Which is ironic IMO, because it's the poor, non-white immigrants that build this country from the ground up. They take the jobs we don't want, which keeps our prices low so our better educated citizens can take better jobs. Then after a generation or two, those poor immigrants' descendants will be the ones taking the better jobs.

We need a constant stream of people willing to take the crappy jobs we don't want, especially if we want to bring manufacturing back to this country. So I really don't understand why conservatives want to simultaneously encourage more factories here and discourage low-cost labor.

[–] Zeppo 1 points 1 month ago

My analysis is that Republicans want immigrants to be marginalized so they are more able to take advantage of them for labor. If someone was a legal immigrant or had protections, it's harder to pay them low wages, have no medical or workers comp, hire and fire at will, avoid payroll taxes, and unsafe working conditions... all of which are very dear things to Republicans.