Immigration Reform Not Quite Dead Yet
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Some time ago, I theorized that immigration might be a spark that causes another group of states to try to secede from the Union. Now, with all the continuing uproar over the latest attempt at immigration reform, I’m starting to wonder if I might have been onto something. Republicans here in Virginia are seriously ticked off at politicians in Washington for even hinting at thinking about talking about “comprehensive” immigration reform again.
Incidentally, I have my own pet conspiracy theory about why conservatives oppose immigration reform. From what I’ve seen in my meager life experience, the employers around here that hire cheap Mexican labor would probably identify themselves as — you guessed it — conservatives. So it would clearly be in their best interest to kill any legislation that impedes their ability to hire cheap labor, which would explain why they are demanding legislation that is impossible to implement (ie. absolutely positively NO path to citizenship before putting border patrol agents on every street corner in America and building a towering impenetrable defensive fortress wall across the southern border, or something like that).
It’s just a theory. Probably wrong, but it’s hard not to wonder why people think building a big wall and deporting 12 million people is a realistic solution.
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