re: #200 Guanxi88

It’s revolting to me. These people are exploited:

1) by their homeland, which depends on their remittances and would just as soon not have to build or maintain a functional economy to keep them home;
2) by their employers here in the states;
3) by our political class, who view them as a pool of potential supporters, on the one hand, or as a bug-bear for spooking bubba, on the other.

And I’m sure there are others benefiting from this misery.

What you say is far from controversial but if one views the issue from the point of view of the illegals, one must concede that they are very happy to be here because they are infinitely better off in every important way in America than in their country of origin - otherwise they would surely go home. Therefore the deep concerns about their exploitation is largely ameliorated by their relative well-being, is it not?