The Solution to Ending Illegal Immigration

How many times have you heard this on a news report dealing with immigration: I lost my job to an illegal alien who was willing to work for less than me?

Doesn't that logic just kill you? It's so…so…American. Let's blame the guy who is making twice what he would make in his home country even though he's making half what you make. And do you know why he's making half what you make?

BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO EXPLOIT HIM IN ORDER TO INCREASE PROFIT!

The solution to the illegal hiring of illegal immigrants is one of the few problems faced by America today that has a simple solution. And no, I don't mean building a wall along the southern border. And no I don't mean arming Texans to patrol those borders. Arming Texans for any reason is generally not a good idea, okay?

No, the solution to the problem of immigration goes hand in hand with the real problem that illegal immigration poses. You can't fairly blame a person for taking a job that pays less than you. That's like blaming the New York Yankees for paying ballplayers more than the Kansas City Royals. Oh wait, people do that all the time. The same people who were scared to death of the communist threat also take issue the central tenet of capitalism: Those with the most money have the most power. You can't escape it. That is the very essence of capitalism.

And capitalism is the very essence of our illegal immigrant problem. Do you honestly blame the owner of a business for employing a Mexican national for two bucks an hour and no benefits? Well, yeah, if you expect that people who take advantage of the system called capitalism should have a conscience. But the fact is that 99% of the people who take advantage of all the great opportunities that American gives them don't have a conscience.

Which brings us to the solution. Instead of punishing the poor guy who wants to come to America to carve out a better future for himself-like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Elton John-why not punish the people who are really responsible?

Could the key to ending illegal immigration be jailing employers?

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