The masses of our people don’t appreciate it when you say you can chase out every single immigrant, illegal and legal, and unemployment would not budge.
In fact, there are decades-long studies showing that removing immigrants from an economy causes unemployment to spike for native workers and for the domestic economy to contract.
This is not difficult to understand when you consider that native-born workers and undocumented immigrants aren’t perfect substitutes, because immigrants often accept extremely low wages, which means removing them increases labour costs for firms, leading to lower hiring rates AND lower salaries for locals.
Second, undocumented immigrants, like everyone else, buy goods and services, so removing them naturally causes broader economic contraction.
One could say the “patriot” community is targeting illegal immigrants specifically (they’re not). But even if we go with that, the thing is that the occupations that are common among undocumented workers like construction labourers and cooks, are essential to keeping businesses operating.
So, when construction companies lose labourers, they also reduce the number of site managers they hire, and when restaurants lose cooks and waiters, they can’t stay open to employ suppliers, who are more likely to be born locally.
The only solution is for the masses to organise themselves to force their government to radically overhaul the economic system to build a better future for their children.
But, of course, humans are emotional beings, and immigration is an emotive issue and like babies, the people want what they want.