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skulk • yesterday at 3:20 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

As others have pointed out in the thread, those who slurp up the surplus value of the labor of these undocumented workers would hate to lose this leverage of "Oh you want the same rights American workers get? Don't want me making a phone call to my buddy over at the police department!"

The purpose of a system is what it does.


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Morizero • yesterday at 4:31 PM

Yeah if they actually wanted to solve this "problem", they would go after the business owners who incentive them coming here via pay.

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gadders • yesterday at 3:46 PM

Oh yes. I mean ICE could raid some of those big meat packing factories tomorrow, but obviously that would cut down on donations.

jimbokun • yesterday at 6:05 PM

Sorry is this an argument for or against stronger immigration enforcement?