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They will become unemployable. Why would anyone choose to employ someone who can't speak English at the same cost as people who can?

I have my doubts. They will still work for less just not as little as they were under the table. In other words still putting the drive in driving down the wages. The main problem we have is that no matter what deal they get it will probably still be better than the one the would get back in Mexico. Most will fight to stay here until they have sucked the last penny they can out of the system.

I firmly believe most of them will have to be physically removed from this Country. Until we have a government that is prepared to do that, the illegals aren't going anywhere.

A good first step is making sure they are cut off from the welfare and making sure those that employ them spend time in jail.

They can drive down wages to the minimum wage.

But most people are missing what an employer has to shell out to employ even a minimum-wage employee:

1. The other half of the FICA/Medicare payment.
2. Overtime when the employees are on the job longer than 40 hours per week.

Employers who have been paying illegals under the table, or, at best 1099-ing them, are going to see a substantial increase in both paperwork and employment costs when these illegals become “legal” employees and start demanding legal wages.

And I’m sure the various grievance groups will create programs to report employers who aren’t paying the full wage, and unions will rush in to unionize many of these employees.

So now employers will have a choice: employ someone who can’t speak English and follow directions easily, or someone who can. The costs will be the same. That answer is pretty obvious, especially on construction sites.

They will still work for less just not as little as they were under the table. In other words still putting the drive in driving down the wages.

The big business Republicans win because this will drive down wages. The Democrats win because these will be disadvantaged workers who can be radicalized and unionized. Better yet, there will be radical, "ethnic" unions that will represent them and the Democrats can play the class and race cards all day long.

Skilled Americans who want to make a good wage will be at a disadvantage, but no one represents them. The Republicans see them as a nuisance and the Democrats see them as a threat.