“If we suddenly kicked out all of the people here, the undocumented, our dairy farms would collapse,” one lawmaker said. “We have to come up with a solution.”

Wisconsin has rediscovered a concept that is popularly phrased as “the dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed.”

  • Zirconium@lemmy.world
    7·
    11 months ago

    Couldn’t they just make it easier to become a documented immigrant instead of debating whether they should get driver licenses? I mean it’s probably a little bit harder to do but come on

    • justastranger@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      11 months ago

      Letting illegal immigrants become legal immigrants would force companies to pay them more and respect their rights slightly so capitalists won’t allow it

    • papertowels@lemmy.one
      3·
      11 months ago

      That’s the uncomfortable elephant in the room.

      They’re benefiting from exploiting cheap labor from undocumented immigrants, and don’t want to stop doing so.

    • Can_you_change_your_username@kbin.social
      21·
      11 months ago

      No they can’t. They are state and local officials and, despite what some governments in red states are saying, foreign relations and immigration are domains exclusive to the federal government.