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It really pains me that the discussion on this topic has turned out this way. This is an opportunity for different segments of society to come together to right wrongs. Giving all day-laborers, white, yellow, black, brown and everything inbetwee, the opportunity to organize and have a voice through a center like this is going to raise everyone's wages and improve working conditions. If all workers are getting paid the same wages and given the rights then there is going to be less undercutting and more opportunities for for US citizens to get the jobs that some claim that undocumented workers are steeling from them. This day labor center is a great opportunity for labor supporters to back real change rather than simply argue about the legal status of their working counterparts. There is no reason workers to fight each other, better come together and demand rights across the board.
In terms of legality, I support the argument that people should not be able to simply break the law, but it is hard to have that be the center of this conversation when there is not real channel for immigrants to take to gain legal status. Lets focus on reforming immigration policy rather than simply dismissing a human being as being an illegal.

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