Postville, Iowa
9th August 2011
The 1986 illegal alien amnesty was supposed to be one prong of a two part compromise strategy: amnesty illegal aliens already here, but enforce workplace hiring to prevent more from coming. The amnesty went off on a massive scale, but enforcement seldom happened: big employers tended to have politician friends who warned off federal enforcement agencies. It’s the kind of corruption that the press hasn’t shown much interest in, because That’s Racist!
August 9th, 2011 at 13:53
Capitalism thrives on cheap labor.
As in the 19th Century, when industry chafed at any attempts to limit the immigration from Ireland, Italy, Germany, Poland, and points east, today’s labor-intensive industries–primarily big agra–wants low-wage workers to keep costs low.
Why should it be a surprise to anyone that Big Business is in bed with Big Government? It’s been that way since the days of Tammany Hall.
Nothing new to see here, citizens; move along.