[rmnunez]

Forcing united statian employers to pay workers higher wages so they had no advantage in hiring undocumenteds could resolve the ilegal immigration problem but it would cause another problem -inflation. Some estimate there are over 20 million Mexicans working in the US, most of them illegally. What effect would result from removing all of them? I doubt there are 20 million unemployed united statians, let alone that they'd be willing to take the positions the deported Mexicans held at the wages those were paid. Unemployment in the US is about 4.5%, this means most united statians can easily find jobs at satisfactory wages, despite the immigrants.

I get the impression those declaiming immigrant workers foolishly hope removing them would instead produce a well-paid and high-quality work environment with all the guarantees, benefits and entitlements in the low-paying activities where immigrants abound. Critical lefties would like busboys at McDonalds, janitors sweeping office lobbies, pizza delivery guys and stockists at supermarket chains to all have full medical coverage, complete optical and dental plans, paid vacations and pension plans, but if this were the case the goods or services these jobs produce would have to cost more.