One of the problems with our immigration debate is that we have a lot of problems that all are coming up at once. We have a humanitarian crisis that is at least partially due to American imperialism destabilizing central and South American nations. We have a need to keep track of our residents. And we have the issue of depressed wages and loss of bargaining power for workers.
When a lot of folks talk about undocumented immigrants they often say it’s an issue of the last two. Too often this is a smokescreen for xenophobia and racism. So my suggestion is one way of dealing with the supposed actual valid concerns. And yes, those are valid concerns. There is a very real disparity between the bargaining power of workers and employers, and it is the worst for undocumented immigrants. So if the issue really was documentation and wage bargaining you would expect the folks calling for hard borders to jump at my proposal.
But they don’t. Ever.
If you want what would IDEALLY happen that’s a bit more complicated, and as I have to go to a meeting in like 5 minutes it’ll have to wait.
When a lot of folks talk about undocumented immigrants they often say it’s an issue of the last two. Too often this is a smokescreen for xenophobia and racism. So my suggestion is one way of dealing with the supposed actual valid concerns. And yes, those are valid concerns. There is a very real disparity between the bargaining power of workers and employers, and it is the worst for undocumented immigrants. So if the issue really was documentation and wage bargaining you would expect the folks calling for hard borders to jump at my proposal.
But they don’t. Ever.
If you want what would IDEALLY happen that’s a bit more complicated, and as I have to go to a meeting in like 5 minutes it’ll have to wait.
