Not really, Salty. Immigrant labor came here legally with issued work visas, They followed the harvest or worked on the construction job until it was done then they went home.

The largest influx of non citizen labor occurred during WW II when our low skilled workers were busy fighting the war. The foreigners and Rosie the Riveter filled in the gaps. When the hostilities ceased, Mexican labor went home. Operation Wetback if you want to put a name to it.

Teenagers in this country are lazy and don't want to do sh*t.

unfortunate but true

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Most of that is true
I know for a fact places like florida that used to have slave labor (blacks picked up at random as kids or drunks and put on farms in the boonies) till the 70s (when it was exposed) started replacing those with mexican crews/no papers.

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No Salty, our government "allowed" a porous border so the illegals could cross.

Sanctuary cities made it lucrative for businesses to abuse the system and get away with violating the law.

The employers took advantage yes, but failure to enforce our laws was the crime that allowed the abuse.

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I've been managing or owning businesses for over forty years. We used to have a crop of eager youngsters at the door every spring looking for a first job with which to get some experience on their resume's. I haven't seen any for the last ten or so years. Not a one.

Most seem to think they are entitled to a "vacation" from effort between High School and college. Years later, degree in hand they come demanding a higher salary than I myself take home. I let them know without experience, and at a marketable wage rate, their expectations will not be met.

They leave pissed or laughing and move into mommy's basement

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Unless we remove the opportunity for employment, no border security will work. Not a fence, not a wall, not even machine gun nests.

Fines and court costs will not stop employers from abusing the resource of cheap underground labor. Far too many lawyers and politicians can be greased with the obscene profits to be gained. So, eliminate Sanctuary cities and jail employers who cheat. The illegal immigration will stop.


Far too many illegal immigrants do not come to the USA to be "Americans. They come here for work and want to retain the country and culture they left. They do not aspire to be Americans. That's why we see Mexican, Honduran, and Guatemalan flags at every open border demonstration and riot.

Let me remind all that our government let the Pelt hunters and Gold miners go in, trespass, to Indian lands to steal the furs and gold. Later we took over those lands. And destroyed THEIR cultures.

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The third component of that would be a comprehensive immigration bill.
I prefer it not be attempted (again) under this POTUS, as I think it would further kick the can, but soon.

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I'm gonna guess you have never been to Texas.

There are a lot of Latinos in Texas and a lot of Mexican immigrants in Texas. But with the glaring exception of Cobalt Blue Houston, there is little tolerance for illegal immigrants in most of Texas. Most of which BTW, is not "farmland."

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