There are currently millions of people in the United States illegally. Estimates range from twelve-million to forty-million. In fact, no one knows the actual number, and the estimates differ my more than more than one-hundred percent.
It is not possible to identify one homogeneous group among all these statistics. Therefore, there can be no singular solution to all of the consequences surrounding these issues. This article tries to identify one central area that needs addressing in order to bring some perspective on the issue at large.
A number of immigrants who have come to the United States are seriously seeking gainful employment. Their motives are honorable. They seek a better situation for themselves and their families. There is a need for their services. There is a need for laborers with their skills. They are willing to work for the prevailing market prices for the skills that they possess, and they have discovered that those market labor prices are much higher in the United States than in their native countries. Many seek employment only for a few years. Their intent is to return home after working in the United States for a few years and save up their money for a better situation back home.
Given the strong demand, and the willing supply of labor, one has to wonder why no intentional program exists to match up the laborer with the work. The details of the "why" question will not be discussed further, but it is sufficient to say that no intentional, large-scale program exists to date.
This lack of attention to such strong market forces is behind much of the illegal entry into this country. Perhaps the political forces are very strong, as well. This tension has, so far, yielded in favor of the political forces, which prefer to do nothing of consequence. It is now to the point where a critical mass of laborers have entered the United States in the absence of any program large enough to address the market demand. It is time for the politicians to get together with a plan or program large enough to relieve the strain on the system. There needs to be a worker program, whereby willing workers can enter the country to work for willing employers.
Canada has an efficient migrant worker program specifically to bring in laborers during the harvest season, and return them home for the remainder of the year. Models such as these need to be looked into as a starting point for a successful program to begin here. It is not necessary to start from ground zero.
There exists ways to move quickly and with political expediency in order to move toward a solution to illegal immigration. Once the willing workers are addressed, and the strain is removed from the market forces, the other issues should fall in line rather easily.
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