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No Crackdown on Illegal Employers
The New York Times ^ | MARCH 20, 2017 | THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Posted on 03/20/2017 3:49:21 PM PDT by mdittmar

President Trump began his campaign assailing immigrants as ruthless lawbreakers who steal American jobs with impunity. To halt them, he has vowed to build a wall along the border with Mexico, hire thousands of new immigration agents, ramp up immigrant detention and subject visa applicants to even more rigorous vetting. His administration has been largely silent, however, about the strongest magnet that has drawn millions of immigrants, legal and not, to the United States for generations: jobs.

American employers continue to assume relatively little risk by hiring undocumented immigrants to perform menial, backbreaking work, often for little pay. Meanwhile, as Mr. Trump’s deportation crackdown accelerates, families are being ripped apart, and communities of hard-working immigrants with deep roots in this country are gripped by fear and uncertainty. As long as employers remain off the hook, a border wall and an expanded dragnet can only make temporary dents in the flows of undocumented immigrants.

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To: my4kidsdad

Tell businesses that if no Everify is not implemented they can file taxes with no exemptions. Kinda like obamycare


21 posted on 03/20/2017 5:42:45 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Will88
Just the Slimes' way of being snarky.
22 posted on 03/20/2017 6:04:43 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: mdittmar

Funny how the MSM is suddenly worried about employers hiring illegals.

Did they even mention this over the past 8 years?


23 posted on 03/20/2017 7:19:10 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (It's not gun violence, it's thug violence)
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