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 Originally Posted by Savy
Does really cheap labour not create big pluses for those areas surrounding the border at certain times of year?
How would it? If an illegal immigrant works illegally (for cheap), then that [criminal] business experiences increased profits. Where do those profits go? Certainly not to the employees....otherwise it wouldn't be 'cheap labor'. And when the employees are sending large amounts of their money back to Mexico, the jobs don't benefit the economy as much as "legal" workers would.
Originally Posted by Savy
Does the drug trade not basically pay for itself to get through no matter what the barriers are?
No security is absolute. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try. Also, I don't think the drug trade really cares where their money comes from. So the drugs will follow the path of least resistance. If it's cheaper and less risky to smuggle drugs to, say for example, France instead of America, then French folks are gonna be gettin' high.
America has the disadvantage of proximity. It's not like there is an ocean between Mexico and the US. So it only follows that America's response to border security be a stronger one than, say for example, France. Otherwise, we're just creating that path of least resistance....right into America.
There's a reason it's so hard to get cocaine in Saudi Arabia.
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