The whole thing is kind of silly IMO, and all political theater.
What is the problem statement? If the problem statement is: people are coming into this country illegally, and we need to stop that, then the next question is: why are they coming here?
If the answer is: to find work because there are no opportunities at home - that's easy to solve. Anyone caught employing illegal immigrants gets mandatory prison time. You would find the work would very, very quickly dry up removing the basic reason for coming here.
Folks fleeing political violence aren't illegal, they have a valid political asylum claim and will be processed much quicker when the illegal folks are no longer flooding the border.
You can have a undocumented immigrant from Nicaragua mow you lawn or hire a fully compliant landscaping company- who will probably still employ an undocumented migrant.
I think the OP's point was that you are part of the problem, and that the landscaping CEO should go to jail.
I'm an American who has lived and worked in Mexico. I found it quite funny that the Mexicans i worked with always complained about the Guatemalans coming over the border and how they needed better border security.
i'm of the opinion that freedom and abortion rights are more important to Americans than being at population replacement rates so our only hope of surviving as a nation is with a huge influx of legal immigrants.
We need to build a border & make it much easier to become a US citizen while making it a felony for hiring an undocumented immigrant.
What is the problem statement? If the problem statement is: people are coming into this country illegally, and we need to stop that, then the next question is: why are they coming here?
If the answer is: to find work because there are no opportunities at home - that's easy to solve. Anyone caught employing illegal immigrants gets mandatory prison time. You would find the work would very, very quickly dry up removing the basic reason for coming here.
Folks fleeing political violence aren't illegal, they have a valid political asylum claim and will be processed much quicker when the illegal folks are no longer flooding the border.