Illegal Immigrant Laws

Why don't we just make it a severe crime to pay any illegal worker significantly less than legal workers and only a misdemeanor for paying them equivalent wages? The 13th Amendment already makes slavery illegal, we can extend this to wage-slavery where one is only given enough to survive. On top of the ending of the exploitation of foreign workers, this would also allow for a level playing field for both American and Mexican workers competing for the same jobs. The person most fit for a job would then obtain it... and to be honest, it's hard for someone to work better if they don't even speak our language, so Americans would still have an advantage.

This would likely increase the immigration to the United States, but there are only so many jobs here and if both groups are payed the same, there's no advantage to hiring illegal immigrants. If both are equally employable, then immigrants will only continue to come if there are jobs to be filled. Without a large workforce, this country is nothing and if we Americans cannot fill every needed job... then why not a Mexican?

We should also make an illegal immigrant's income taxable without background checks.