There are only 2 million unemployed Americans right now. Most of the illegal immigrants have jobs and fill in the gaps, such as working on farms and factories. If the 20 million illegal immigrants are deported, won’t that create a massive laborer shortage? Won’t the work follow the workers to Mexico?

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    Minor offences that lead to jail time, which gets extended indefinitely due to minor infractions or serious infractions cause by prison culture.

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      It kills me that this kind of mindset exists that would welcome the circumstances you describe. At the end of the day, it’s so much simpler and cheaper to just pay people what they’re worth.