I think that Trump and his party are driven purely by personal benefit and greed. The policies of Trump and his cronies reflect this and show how they want to control all the wealth among a ruling class. However, I don’t see how deporting immigrants (employees) would help this cause
Are they doing this for popular support? Why would they prioritize xenophobia over capital? Is it simply that they’re hateful and scared?
“Who will work in our fields except for this cheap and abusable workforce”
Democrats -1859
“Who will work in our fields except for this cheap and abusable workforce”
Democrats - height of Jim Crow
“Who will work in our fields except for this cheap and abusable workforce”
Democrats -2025
Some things never change
Then… how about you help them not be cheap and abusable? How does a path to citizenship, or at least legal residency (so they can have non-exploitative jobs), sound like? Getting rid of the cheap and abusable workforce with nobody else to replace them isn’t exactly any better.
We’re doing that, by deporting illegal immigrants, it makes it very expensive to get them a visa, and if they have a visa, then they have actual worker’s rights.
The shit? How does deporting them help them get a visa?
If you take away the illegal immigrants, the companies will have to hire legal workers.
You do realize the number of migrant workers available is limited by law right? There are literally quotas for this shit. The process is also pretty ridiculous so they’re not gonna import legal migrants to work as farmers. They’ll either let you starve (something something supply and demand) or employ child workers like Florida is already trying to do.
That number is only for legal immigrants. Illegal immigrants are defined by the crime.
Yes, but if you deport those you only have legal migrants, who are limited by the law and also already in the US for other work and won’t do your hard backbreaking labor for you since they’re mostly skilled workers.
So instead of raising wages and treating them fairly, you’re advocating for cheap abusable labor?
Some things never change.
your children.
-republicans
You mean democrats. They love child labor! Especially of the brown variety!
Just last week, Republicans in my state sponsored a bill to allow 14 yr olds to work over night… on school nights. they removed breaks and limits on working hours. for 14 yr olds.
Wow really? Nice whataboutism, totally equal to chattel slavery
I know I’m just talking to a troll, but I’m still going to take this opportunity to remind everyone that LBJ pissed off the white supremacist voters by signing the Civil Rights Act, and then Nixon immediately courted those same voters for his Presidential campaign. When Democrats shooed out the clowns, Republicans decided to open up a circus.
And yet, the DNC is still trying to import cheap abusable labor without civil rights.