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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don’t mean highly skilled work. Approximately 10 million undocumented immigrants work low paying jobs and are deprived of any sort of benefits or protection under law such as minimum wage, overtime, health benefits, OSHA protections, unemployment and workers compensation for injuries. Oddly they tend to work for businesses owned by conservatives such as meatpacking, agriculture, roofing, and construction. These businesses are well aware that they are hiring people who do not have legal authorization to work in the US. At the same time, they support politicians who demonize immigrants and have made absolutely no effort to legitimize the legal status of their workforce. Huh, I wonder why.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You had said legal immigration, now you’re talking about undocumented workers. They’re different topics.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Republicans oppose legal immigration, otherwise the undocumented workers could easily become citizens or at least be here on long visas. As noted, it's because they like having an abused subclass that won't speak up lest they be threatened with deportation.