How To Steal The Immigration Issue And Make It Our Own
I've gotten so tired of hearing right-wingers whine about the imaginary immigration "crisis" lately. And not just lately, it's something they trot out literally every time in my LIFETIME that there's been a Democrat in the White House (kinda like, " (Insert Democratic candidate's name) is gonna take yer gunzzzz!!!!!" ). But there's a very easy way to shoot down the talking point AND a way to "steal" the issue and make it ours.
First, when you encounter an immigration concern troll who thinks a billion "illegals" are "streaming across our southern border" (it's always the southern border, never anywhere else, mind you) every day, just counter them with this argument and watch them go silent. Just say, "You know, you're right. Illegal immigration IS a huge problem. And I have a way that we can end illegal immigration TOMORROW. (They'll undoubtedly become very interested at this point). Simply start throwing the people who HIRE undocumented workers in jail. If they can't get jobs here, they'll stop coming." I guarantee that you will either get silence or a begrudging agreement from your RW concern troll. Then you end with this: "But guess who doesn't WANT that. The rich business owners who get rich exploiting the undocumented immigrants--you know, people like Trump--and the politicians they make huge contributions to--you know, people like Trump again." Slam dunk.
Now, here's how we can take this issue away from them and make it our own. Simply get a group of Democratic politicians to sponsor a bill (or a group of Democratic candidates who will pledge to sponsor a bill) doing that very thing: promising to jail the people who HIRE the undocumented and give them jobs. Now look at what you've got. You're going to force Republicans to either AGREE with you (in which case, you just SOLVED, and thereby negated, one of their primary talking points), or to vote AGAINST a bill that would end illegal immigration as we know it. Either way, endless material for campaign ads. No more whining from the rank and file, no more segments on Tucker Carlson, no more breathless Faux News reports about "immigrant caravans." Why the problem will all but disappear like a fart in the wind. And just like that, Republicans won't care about illegal immigration anymore.
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The news is full of businesses who can't get enough workers for all sorts of jobs everywhere. There's the "great resignation" as good workers leave because they found much better jobs.
Personally I've been stealing jobs my whole life and it's exhausting. I need a break from stealing jobs but recruiters are more desperate these days than ever before to hire one token US citizen for jobs US citizens don't want.
I'd like to go after contracting firms who abuse legal H1B labor. It's completely insane what they get away with completely legally. It's time to update the laws to protect these workers, so that its less profitable to screw them over. That's why they do it. They save money by treating people worse than any American would tolerate. Treating them better would make it more competitive for Americans to apply for these jobs.
It's frustrating that more liberals don't support reforms here. Even some of our dumber DUers will get Trumpy on the race issue. Too many have said that being a US citizen born in the USA doesn't make me any less of an H1B job stealer because my race is Indian. 
