Utah splitting hairs.

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Illegal immigration is the topic, as well organized through the liberal msm as possible here. In spite of the larger Republican base in the state, the msm is extremely liberal here, by the way. But that may be changing as long standing Republicans are being ousted. Bennett last time, perhaps Hutch this time. I think this will begin changing other things, including the allowance of such a liberal media. The GOP convention has issued, albeit, a non-binding resolution (for whatever that truly means or will come of it) to repeal the Utah's guest worker program. The program, in essence, allows illegal immigrants to register, pay a fine, and continue to stay as employees. There are several sides both for and against the issue.

I don't really care about the argument indicated, that this merely allows forced labor among illegal immigrants. I also don't care that they stay, unbothered by law either. A better guest worker program, where people apply over the border and are pre-selected, screened for criminal backgrounds and health, then allowed to visit to work in certain industries but only if there are jobs available. The whole notion of a free pass for criminal behavior be given because a fine is paid is not acceptable. Further, family members have to be excluded. And beyond, we need to fix this unconstitutional understanding that wrongfully allows anchor babies.

Why allow workers in? Simply put, unless native Americans begin giving birth in sufficient numbers to account for all levels of work, the prices of produce will rise too quickly without cheap labor here. Either that or we will be getting our "fresh" fruits and vegetables from foreign nations rather than California, Florida, and wherever else we currently get some large portion of our produce and fruits. There are other low level manufacturing and other low skill work which simply makes some sense, given our birth rate problem.

Vox seems to think that, for free-trade to go forward, borders must be erradicated between the free-trade partners. I think a strict guest worker program would... stretch the notion. One of the possible real problems, of course, is the abuse of said workers. Then again, living in the US, earning real money, is better than squatting in Mexico with zero prospect of any kind of a wage. I actually think we should allow the wages for these workers to drop to a level where they can't send as much money home as they do. All industrialized nations have earned some things by paying with hard labor, usually for a very long time (though as industrialization progresses, the length of time to buy out of servitude has shortened dramatically).

Since Mexicans can't or won't do so in Mexico, they should continue to suffer the consequences and be force back to Mexico. Only when they rid themselves of socialism can they begin to do that. Further, this would keep their failed system within their failed state, rather than exporting that part of it along with tens of millions of soon (by both parties sadly) new US citizens (who can't and don't want to speak English, don't have a grounding in civil law or common social understanding and are only interested in getting whatever they can for free while demanding more, on top of wages they are sending home (if they happen to work)).

So, I am all for the repeal of the law as it stands, I would like to see something else come forward to replace it. Now, in truth, much of this is fiction as I don't believe the law can function as it is being held up by the federal government, who denies it using federal control over immigration issues. What a weird mess. I suppose the thing was actually just a bogus bunt to appease as many as possible, from big business, farming, to liberal city types. There is, actually, no law there to repeal! Politics! *sigh*