Republicans are to blame for illegal immigration

Why do we put so much weight on "mom and pop shops" over big corps?

What matters is me getting good service at low prices. I couldn't give a shite about whether the store is small and family owned or not. More often than not, mom and pop shops are pricier and less innovative.

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I’m not saying the dems have it right, but it wasn’t them who turned Texas into Mexico.

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I don't see the problem. You wouldn't pay for produce if you had to pay people $20/hour to work the fields.

Immigrants do the work that lazy whites and black people refuse to do.

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don't see the problem.

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You also don’t live in texas.

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Immigrants do the work that lazy whites and black people refuse to do.

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Maybe we wouldn’t be so lazy if we didn’t start importing cheap labor.

Also, we could have done a migrant worker visa program and not allowed their offspring to become citizens.

At some point the Mexicans will get tired of being associated with cheap labor, who do we import then?

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I’m not saying the dems have it right, but it wasn’t them who turned Texas into Mexico.

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Republicans have some blame, but you obviously don't know who gave us NAFTA. Do you know who had control of Congress throughout the 80's and early 90's?

Why do you point to the 1980s? Because Reagan signed the amnesty bill in 1986-ish? The one written by Democrats?

Six million Mexicans came across the border since 1980 (Reagan's election)? Is that what you're saying (federal-wise).

I can't help but agree with you about the lure of jobs, though. During the 1980s the local brick yard started hiring Mexicans and summer jobs at the plant for high-school kids went adios.

HOWEVER

They "stayed in the shadows" until Democrats fought tooth and nail to make them citizens, for votes. The Republican business owners in Texas kept their illegals hid out in mobile homes in the back pasture.

By the time Clinton left office, you would see Mexican women pushing strollers and soon walking in the middle of the road, as our other denizens of a certain sort.

The swarming happened during George W. Bush, for sure. But it's a chicken and egg thing, bro.

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Ever heard of the American dream? Look it up.

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The American dream has changed, you're 60 years living in the past.

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Corporations aren’t concerned for their workers wellbeing,

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Sure they are. That's how they attract high quality people.

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small businesses are because they have to be.

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Mom and pop pay less than BigCorp

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Corps will always find another sucker to replace you with and not think twice.

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If you're low value, sure. Make yourself high value.

Illegal immigration is anything BUT a Republican or Democrat problem.

It is absolutely a Republic AND Democrat problem, for different reasons.

The GOP is beholden to the Chamber of Commerce, which wants the cheap labor.

Dems want illegals for the extra votes (yes, they vote. You know it. I know it.)

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why do you believe this aspect of it to be exclusive to Republicans?

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Republicans have taken money from big donors, promoted their interests above ours, and made us corporate slaves.

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Both sides are absolutely guilty of taking advantage of the legal American bribery system. But republicans are the ones who largely take money from and promote the interests of people wanting cheap labor.