[lbo-talk] Dean Baker on immigration

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Mike wrote: "I think it's in the interests of potential undocumented
proletarians to get documented to come to the U.S. to work because
that lowers the fear factor in terms of organizing unions and getting
better wages and working conditions for our class as a whole.  I've
also pointed out that the way the undocumented immigrants get to the
land of the brie and the home of the wage-slave is fraught with risks
to life and limb."

Employer sanctions don't get undocumented immigrants documented. 
Legalization of the currently undocumented already here and granting
of work authorization to all who want does.

Also, if your main goal is to get workers documented, why not argue
that unions be given the right to sponsor immigrants for permanent
residency?  Currently, spouses, parents, etc. can sponsor immigrants
for permanent residency for family unification purposes, and bosses
can also sponsor immigrants for employment purposes.  Unions ought to
have the right to sponsor immigrants for organizing purposes.

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Yoshie
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