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by ginger123 2924 days ago
You want to let people in here illegally and once they are here you want to starve them and their kids? That is crueler than any detention.

Also, it is not always corporations that are hiring people. I have a gardener who comes to my house with assistants, some people told me his assistants are undocumented. Am I supposed to racially profile people and ask for their immigration papers? Sounds racist to me.

The most humane policy is to make the expectations very clear to potential illegal immigrants. If you enter this country illegally without a legitimate asylum claim we will deport you without mercy.

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>You want to let people in here illegally and once they are here you want to starve them and their kids? That is crueler than any detention.

My comment was a single sentence, and it wasn't about what I wanted but about what many American business sectors do.

Like it or not, the US benefits greatly from illegal labor. Having a "merciless" immigration policy in a country full of immigrants and the descendents of immigrants otherwise happy to exploit illegal immigration en masse is hypocritical.

>The most humane policy is to make the expectations very clear to potential illegal immigrants.

No, the most humane policy is to treat people humanely, not warn them beforehand of your intent to do otherwise.

You're really grasping at straws here.