Gingrich: Time for 'national conversation' about immigrants living in country illegally who 'obey the law'

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It is ridiculous. Are people unable to think in terms other than the the punishment model for every social ill?

Immigrants are escaping much worse exploitation on the other side of the border. Workers on the farms here are paid the same no matter their status, and that is not at all unusual. The children of immigrants here are getting college educations and buying homes. Punishing farmers closes that window of opportunity. I don't know of any farmer intentionally hiring "illegals." Of course, there are always exceptions.

If you want someone to blame, go after the capitalists from the US and Europe who are running the sweat shops, mines and plantations in the global south and supporting police state regimes. Go after management everywhere for widespread systemic worker exploitation and advocate for organized labor if you want a comprehensive and humane "solution" to the so-called "problem" of immigration.

The problem is not immigration, it is neo-colonialism, which is driving millions of people into desperation.