Both advocating free trade and looking the other way on illegal immigration relate to a concern for inflation. If you suddenly pull the plug on cheap labor, there will be hell to pay, tanking investments, all sorts of economic repercussions. The amnesty idea was a way of letting the economy down more gradually, providing time to shed the dependence on this cheap labor source.
Really, well if the majority of the people, especially our senior citizens realized just how much free trade is involved in the medical/pharmaceutical field heads would roll.
Some business owners and upper management would just have to tighten their belts a bit more. America won’t crash, it just means less fancy homes and vacations for the rich.If you suddenly pull the plug on cheap labor
I say a $100,000 fine PER ILLEGAL.