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ORIGINAL: caitlyn

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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth
You will have to show me how kicking out criminals will put USA citizens out of work.

I believe the people who would "suffer greatly" are those exploiting these illegal workers. If that's the case - they SHOULD suffer! 

Keep in mind that I've said from the start, that this is a regional problem. The impact in California, is different than the impact in Texas. To me, this is a best part of the proposed proposal  ... it lets the states fix the number of guest worker Visas that will be allowed.
 
In the RGV (Rio Grande Valley), here in Texas, an area with almost no unemployment the local economy is built around these workers. Now, the big businesses that employ them ... you are correct, they are breaking the law. No pity to be had there.
 
What about the restaurant, the Mom & Pop store, the guy that owns one apartment complex, all American citizens, and all SOL if we just "enforce the law" as you put it. Lets go further ... at the large companies that employ these people, who do you suppose supervises them? Further still, what about that small fry American citizen with the lawn care service. I bet he would love to hire citizens to work for him ... but the dynamic set up that he is currentl operating under, was probably in place when he was in the thrid grade.
 
Big business is going to do fine either way. They will raise prices, and people will pay them. Strawberries is an essential ingredient in a strawberry shake. It's the small fry that will get fucked, because the government just can't change the rules in the middle of the game.
 
As an aside, my foster father is an executive for a large Texas corporation that hires many, many illegal workers ... (top three in the state). Workers start at $8 and hour, and have access to Texas Med Clinic, if they are injured on the job. His company spends a huge amount of money, trying to attract legal workers. More than half the ones they hire, never show up for the first day of work. About 20% get their first paycheck, and vanish.