• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You could simply document the immigrants and incorporate them into large labor coalitions auctioning their work at market rates.

    Instead, we have a system of paying workers under-the-table at below market rates, while using their illegal status as leverage to prevent them from negotiating for better pay.

    So you need a legal system for migration before you can get higher wages and worker protections. Otherwise, you’ll always have a reserve army of scabs in the form of undocumented residents.