Sunday, November 24, 2024

Trump's Deportation Vow Alarms Texas Construction Industry

Clear signals President-elect Donald Trump plans to make good on his campaign pledge to deport millions of undocumented immigrants in his second term has sparked concerns among some in Texas' business and economic sectors ...

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They all wanted this now they're whining and complaining. It's a little late now.

#1 | Posted by Ronnie68 at 2024-11-24 11:30 PM

Wait until you see what it does to food prices. I used to work for a Big Agra company and about 30 to 40% of our farm and processing work force was undocumented...of course they weren't "employed" by us. You hide that in a few layers of shell companies and contract firms.

#2 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-11-24 11:51 PM

@#1

Just wait until the deep-red mid-western farm states start chiming in.

American Agriculture's Dependence on Immigrant Workers (2021)
ualr.edu

... Immigration is one of the most hotly debated issues in American politics. With the ever-growing demand for food, demand for labor to harvest that food continues to rise as well. 73% of the crop farm worker population in the United States are immigrant workers. Roughly 48% of hired crop farmworkers have no work authorization. Immigrant workers are able to assist with harvest through the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Program. This program allows crop farmers to hire seasonal, foreign-born workers to help with labor needs for up to 10 months out of the year. In 2019, there were 258,000 certifications issued for H-2A visas. Other year-round industries like dairy and poultry production facilities are not eligible for H-2A visas, causing them to rely on undocumented workers. ...

As I have said before.

The problem to solve is not the influx of immigrants.

The problem to solve is an economy dependent upon the immigrants.



#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-24 11:56 PM

But hey why weren't you liberals warning us about the fact that immigrants, while on their coffee breaaks from their full-time jobs of murdering and raping American citizens, also do most of the backbreaking labor in this country. Hey Trumpyassh**es you want to pay $10 for one tomato? God you Trumpers are just stupid people.

#4 | Posted by danni at 2024-11-25 12:41 AM

Do it! Deport them all. It's been far too long since Americans had a slave class. The time has come to stop importing them. Perhaps all those sidewalk dwellers should be recruited to fill the need. Arrest them for being poor and drug-addled by an international BIG pharma...and make them work the farms for their keep until they change their lazy ways. Just like they do in China. Why not? China is buying up our farmlands anyway. The capitalist twist can be the crowded privatized for-profit prison system... clean the streets... if it turns out bad from their villas on foreign soil they can blame Clinton's workfare part of welfare reform from 30 years prior.

#5 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-11-25 03:52 AM

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