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anchor babies! ha..

silly americans, most migrants prefer to go home where the US$ they earn here goes a lot farther and only stay in the US seasonally for work (not just agricultural, most of the immigrant industries such as textiles, manufacturing, harbor/warehouse work have boom and dull down periods through the year, I know from experience I have worked in all of the above jobs) but since the past ten years have seen a Iron Curtain like militarization of the US border it is harder to cross freely, and so many folks who used to leave, stay permanently by default, because they can't risk not being able to come back and forth. Ironic, in the process of trying to close and lock down the border, the US government actually exasperated and exaggerated the permanent undocumented population here in the US. So many folks would absolutely love to go back home, but they can't risk losing the income no matter how shitty the living/working conditions are here in the US.
Amnesty is the solution, even that prick Ronny Reagan knew it.. If you legalize the millions of people here with expired visas or no paperwork to speak of, they suddenly can start contributing to the tax system through more accurate payroll, income, and property taxes. As it is , the CBO has already determined that "illegal" immigrant populations here in the US (contrary to arch-conservative opinions) are not a drain on public services, but in fact contribute as much as $45 BILLION to govt revenues through the taxes they do pay.

But then the pro-business conservatives would not have a practical slave-labor force who they can abuse, exploit and manipulate. Keeping millions of workers "illegal" keeps them vulnerable and afraid. They have no representation and will work for anything, like the 1890s all over again...

The neo-cons are the 20th/21st century robber barons.

Legalize Immigrants.