Reply #52: It's not just "paperwork"

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It is very difficult to get an immigrant visa for an employee. They have to be at professional level, with the exception of a very limited number of seasonal or temporary workers.

The laws need to fit the migration pattern better. There is always migration. The US isn't the only place to get immigrants. To get immigrants means the economy is larger, that's all.

So I bet you're not in favor of expanding the laws to allow the undocumented immigrants to have a legal way to come in.

In fact, most of them are just here to work, and in substandard conditions at that - that's the reason they are left with no immigration category to use to be legal in. If they were let in legally, they couldn't be paid below minimum wage. They are pretty much being exploited - US citizens who would work the same types of jobs should make common cause with them instead of letting big business use the divide and conquer strategy.