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peanutstand t1_j08ufon wrote

Maybe if the federal government did its job protecting national borders the states would not have to.

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pokeybill t1_j08wmta wrote

Under Biden, funding for ICE has increased, and we have deported more immigrants than Trump during his first two years when the GOP controlled all three branches of government.

The "border crisis" which manifests magically around every election is a manufactured crisis.

The vast majority of undocumented immigrants in the USA entered legally and overstayed their Visas. They contribute dramatically to the economy and our construction, service, and agricultural industries absolutely depend on them.

In TX, where anti-immigrant bigotry is fervent, they pay the same state taxes as a citizen. Sales tax and property tax apply to everyone regardless of citizenship and that's what we use.

There are still a massive number of jobs open in the industries I mentioned, we need immigrants to fill those jobs.

It seems like conservatives are even against legal immigration now.

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party_benson t1_j095yw7 wrote

Maybe it's states penalized employers for hiring illegal immigrants they would stop coming. Maybe if employers stopped giving them our jobs we'd all be better off and paid more fairly.

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TheSortingHate t1_j09p20u wrote

Well the state still isn’t with this. There’s giant holes in it and/or you can just climb over.

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