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Blackvegetable » Today, 1:50 pm » wrote: ↑

Today, 1:50 pm

Because it isn't "obvious", in fact it isn't - at all.

The study estimated that between 51,000 and 297,000 of the lost jobs would have been held by American-born workers, as businesses that rely partly on immigrant workers scaled back operations for everyone, including US-born employees.

In the 86 cities that saw the sharpest rise in ICE arrests, they found roughly 13 lost jobs associated with each excess arrest. Industries that traditionally employ a large share of undocumented migrants, like construction, saw the biggest impact. But employment in sectors like arts and entertainment, where few immigrants work, also fell sharply. The authors said that’s because businesses cut staff as people stop going out when ICE raids dominate the news.

“Enforcement at this scale and speed — visible, shocking, designed to produce fear beyond the directly targeted population — destroys jobs, disrupts businesses that Americans own and run, and depresses the local economies in which Americans live and work,” Marcela Escobari, Ian Seyal and Paul Beach wrote in the report.

Well, CUPCAKE, there's ONE tiny little PROBLEM with your claim here.

ILLEGALS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HIRED IN THE FIRST PLACE and EMPLOYERS WHO HIRE THEM ARE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION!!

Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), employers face criminal liability if they engage in a "pattern or practice" of knowingly hiring or continuing to employ unauthorized workers.

• Jail Time: Up to six months in prison.
• Criminal Fines: Up to $3,000 for each unauthorized alien.
• Smuggling and Harboring: Hiring 10 or more unauthorized immigrants in a 12-month period with knowledge that they were brought into the U.S. illegally carries a felony penalty of up to 5 years in prison.

Civil Penalties
For isolated or first-time offenses where a pattern cannot be proven, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) levy civil fines.

• Knowing Violations: Scaled fines ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars per worker based on prior offenses.
• Paperwork Failures: Missing or incorrectly filled Form I-9 compliance documents result in separate fines per individual, even if the worker is legally authorized.