And I do think people are overestimating how easy it is to live in Canada as an illegal immigrant. It's not like the US where there's essentially a parallel infrastructure and illegal immigration is effectively encouraged because of its benefits to businesses. The US could drastically reduce the level of undocumented workers through very simple measures (like requiring e-verify for all new employees to ensure that they're legally able to work), but they never do because they benefit so much from the cheap labor.
That doesn't exist in Canada to the same degree. Sure, people can get cash jobs and whatnot, but industries like agriculture can already get TFWs and pay them relative peanuts while being totally legitimate, so there's just less incentive. And we don't have laws protecting undocumented workers like some US states do.
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