I know several illegals and they are indeed good people and hard workers. The trick is not to demonize illegals but to value the benefit of citizen Americans. It is far more beneficial to protect the interests of our own. The more regular Americans are taxed and regulated, the less likely they will be to produce families. What we want is to produce our own kids rather than import others. People have to be free to live in their own homes and to have safe and supportive neighborhoods. That means complete freedom of association: realtors should be free to reject buyers who do not fit into a neighborhood.
The more cheap illegal labor that is imported, the more inefficient the economy will become. The antebellum South is a perfect example. They relied on slave labor for their economy rather than industrialization. The result was that the North was able to overwhelm the South in war production and transportation. Slavery kept the poor Southerner poor and encouraged an aristocratic, top-down political structure. Cheap illegal labor is not slavery but it has similar features.
I know several illegals and they are indeed good people and hard workers. The trick is not to demonize illegals but to value the benefit of citizen Americans. It is far more beneficial to protect the interests of our own. The more regular Americans are taxed and regulated, the less likely they will be to produce families. What we want is to produce our own kids rather than import others. People have to be free to live in their own homes and to have safe and supportive neighborhoods. That means complete freedom of association: realtors should be free to reject buyers who do not fit into a neighborhood.
The more cheap illegal labor that is imported, the more inefficient the economy will become. The antebellum South is a perfect example. They relied on slave labor for their economy rather than industrialization. The result was that the North was able to overwhelm the South in war production and transportation. Slavery kept the poor Southerner poor and encouraged an aristocratic, top-down political structure. Cheap illegal labor is not slavery but it has similar features.