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You have to eliminate the economic base that is drawing them here.
You do so by cracking down on the companies that are employing them for below market wages.
You prosecute the companies that are employing them.
Once that dries up, no jobs....means less people coming seeking work.
Of course, corporate America doesn't want this to happen because they like the cheap labor. The legislators that are tied to the corporations aren't going to do it, because they want to please the corporations.
That's a start. However, the solution is definitely much more difficult.
How do you deal with the millions of people who are already here. How do you deal with families where some of the children are US Citizens?
How do you deal with people that were brought over here by their parents and are now in their 20's-30's and have lived in the United States their entire lives?
These are the questions that "amnesty" deals with and gets most people riled up.
I think there has to be some form of Amnesty. Not a blanket Amnesty program for everyone here, but a selective Amnesty program which isn't easy.
We also have to address the issue with corruption on both sides of the border. The answer isn't "Wait in line", because common folk aren't even given a place in that line. Bribes and corruption ensure that those getting the immigration slots are those that are financially able to secure it. As long as there is no avenue for people to immigrate, they will do so illegally especially if they are desperate enough to try to make a better life for themselves and their children.
Fair enough. We would probably deal with it the same way except that I am a bit more draconian about it.
Also, I don't think it's big corporations hiring illegals. I think it's likely smaller businesses and farm operations hiring them.
I would see businesses that do hire illegals fined into bankruptcy along with jail time for knowingly violating the law. Also, I don't care about families with half the children being US citizens and the other half not. They may take their children with them upon deportation or leave them behind for adoption. The choice is rests with them but it needs to be made on the spot. They are criminals; at least we are giving them the luxury of keeping their families together rather than carting them off to prison.