01-18-2017, 11:14 AM
(01-18-2017, 08:30 AM)Odin Wrote:(01-16-2017, 08:55 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(01-16-2017, 07:38 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: Immigration today just seems an excuse by Trump, Sessions and other such demagogues to use in order to get votes through creating fear. It has no real bearing on the fortunes of our country or the people.
That's not all of it. Lots of illegals will provide low wage labor with no requirements for benefits. A lot of legals are understandably resentful that the illegals are taking jobs that would otherwise be available. A lot of employers don't want their cheap labor to go away. I agree that some politicians are using hate to get votes, but the fortunes of lots of people are on the line.
A big problem is that no US citizen or resident alien trying to become a citizen is going to be a fruit or veggie picker for a wage low enough for the market to bear. Hell, a lot of people wouldn't do the job period, because it sucks. We could expand the number of migrant workers allowed in, but the Right doesn't like that. A few years ago there was a big crackdown on illegal immigrants in (IIRC) Alabama and it lead to crops rotting in the fields.
Exactly, Odin, think of the poor strawberries!