cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22437167
Summary
California farmers, many of whom supported Trump, face a potential crisis as his immigration policies threaten mass deportations of undocumented workers, who make up at least half of the state’s 162,000 farm labor force.
Deportations could devastate agriculture, leading to labor shortages, unharvested crops, and rising food prices.
Farmers hope for solutions such as workforce legalization or expanded H-2A guest worker programs, though these have been criticized for exploitation risks.
Historical parallels to programs like “Operation Wetback” and the bracero system highlight possible labor and human rights challenges ahead.
Farmers hope for solutions such as workforce legalization or expanded H-2A guest worker programs
Good thing they voted for the candidate guaranteed to do neither of those things.
Edit: Comments on the article are about what you’d expect. Bring popcorn.
As I said elsewhere, popcorn sales will be going through the roof.
Lets see how long it takes him to take the first trillion out of the US economy. I expect him to succeed with this before next years Christmas.
Just like last time, the best outcome we can hope for is that those around him manage to desperately change his mind or blunt the effectiveness of his plans.
Then of course people will say “Look Trump wasn’t as bad as you said he’d be.” 😬
I will be overjoyed if I can ever say trump wasn’t as bad as I expected him to be. But so far he’s always managed to be worse, despite my very low expectations.
Yeah, it’s for that reason why I think blunting his badness isn’t the best outcome. People need to learn, stop saving them from themselves.
I miss the days when I believed “at least they’ll learn their lesson.”
Yeah they absolutely will not.
And yet, farmers are not railing in protest. Many say they expect the president will support their workforce needs, either through a robust legalization program for workers already here or by leaving farms be and focusing enforcement elsewhere.
It really must be quite the experience living life as though there’s always some savior in waiting.
Religion in a nutshell.
Oh so now they want the Biden immigration naturalization policy? But from trump? There’s seriously no bigger group of dummies.
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I hope they get what they voted for.
Farmers will fail which will cause them to sell out to huge farm conglomerates. The rich get richer.
They already are the huge farm conglomerates. There isn’t anyone to sell too.
Congrats people, we did it.
It’s now no longer profitable to grow food
Can I still be one of those farmers that gets paid to not grow things?
Sorry, corporations snapped up all of that land decades ago. It’s criminally corrupt that the government is still paying on that program when the problem was solved so long ago. It’s just theft at this point. The government steals your money to give to corporations.
They’re past the “fuck around” phase and nearly into the “finding out” phase. I’m honestly emotionally dead at this point. I’m just not capable of caring anymore.
So they’re openly acknowledging that they’re employing illegal immigrants. Employment of illegal immigrants is the number one motivator for immigrants to come here without documentation. These people are the entire cause of the problem that they complain so loudly about. They rage against the issue that they cause when it’s time to elect a president, vote against the guy who proposed we support the immigrants, and now want the guy who said he’ll deport all of them to adopt the policies of the guy they voted against. Can we deport these people instead?
Right there with you.
I don’t understand how we tolerate these Employers who:
- Insist on paying people no more than a slave wage rather than what the market requires for the work they want done
- Vote for politicians who will make those peoples’ lives (even more) miserable and try to get them out of the country
- Violate our labor laws 24x7 but have the audacity to complain about undocumented immigrants
And frankly, the first bullet point above should be enough to land these farms in legal consequences.
And in doing so they actively hurt the job market for every documented immigrant and every citizen. They don’t pass their savings onto consumers, they pocket it. They’re leeches. Their affect on literally everyone is net negative. Lock them up!
Womp womp
California Republicans are like New York Republicans. They have no say in our presidential elections.
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Narrator: Overfed and unable to move, these leopards have been left to a slow, painful existence. They can no longer hunt their prey, no longer climb the trees to escape danger, no longer feel the thrill of the chase. They are trapped in their own bodies.
[Cue the soft, mournful opening chords of “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan. The camera slowly pans over a third leopard, sluggishly trying to rise, but its massive weight prevents it from standing. It lets out a heavy sigh, its once-strong legs buckling beneath it.]
Narrator: They are the forgotten victims of a world that has abandoned them. Too fat to run, too weak to fight… These leopards are slowly fading, one breath at a time. They need your help.
[Cut to a shot of a leopard staring out over the savanna. The camera lingers on its face, eyes half-closed, its expression one of quiet resignation.]
Narrator: For just $3 a day, you can provide the care and support these leopards so desperately need. A donation will help give them the chance to live a life of dignity. Help them find their way back to the wild they were meant to roam.
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[The music fades out, and the SPCA logo appears in the corner, along with a toll-free number and website for donations.]
So few leopards. So many faces.
If this leads to an accepted path to legal immigration only because it came from red voters then I’m fine with it.
