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[–] 1 point 8 hours ago (2 children)

The illegal immigrant appears to face one of two options: work in slave like conditions for below minimum wage, or get deported.

Truth be told, I think the ice roundup is merely a spectacle. US business loves underpaid illegal immigrants with no healthcare. The US government loves it too because it reduces costs for whole industries, making everybody else somewhat better off. I do not believe the US will ever substantially reduce their use of illegal labor.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 hours ago

    merely a spectacle

    While I partly agree with you, this is more than a spectacle. Any sufficiently fascist politician needs a scapegoat, a group of “others” to focus hate and outrage. Immigrant are an easy target

    On the opposite side, since they are clearly hypocrite, I can’t believe there hasn’t been more outrage over trumps attempt to raise fees for H1-Bs. For MAGAts, it’s a win-win. Either it cuts way back on companies willing to sponsor work visas or it provides the executive branch a new income stream where it thinks it doesn’t need Congress, like tariffs (don’t get me wrong, work visas probably ought to be tightened, but come on)

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  • [–] 3 points 8 hours ago

    The goal now is to inflict pain. That's it. Cause issues with avg people, citizen or not, and expand the hatred for Trump's base. It's all a performance distraction while we're being robbed blind. None of this is necessary at all.

    We have a demented president who loves attention and can't tell the difference between it being good or bad with so many yes men around him.

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