US intervention during the 60’s to stop workers from getting rights, and preventing a minimum wage from being set, came in the form of paramilitary groups that became death squads that would murder anyone critical of the government. Things got more violent and dangerous throughout the 70’s, and in the 80’s there was a revolution, and the US responded by pouring in more guns and bombs so the repressive government could kill even more people.
El Salvador, once widely considered the murder capital of the world, has been pretty fubar ever since. So imagine someone willing to risk their life and walk 3000 miles for a chance at a better life. They might not be deterred very easily.
It’s easy. You put troops on the border or criminal charges for people who hire them
My concern is Congress has done nothing to make it easier for people to immigrate legally. If we need the labor, make it easier. Illegal immigration should not be tolerated.
We can read a license plate from space. We can easily track and remove immigrants.
If we punished those who hired them harshly, you think they’d hire illegals? Imagine if the ceo for Tyson chicken went to prison. You think other CEO’s would take note?
Well currently there is nothing to arrest them under. We’d need congress to create a law to do it. Since they won’t fix the border. I can’t see them creating a law to punish their donors .
“Start making it less desirable to sneak into the US and people will stop sneaking into the U.S.”
This seems like 100% sensible thinking.
Unfortunately it may be easier said than done. In El Salvador for example, US intervention during the 60’s to stop workers from getting rights, and preventing a minimum wage from being set, came in the form of paramilitary groups that became death squads that would murder anyone critical of the government. Things got more violent and dangerous throughout the 70’s, and in the 80’s there was a revolution, and the US responded by pouring in more guns and bombs so the repressive government could kill even more people.
El Salvador, once widely considered the murder capital of the world, has been pretty fubar ever since. So imagine someone willing to risk their life and walk 3000 miles for a chance at a better life. They might not be deterred very easily.
So then make it such that there’s nothing here for them and make sure they know that their prospects here would be worse than at home.
It’s easy. You put troops on the border or criminal charges for people who hire them
My concern is Congress has done nothing to make it easier for people to immigrate legally. If we need the labor, make it easier. Illegal immigration should not be tolerated.
To me that’s the issue. Congress.
It’s easy? I don’t think it’s that easy.
We can read a license plate from space. We can easily track and remove immigrants.
If we punished those who hired them harshly, you think they’d hire illegals? Imagine if the ceo for Tyson chicken went to prison. You think other CEO’s would take note?
Here is a prosecution summary page of the Iran-Contra scandal: https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/prosecutions.php
Despite all the clearly illegal activity, only one guy got 16 months prison for lying on his tax returns. Everybody else got probation or pardoned.
So I don’t think a well connected poultry CEO would ever actually do time for such a thing. It’s a nice thought tho.
I agree there needs to be better pathways to legal immigration. The US population growth is slowing and is projected to decline. Need more Americans.
Well currently there is nothing to arrest them under. We’d need congress to create a law to do it. Since they won’t fix the border. I can’t see them creating a law to punish their donors .
It’s a nice idea to hold people accountable.