“Undocumented immigrants also play a large role in food processing,” Krugman writes. “For example, they account for an estimated 30 to 50 per cent of workers in meat-packing.”
The predictable effect, Krugman says, would be less food production and distribution, unless employers started paying far higher wages to attract new native-born workers. That in turn would boost the cost of groceries, when current prices are already too high.
The plain and obvious subtext here is that we’re all exploiting undocumented workers already. I wish that when one of these articles talks about the “predictable effect” of deportations, that that would be mentioned out loud.
Throughout the last 30-50 years Democrats are exclusively the ones who acknowledge this problem and push legislation to get them on naturalized citizenships, while also giving the subsidies needed for farmers to pay their workers fair wage.
Republicans block these bills every single time.
Putting people in camps is not a good solution to any problem.
I have a problem with this:
The plain and obvious subtext here is that we’re all exploiting undocumented workers already. I wish that when one of these articles talks about the “predictable effect” of deportations, that that would be mentioned out loud.
Throughout the last 30-50 years Democrats are exclusively the ones who acknowledge this problem and push legislation to get them on naturalized citizenships, while also giving the subsidies needed for farmers to pay their workers fair wage.
Republicans block these bills every single time.
Putting people in camps is not a good solution to any problem.
Start thinking about how to bust them out.