You seem to not be reading anything I’m saying. I have family that works for legally operated blue collar businesses.

The difference is engaging in criminal activity.

Your arguments are spectacularly lazy so I’ll ask you to show me where people not authorized to work in the country have no legal liability if they choose to work in the country.

I don’t really know what’s ruffled your feathers so much here, but this isn’t really how HN operates. It seems like you got a bit flustered when the “you’re a bad rich person” argument didn’t work, and now you’re just flailing wildly.

> this isn’t really how HN operates.

ThIs Is HN!1!! WHerE We IgnOrE SubsTantaTivE lInKs, FaIl to sUpPorT oUr HaTeFUl rHeToRic, clAim SupeRioRIty WiTHoUT EvIDENce, aNd ThINk aS A HoMOGeNous hIvEMiND.

You won’t answer the question because you can’t. Your links are irrelevant which is why your post is dead.

Unsure what question you are refering to.

Thanks for letting me know it was [dead].

Killing a comment that links to dot gov sources about undocumnteds' being protected, rather than prosecuted, by labor law and showing immigrants pay taxes is fascinating indeed.

https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2025/2025-53.html

"The Labor Commissioner is reminding all workers that California’s labor laws protect every worker in the state, regardless of immigration status."

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU01/20250122/117827/HHRG...

"A new study shows that undocumented immigrants paid nearly $100 billion in federal, state and local tax revenue in 2022 while many are shut out of the programs their taxes fund."

Killing a comment that links to dot gov sources about undocumnteds' being protected, rather than prosecuted, by labor law and showing immigrants pay taxes is fascinating indeed.

https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2025/2025-53.html

"The Labor Commissioner is reminding all workers that California’s labor laws protect every worker in the state, regardless of immigration status."

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU01/20250122/117827/HHRG...

"A new study shows that undocumented immigrants paid nearly $100 billion in federal, state and local tax revenue in 2022 while many are shut out of the programs their taxes fund."

The reason it’s dead is these are completely irrelevant and you aren’t having a conversation, you’re taking a pulpit.

California does not dictate federal labor law and I’m sure that you already know that. Your arguments are bad and aggressive.

You’d have way more influence and agreement if you argued about immigration processes as a whole (“why are these people with jobs not given visas already?”) than these contrived obviously ridiculous and irrelevant excerpts.

You’re arguing with me like I won’t actually think about what you say, which is the “not the HN style” comment I gave you before. I will.