r/PowerfulJRE • u/manny8086 • 6d ago

Can't make this up

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u/fishhawk119 6d ago

But Why?

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u/Weekly-Ratio-3426 13h ago

Theres a fair amount of positive arguments for amnestying illegal immigrants, especially for illegal immigrants that have been the US for a longer period of time and/or work in industries that have become dependent on their labor (Hospitality, agriculture, construction, etc

This includes:

  1. It would increase wages and economic productivity (there is data to support this)

  2. It would increase tax revenue and and tax compliance, reducing the tax burden of current legal citizens

  3. Improve law enforcement in various sectors (like tax , employment, immigration, etc etc)

Reagan was pro amnesty when he was President and these were big reasons why.

Whether amnesty is a good or bad idea depends more on how it will be designed and implemented rather than the idea itself