So people support the law, but also support the practices that bring these immigrants to the state because otherwise OMG they'd have to pay fair prices for products.
Fine the businesses 10 times more than they'd pay in "legal" wages for every instance of illegal wages you find, and it'll stop. And then the prices will go up, and the people will have to decide if they like the new way better or not. But as long as the demand is there the supply will continue, new laws or not - it's the demand you have to go after, your legal citizens' demand for cheap products and cheap labor.
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Date: 2010-05-19 06:20 pm (UTC)Fine the businesses 10 times more than they'd pay in "legal" wages for every instance of illegal wages you find, and it'll stop. And then the prices will go up, and the people will have to decide if they like the new way better or not. But as long as the demand is there the supply will continue, new laws or not - it's the demand you have to go after, your legal citizens' demand for cheap products and cheap labor.