ICE arrests South Texas bakery owners accused of hiring undocumented workers

[LeftInTX]

39. Chain migration is a thing. But it also is not legal if the migrants did not enter the US legally.

Just imagine if everyone did it??? Basically, it would invalidate any border that we have. It would mean anyone could come.

That's how it was prior to 1921. Then, poof too many immigrants and they shut the door. My grandfather and his future father in law came in 1910. They filled up boarding rooms, as long as you had a friend, you could enter. When my grandmother and her mother arrived in 1923, the door was shut because they changed the laws. They were both deported. Eventually they got in.

I'm sure the migrants had every intention of staying in South Texas. That's where most feel comfortable. They develop communities and they stay. Asylum seekers often move on because they have appointments with ICE they need to keep. But those who enter illegally don't have the motivation to leave. There is plenty of work in the Rio Grande Valley. I'm sure we have plenty in San Antonio too. Lots of mom and pop places hire. This couple is fairly well off BTW. So, I wonder if this was an arrangement where they migrate and take advantage of their services? Their home is appraised at 316,000 and that's alot in the Rio Grande Valley