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Originally Posted by Archaea
I agree with that for citizens, but I don't agree that laborers who will work under the table so that the employer and employee can save taxes and not report everything to the detriment of employers and employees who play by the rules. You create a disincentive for anybody to play by the same rules. That's why enforcing citizenship rules is not arbitrary.
Unskilled labor may actually disappear through innovation and automation some day. At that point the undocumenteds become a greater hindrance to economic development. It is my argument that our economy does not need unskilled labor and we should eliminate incentives for there to be any who come seeking employment without skills.
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They don't have to stay under the table. The reason there are illegals is because it is very difficult to nearly impossible for lower skilled workers to enter the US legally, especially from certain countries like Mexico. If they were to fix that and have reasonable legal immigration allowances, much of the illegal problem would go away.