Re: Illegals As Corporate Heroin

Jim Higgins wrote:
"Until, if ever, there are really stiff penalties (lots of $$$ and prison time) for companies using and/or catering to illegals the problem
is never going to go away."

Until, if ever, US citizens will work as hard and for as little wages the problem will not go away. Even if you doubled the wage many jobs the illegals hold would still not be taken - welfare has made it easier to say no to work.

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