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Originally Posted by notnamed
Currently there are just rarely imposed fines for hiring illegals. Would jail time for people who hire illegals be a better deterrent than just deporting the people they hire? At least for cases where they performed no eligibility checks whatsoever?
Some high profile coverage of a construction business owner, a Hollywood type with some illegal maids, and a typical suburban family who has an illegal mow their lawn all in cuffs should dry up the demand real quick.
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For starters, it is a misnomer that the main reason illegals come here is because they know companies will hire them under the table.
That certainly happens to be sure, but many more are coming now days with the inducement of the political rhetoric of the left of free healthcare, free education, free food, etc., etc., etc.
The best example to make your case was the Asplundh Tree Company that received the largest fine in American history for hiring of illegal aliens. They pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge and was ordered to pay a $95 million fine. Three managers including the VP pleaded guilty to felony charges, but I do not recall if they did any actual time.
So yes, making it a criminal felony with a mandatory minimum would help deter the greed that causes companies and even rich millionaires to hire them.
But never be naive enough to believe that will cause the majority to "self deport" like Romney proposed, because the incentives to come and stay illegally are presently too great.
This is especially true of OTM's that do live in S***hole countries and fleeing poverty to have the American taxpayers foot their families living expenses forever.
The Democratic party of today is out of it's collective mind making such proposals, as the word gets back to El Salvador, Guatemala, and other places.
Who wouldn't leave their impoverished country and come here illegally, which is happening now even though there is no land bridge to walk here from?
Thus you have groups of Africans, people from Asia and other places getting into Central America, then making the trek to cross illegally.
But when you ask Democrats how many are too many, you never get an answer. We have approximately 330 million people in this country, and there are at least 1 Billion+ poor and desperate people who would love to come here.
Should we take them all and just end our American culture?
To some Democrats the answer might be yes, but most would say no to that number. Yet they still will not give an actual number, because their position is emotion based, not logical or pragmatic.
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