I'd build a wall. In fact, I'd hire illegal immigrants to build the wall. And throw out the illegals who are here. [...] It's cheap labor.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker proposes building a border wall using undocumented labor and then deporting those same workers as a cost-saving measure.
- In plain terms
- Hire undocumented workers to build a wall and then remove them to save money.
- What can you take from it?
- Using undocumented labor for border security raises ethical and logistical contradictions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can immigration be enforced ethically?
- Who builds infrastructure when labor is scarce?
Another view
Relying on illegal labor contradicts the goal of enforcing immigration laws.
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