10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year

Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by gottorf on Sunday July 21, 2024 @10:20AM (#41025290)

As far as I understand it, this study is of limited use in discussing today's illegal immigration wave because of two reasons: one, it does not distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants; and two, it does not distinguish between the incentives driving immigrants before the establishment of the welfare state and those thereafter.

It stands to obvious reason that an invited houseguest is better-behaved than one that jumped the fence to be there, and doubly so if there is free cake being served. Any claims to the contrary need to examine the two groups separately.

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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by throwaway4220 on Sunday July 21, 2024 @02:00PM (#41026810)

Again, laying low is what illegal immigrants do. What “free cake” do illegal immigrants get? Shelter and food?

Just look at Georgia’s law a few years ago where they enforced strict paperwork with the threat of arresting the employer - probably the worst productive year for agriculture because they didn’t have cheap labor to rely on.

Enforce deportation to the greatest extent possible but be prepared to pay for it.

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