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by DashRattlesnake 3401 days ago
> They are illegal because the system is so broken. There's a market demand for those people, and they're moving here to work, by and large.

> Just because something is set in law does not make it morally right.

...and neither does "the market."

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No, but if you have a huge market demand for something, and make it illegal... that demand will still get filled, but cause all kinds of other problems:

Exhibit A: the "war on drugs".

The fix here is to reduce demand. By fining companies which hire illegal immigrants we'll make it cheaper to hire american.