2y ago

Why Some Wisconsin Lawmakers and Local Officials Have Changed Their Minds About Letting Undocumented Immigrants Drive

www.propublica.org

“If we suddenly kicked out all of the people here, the undocumented, our dairy farms would collapse,” one lawmaker said. “We have to come up with a solution.”

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2y ago

Why Some Wisconsin Lawmakers and Local Officials Have Changed Their Minds About Letting Undocumented Immigrants Drive

www.propublica.org /article/wisconsin-immigration-driving-licenses-dairy-farms-politics

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Instead of getting them documented, Republicans will instead relax cold labor laws so that 12 year olds can work in factories without a permit.
- Married 12 year olds, to be exact
The solution would be a path to being here legally but I suspect that's untenable for rightwingers.
- It could never be that easy. I mean, they'd have to admit they were WRONG.
  
  It is probably best addressed by strictly enforcing immigration laws in red states so we can see what happens. Red states rely on undocumented workers even more than blue states.
- if only there was something a right wing saint had done we could point to.
The solution: Amnesty and citizenship. Screw this "Everyone must suffer trying to be here." They wanna be here. There are jobs for them. Just swear them in and forget all this bullshit.
- I wouldn't go as far as citizenship. Work visa, at least. And you know why that won't happen. Stealing out jobs and all that.
  
  I would. Hell, just to punish the guys who are hiring below the minimum wage I would give them citizenship AND a union card.
This is also the result of the fact that getting around without a car is likely impossible in most cases so the only option is illegals driving illegally.
Framing this around the dairy industry makes me want to vomit. That whole industry needs to collapse

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