Why isn't Trump harsher on the demand side of illegals?

I can only guess he has a soft spot for business owners but I would like to see something done.

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A lot of "red" states employ millions of illegals, yet they aren't being touched.

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Did you miss the thread on the Omaha ICE raid?

Perhaps if they weren’t being assaulted by leftists, they could do more work like that.

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Because Trump is all about political theater.

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This is where enforcement should be but it isn't because it would affect too many big donors on both sides.

Also need to make sure the census only counts legal citizens to disincentive states like California from bringing them in.

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This is where enforcement should be but it isn't because it would affect too many big donors on both sides.

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Which is absolutely ridiculous and means no one really wants to solve the problem

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There have been raids in Nebraska, Florida, Texas, and Alabama, among others, as far as I’m aware, although the media has not focused on them as much.

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And if there are no consequences for the business owners nothing will ever change

You really would have to make the penalties so Draconian that they would put the companies out of business. It's the only way I see illegal immigration ever getting fixed.

They probably couldn't afford the million dollar fine but you could probably do it on a per employee basis to make the scale of it equal for each employer.

Make it something like 30K per employee and there is no way any of those people would hire an illegal for day labor

And the big corps that have hundreds or thousands of illegals would have huge fines to pay and would think twice about doing it

If they can't afford the fine, they go to prison

No one would hire illegals under that scenario

10 years might be excessive (and too costly)

90 days in jail would probably be enough of a deterrent for someone that has never served time

It appears we need better systems as well. E-verify and I-9 forms aren't getting it done. Too many people sneak through those systems with fake IDs and in that case the employers have enough plausible deniability. Employers need to be equipped with better systems to filter illegals out of the hiring process.

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The feds need to get serious about enforcing the laws and develop better verification methods first. Right now, anyone willing to commit identity theft can get around e-Verify and employers aren’t even allowed to ask for documents the employees don’t provide, so long as they have sufficient documentation for their I-9.

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Right. This should have been done during Trump 1.0 because it will take time to get better tools in place. Once better tools are in place you can be more successful at punishing people who knowingly hire illegals.