Reply #83: What do you think causes most illegal immigrants to come here? [View All]

A burning desire to hurt working class Americans? I'm certain you find that as ridiculous as I do. They are being exploited just as surely as those of us in the working class are being exploited. They aren't the primary source of the problems. The weakening of laws and rights that protect and support workers in this nation and the nations from which the illegal immigrants come are to blame.

I think we must find a way to legalize many of those who are already here and prevent any future overflows of illegal immigration without causing an undue amount of suffering (destroying many families, interning people under inhumane conditions, etc.) or joining hands and rhetoric with white supremacists, neo-nazis, and their sympathizers. I don't believe this has to conflict with efforts to support the working class in America and weakening the influence of wealth in our political system. If that bit of an attempt at decency and empathy with other exploited people makes this $9.50/hr retail worker writing this post a "caviar liberal", so be it.