The Hidden Costs of Trump's Mass Deportations | WSJ

[@wsj]

CEOs launch war rooms, hotlines to cope with Trump’s order blitz: on.wsj.com/42qjG7e

[@cristianfamigliuolo]

Brexit Two😂!! They bully they're workers and then they are going to pay every think more like in UK. Immigrant, immigrant immigrant now 16milion of poor English. Who is the one that pay the salary almost nothing.

[@tetra3ne56scur3]

I don’t want to pay

[@Tony_Indiana]

No mass deportations occurred yet.

[@chelseadecarlo2062]

Higher Americans want to work. Maybe the jobs shouldn’t expect everyone to have a huge degree for everything and they should start training Americans. As for the tariffs I don’t know if I agree with that. Jobs are not hiring and finding any reason to not hire people. Resumes for a job a McDonalds no training on the job anymore? Stupid orientation before the jobs. End that. Go back to training.

[@earl-d4n]

tom homan better look over his shoulder for Luigi

[@kenk7282]

I've done hard farm work. That woman from the Heritage Foundation wouldn't last 30 minutes. Totally heartless.

[@clayoreilly4553]

30 seconds! Eeeewwwww! It smells dirty out here.

[@carlojones833]

She needs to get out there firsthand and tell us about it. She'll be crying about her manicure.

[@hyui5096]

low wages are one story. But saying illegal immigration is the solution to low wages is a wacky argument.

[@kenk7282]

@hyui5096 I would argue they should be granted citizenship and be paid better.

[@dozzer009]

⁠@@hyui5096 Why not? Who do you think hires these workers in the first place for precisely lower wages. Been going on for decades and they’ve convinced you it’s the immigrants fault because American businesses would never do that 🙄. Time to wake up

[@blessingndlovu9037]

Americans admitting they were employing 21st century slavery practices in their agricultural industry

[@uromvictor]

Its crazy...

[@liurusi]

It's true. And anyone who buys anything made in 3rd world country does the same.

[@Kentutmendidih21]

because their cheap

[@Kentutmendidih21]

thats how capitalist work

[@frogvision9534]

when did slaves start getting paid its a bad practice but come on

[@isocrate27]

They don't want them to come legally because they would have to give them a decent salary and labor rights.

[@mariabrown6926]

Bingo

[@AztecDread]

They all make over federal minimum wage anyways

[@enigma02g]

Wildly outdated information. Many of them make above min wage for min wage work. Also - they don't pay taxes. That turns take home from one person into a livable wage - combined with all the free handouts. We need to get manual labor out and introduce more automation + lab grown.

[@Ghostslicer442]

@@enigma02gcrazy i’ve never seen an immigrant live in a middle class america.. wanna know why? bc they don’t make enough.

[@alejandroramirez1788]

I don’t either, and I’m not an immigrant. What are you talking about.

[@Susieque69420]

I thought he was going after criminals first! ICE is going into schools looking for immigrants. I don't think they will find criminals there. He's such a cruel person.

[@Bluesit32]

But if they went after the criminals first, the number wouldn't be very high. Trump wants HUGE numbers of deportations. Best way to get them is to seek them out where they work.

[@kazooku]

Stop the cap😂 this is not happening

[@Bluesit32]

@ What? Of course it is. ICE has been going into schools and workplaces to find them.

[@MFTgal]

Trump lied. As of last Dec. 39K already processed, in detention.

[@kazooku]

@@Bluesit32 source: it was revealed to me in a dream

[@bobiel9048]

The people who make $700 an hour have convinced the people who make $25 an hour that the problem is the people who make $7.50 an hour. A fish rots from the head down.

[@RobertBrian-h6c]

so no unemployment in USA , or welfare pay to high ?

[@ludo_]

Well said

[@gwayne919]

These CEO's are going to get thrown under the bus if they don't toe the line with Donnie Diapers.

[@andin3720]

Lol millions of people entering a country illegally is not normal either.

[@richarddefortune1329]

You've sum up the problem.

[@francofrogg]

Once again we hear that the industry knows there are 42% unauthorized workers and there is NO MENTION of penalizing the farmers and ranchers (and their parent companies) that facilitate this problem.

[@pixpusha]

How do you think fresh fruits and veggies make it to your table everyday?

[@lisabatts7735]

Also, some of the people here legally have family members who aren't so we're likely to lose even more workers.

[@KristaErrickson]

Great comment

[@mcsquarish]

Frog, if you penalize either part of the problem, you still won't like the result : shortages and higher prices. The situation is compkex

[@francofrogg]

@mcsquarish Agree completely, but I would like to see at least a little pressure on the employers.

[@lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.7158]

I can’t wait to see the lines of citizens applying for those jobs.

[@ryuuguu01]

I assume that was a sarcastic remark.

[@lifeiswhatyoumakeofit.7158]

@ Seriously sarcastic, I really want to see everyone that is complaining about illegal workers to go and apply for those jobs.

[@maxmensah5877]

The job is too hard man. Come on !

[@kathrinekerns8398]

Haha. Very funny. I am 70. A white woman. We picked crops, right along with the Mexican people, when I was young. This is a job , not for the weak, and is necessary for our nation to survive. Why play politics with our food chain.

[@nugrohokun640]

Im not live in US and not a farmer either...if US govt send back all those mexican/latino farm worker back to their country...if they already work for years...some of them must be know how the farm/agri business operate...some of them must be know how to operate and maintenance the equipment...i wonder if they back to their countries and chinese companies visiting them with money and equipment to open farm/agri business in their own countries...what will happen to US agricultur business...we already know the chinese has money...tech...and huge market...

[@marklamora885]

When I was a kid, a friend said we could get jobs picking tomatoes for $2 a day (this was 1961) I laughed and said no. A bunch of my other friends joined him. Now, these kids weren't weak; they were athletes. They came home bent over and moaning. They got their $2 for the day and never went back. So yeah, getting Americans to do this work is not happening.

[@beewest5704]

When I was a kid we had this strawberry farm that would invite school kids to pick strawberries. We were told to race to see who could collect the most & the winner got free strawberries. If you did not win you would have to pay $60 to take your strawberries home. Of course none of us was crazy to buy $60 dollar strawberries. The moment I grew up & realised what was done to us I wondered where that child slave labor scammer farmer was.

[@NYchristofferflowers]

So you're saying a President, who was born with a $400 million dollar inheritance and never did actual manual labor in his entire life, doesn't understand working people? How could that be?? I've never seen him even ride a bike like Biden can. That's entitlement.

[@carmay3600]

People may have forgotten but this happened the first time trump was in office. The farmers offered Americans up to $16 hour and benefits to pick the food but they still quit because it was too hard and too hot. Millions of dollars worth of food just rotted on the ground. It got so bad that the farmers needed a government bailout. Many farmers lost their farms. And they voted for him again! 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@SobberMacSobberMac]

Exactly!! same thing in 1860 but the Union had to ruin it for us southern states,

[@babygirlbender-bl4rn]

Yeah I remember 😮

[@RobertBrian-h6c]

The state welfare benefits In USA are too high

[@myplaylist1ification]

Trump gave the farmers many billions of dollars last time due to the tariffs hurting their sales overseas. The farmers are welfare queens.

[@sassysls1851]

In searching for info on this topic, I found something saying that Trumps erratic trade policy and tariffs (1st term) resulted in agricultural exports to China declining from $23B to 15B. Farm bankruptcy filings rose 24% from 2018-2019. Mitigation payments went primarily to the largest farms, while small and medium farms were left to fend for themselves.

[@Blueskiesmohan]

Hire them legally, pay them better wages, let them live with dignity!

[@thesilkpainter]

Yep: And pay more for the produce. Happy clappy Americans.

[@shaneswiss]

The people at the top are too greedy to let that happen…

[@unseen8513]

Most of these workers would be happy not to have to worry they are going to be drag out of a field put on an airplane and sent to another country they're not from. Oh wait that all ready has happen this week, thank god these other countries have the brains to figure out where these people need to go. The best thing they are doing is telling the US they can't land these planes and send them back to the US.

[@1bwight]

Big companies want to keep all of us poor

[@pixpusha]

The country can't afford to.

[@MaxxKoggen]

"National security is more important than the cost of living," says a person who doesn't have to worry about the cost of living.

[@ElwynnForest]

this documentary not talking about how AMERICAN taxpayers are paying $3.3 BILLION DOLLARS per year for Illegal Immigrants' MEDI-CAL costs

[@margaritadesantiago1672]

If this keeps going ,you will get a reality check. As if any health care insurance in this god forsaken country pays any of the medical procedures😂

[@lisabatts7735]

Not sure how national security is served by possible mass starvation and higher food costs while the GOP plans on also taking away food stamps. Maybe the billionaires will find out they've pushed us too far. Plus, she's wrong. I'd like to see that Project 2025 lady go out and work in the fields all day.

[@lisabatts7735]

@ElwynnForest Trump just reversed a Biden order to lower the costs of prescription drugs and cap Medicare drug costs at $2,000 a year. He's really in our corner isn't he? Plus, the GOP in the house wants to gut the affordable care act and take away the mortgage tax credit. Guess we're expected to rent for life from the robber barons. More tax cuts for billionaires! Yay for rich people that will always have food no matter how much it costs.

[@LR1234-v4r]

@ElwynnForest You forgot the actual groceries, affordable housing, prices? Buddy, I really can´t wait February 1st, when the convicted felon, put tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

[@pattispady8734]

As a Canadian, I feel as though Americans have discarded their values and the rest of the world be damned. I won't be spending my money in America and i certainly dont think of them as neighbors anymore.

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

Don´t forget their values were: Not our world wars, we won´t help.

[@أفلاكالأفكار]

So Americans not taking advantage of indentured servitude for food production is a bad thing? Amazing how the globalist mind works

[@blairdanies8387]

Don't blame you one bit

[@hyui5096]

low wages are one story. But saying illegal immigration is the solution to low wages is a wacky argument. You can have immigrants to do these jobs without them being illegal.

[@duelenigma7732]

@@PROVOCATEURSK sitting on their thumbs 2 years after WW2 began . If there is no money there is no help . That is clear, especially with bone spires . Any day he will dump Ukraine .

[@mr.anderson3369]

Hey MAGA, heres those jobs you wanted.

[@stefanoparlatore7141]

Not MAGA nor American, and I think the way they’re deporting now is rough just for marketing reasons BUT saying that you need illegal immigration to have cheap stuff is not very different than justifying slavery. Do you need more immigration? Then relax the law and allow more regular immigration. Btw I hear the same thing here in Italy, where illegal immigrants works for sometimes ridiculously low wages. This sheet needs to stop.

[@shellysmith1037]

are all the leftist elites 'above' working at manual labor?

[@mi.san.thro.pe.]

Lets see how many MAGA kids will go pick strawberries. It's time for them to be real patriots and save agriculture!

[@IsuiGtz]

They should be taking those jobs instead of living for the maga rallies.

[@docbenway1082]

Imagine telling Abraham Lincoln "hey, Abe, here's the cotton field, get picking"...democrats still support slavery over 150 years later 😭

[@KevinBett-s8x]

Trump's talking about criminals has he looked in the mirror lately he's a big criminal 😅

[@ElviejoConfiable333]

Who will be more adversely affected, Colombian expatriates in the US or US citizens with investments in Colombia, if reciprocal measures are not implemented? The BRICS offer an attractive alternative and are eager to welcome Latin America alongside Colombia. It is in everyone's best interest to pursue a mutually beneficial relationship.

[@barnesjohn7657]

Not to mention most of his staff and his administration and his children

[@mariavalencia6502]

😂👏🏻👏🏻👍

[@KayColeman-g3r]

100%

[@edgarcardona193]

The commander in 🤡 doesn't own a mirror 😂

[@recklessgaming2369]

Im here legally and a naturalized citizen with a bachelor's degree and minor.. Im not going to work on the fields for chump change and no benefits. Thats why I have always valued and support these people that do such jobs.

[@SobberMacSobberMac]

SAME!!! My great great great grandfather said the same thing and even tried to fight the union over this. Unfortunately we lost the battle but not the war. THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN

[@kennethbiebighauser7984]

Obviously you have never been truly hungry

[@shellysmith1037]

"bachelor's degree and minor.. " and you really like your indentured servants. LOL, too funny the stuff people come right out and openly admit in public. Libs....what are doin'

[@sharonsparks900]

@@SobberMacSobberMacCrackpot.

[@richardminor5401]

Some people would NEED to work if the government quit supporting their lazy lifestyle with free stuff…. Yes I have compassion for the poor but have no compassion for the lazy….

[@geneh2972]

Go ahead MAGA. You say they stole your job. Here's your chance to get it back. What's keeping you from applying? The high pay and benefits? It's just like gardening. 🥴😳

[@dqdq4083]

This is just like saying "If we end slavery who will pick the cotton?"

[@MK98-n1k]

yup

[@saking91kingsley43]

​@@MK98-n1kexcept that these people aren't enslaved and are willing to do the jobs the rest of us don't want to do

[@Finnleigh.Jackson4141]

Not Laura Ries

[@AmericanRebel97]

The immigrants using a John Deere cotton harvester provided by a farmer who most likely voted for Trump

[@mujur9101]

The Uyghurs will. 😅

[@buckfan125]

If the only way poor people can afford strawberries is for even poorer people to pick them, then this is unsustainable and needed stopped a long time ago.

[@njonjokibera9587]

But also you got Americans that won’t do these agriculture jobs because of the low wages/salaries. They demand better pay, and these companies will not do it. All they care about its profits.

[@mau557]

This ag workers are not poor by their home country standards, so in a way they do have a better life in the US.

[@killerins1000]

@@buckfan125 then be prepared to pay double for your strawberries

[@actualcorvus]

this is the result of an unregulated capitalistic economy.

[@d3m0n54in7]

​@@actualcorvusabsolutely the opposite. This problem only exists because of government regulation. The natural order under capitalism would be that the farms are unable to find workers unless they increase salaries and adopt more efficient mechanization thus reducing the need for workers. Ultimately it causes the price of food to increase but with the obesity epidemic in the US, it becomes a solution that solves 2 problems at once.

[@A.D.D.O.C.D.T]

All the greedy owners want the cheap labour for max profit. Pathetic.

[@darkroom3116]

These are family owned farms who will go broke the second they are forced to pay legal labor wages. Why? Because the food corps you keep giving tax cuts to won't buy their yields at legal wage expenses. The only people who get hurt are workers, farmers and consumers. You guys really are just now finding out how this works.

[@optimusprime-fr4rc]

Democrats

[@jackhammer-]

@A.D.D.O.C.D.T Your all are just as guilty with them $200.00+ sweatshop sneakers you got on your feet... plus all the other stuff you use that's made there. If your not part of the solution, than your part of the problem.

[@killerins1000]

@@A.D.D.O.C.D.T that cheap labor is also the reason why food prices are the way they are now. Imagine replacing them with people with american wages? See how much your food costs

[@jm9371]

True. But now be prepared to pay 'American' prices for food.

[@user-digitalfarmgirl]

I am a woman & I do my own farm work too, she'd collapse carrying 37 lb water bucket in each hand & a 50 lb. sack of grain on her shoulders. Shes half my age too. Good luck lady, dont wanna crush your shoulderpads.

[@thewhitehousevietsubarchiv2625]

1861: But without them who will pick up the crops? 2025: But without them who will pick up the crops?

[@juze2412]

Trump: I will bring down the prices. Trump too: -Wants to do a ridiculously expensive operation to remove every illegal immigrant which the tax payers will have to pay. -This illegal immigrants keep a lot of industries alive and without them the industries will increase their prices and the cost of life will be even more expensive than it already is

[@jimgranite]

You don't seem to understand that life for freed slaves didn't change much until they started moving north to work in factories. Ever heard of Jim Crow?

[@toyokazusangonzales2678]

Maga worker will pick the crops 😂

[@jobhiojkp]

Angeli Gomez seems to do ok.

[@Evyeve6582]

@@toyokazusangonzales2678there is nothing wrong with honest labor. It is written: those that don’t work will not eat. 2 Thessalonians 3:10.

[@zzace1]

As an American who lives in Canada I have absolutely no sympathy for the farmers and ranchers in this situation because most of them voted for the Felon in Chief! Only 4 years to go!👹👹👹

[@luguy8347]

No trumps looking into a third term, if not forever. With voter suppression he won the election. He talked about not needing election anymore. He’s crushed America sensibilities.

[@davidhampshire7723]

We have the same situation in the UK after Brexit (when we voted to leave the EU) , many migrants who were working in the fields went home and now we have food rotting in the fields as no one wants to do the job.

[@thickson682]

Did the hourly rate change after to get citizens to do the job? Genuine question

[@Abuqital2000]

Thats the thing even with benefits and an increased salary the work is hard with long hours and no choice but to often work in the hottest seasons of the year. Goin' to a remote areas of the country away from daily comforts.@@thickson682

[@lisabatts7735]

Here's the other problem: farms tend to be out in the middle of nowhere. People don't live near enough to do the jobs anyway.

[@lagweezle]

@@lisabatts7735 A very good point. Even more so, with how ridiculously large a lot of the fields and farms are in the U.S. compared to the U.K.

[@toomanysecrets7121]

This never happened I’m from Lincolnshire the most rural county. They preferred foreign workers because they don’t have any rights, could make money from accommodation,food and transportation undermining the locals, also endless tensions.

[@bluesun2001]

Lora talks about a rule of law and yet serves a king who broke the law in multiple occasions. How does it feel going to church on sundays with this cognitive dissonance?

[@PaleRider54]

The Christian religions teach the congregation to blindly accept and not question. Critical thinking can't break through the dogma barriers.

[@joyandrews3804]

Why aren’t the producers indicted for breaking the law if they are hiring undocumented immigrants?

[@lisabatts7735]

That's what Canada does and so they don't have this problem. Now, they play a little game: the farmers use contract labor so they don't know who's here legally or not.

[@goaway7346]

That would fix it overnight. But they vote Republican.

[@MrSporkster]

Because they're in red states that turn a blind eye.

[@jg3605]

No, it would not fix it. There is hardly any room for higher production costs, which would result from higher wages. The big food company's dictate prices for goods, and the consumers want them, because they think u can make it cheaper and cheaper. If prices rise this food will be imported from those countries where those immigrants came from. In fact if this would allow people to have work for decent wages in their homecountries they would not have so many reasons to migrate. I mean at least it's a trick to stay competitive against countries where wages are low, to hire marginaly payed workers. In the medium term it will lower the wealth of parts of the us society.

[@irishphilly]

The impacts are harder to predict, but my sense of SECURITY knowing fields are owned + run adhering to Best Practices + according to LABOR LAW + HHS Homeland Security, etc. ROUNDUPS of farm owners + managers seems only fair and not invasive. REQUIRED BY US LAWS, Agents would find in perfect order, the documents legally required to maintain accurate records, provide safe conditions, legal wages paid--ALL the Things our Miss Manners, Heritage Fnd., m'Lady Rise, is so confident we'll find in perfect order--without reproach. It would be INSULTING to expect otherwise. Clearly. It would be PRUDENT to check Producers' homework in their hiring, labor, sanitation, compensation Best Practices according to Laws + Regs to Be Best!.

[@mrbuckmeister]

I think farm owners and companies should be forced to bring in workers legally. We want to pretend the workers are the problem. We're the problem. We need them to do the work and keep our food prices down. Their labor makes farmers and business owners a lot of money but we want to pretend they are bad people. We literally pay them to be here or they wouldn't come. Make it possible for them to come here with dignity.

[@killerins1000]

So you want to bring workers legally, which costs more but also keep food prices low. Have you done the maths ? Who's going to pay for the increase in cost? The business? Or will they pass it down to you and me?

[@crystalclear2819]

Thats why education is more important than

[@darkroom3116]

"bring in workers legally" < what does that even mean? LOL. Undocumented means farmers are not forced to pay legal labor wages....which is the only thing making your groceries affordable in the first place. Watch what happens when you pay legal wages.

[@MissClaudettes]

100%

[@MissClaudettes]

@@darkroom3116 So its better to exploit people so you can have cheap avocados? Do you hear what your saying???

[@1p4142136]

Immigration has always been a problem, ask any native of Americans Indian.

[@sativadiva2389]

Guess what? Reports are coming out that ICE had literally been asking Natives for their papers and then, after not being trained to identify real papers, have been detaining them anyways

[@apostate6849]

so dumb

[@akashsuresh1369]

So dumb? How

[@dawnyoung9231]

@@akashsuresh1369 he obviously didn’t do history in school. All people in this country, except for the Native American Indians, are immigrants

[@lalolegui756]

Yeah they know better then you and me, cause they lost their lands😂😂

[@carenwhitfield475]

MAGA voters, get on your boots and go do those jobs you wanted back!!!!!!

[@daralic2255]

It’s amazing how she admits the companies are illegal hiring undocumented foreign workers but avoid saying these companies should be charged. No she puts blame on the workers not the employers

[@PaleRider54]

Yep. Reagan started the practice of ignoring employers who break the law and it has continued to this day.

[@djayjp]

That Heritage Foundation lady literally didn't make one single substantive argument. Just vapid soundbites.

[@carterwgtx]

And people like that will be in charge of this issue - buckle up. Welcome to MAGA

[@freshface2991]

Anyone associated with the Heritage Foundation is insane to begin with.

[@crazyhawaiidrivers4310]

When was the last time any maga made a substantive argument?

[@Data2.0]

And then they call it “Mandate for Leadership”. What a belony 😂

[@SuperLeica1]

She and the entire HF are remainders of the Confederacy.

[@Megadebt]

"American sovereignty is more important than guacamoles" OK, I'll meet you out in the field.

[@ssuwandi3240]

Indeed, don't come or start packing up. The Mexican President will hug these tired souls in the merciless world.

[@PurpleGhost666]

​​@@ssuwandi3240 Let her, all those workers can make Mexico great 😂😂

[@fabamatic]

She admited food prices will go up

[@joeshmooo5327]

those are fighting words to us Guac lovers

[@tdestroyer4780]

@@fabamatic but other stuff goes down like crime. It's a trade off.

[@AquaberryShark]

....wait, wasn't the cost of guacamole the reason they voted for Trump?!?!

[@kevinburnham1362]

‘Who’s going to pick the cotton?’

[@iliaalekov2949]

AI!

[@never2late454]

John Deere combines.

[@BabyIshii]

Student who major in gender studies

[@TheLatinoRedneckCowboy]

Me if they pay me enough to afford a home and necessities oh and health benefits

[@f0xixtaiail2000]

Cotton pickers! Google Cotton pickers.

[@christiangomez4435]

Imagine crying about groceries prices but voting for policies that raise them 🤡

[@13mrservon]

Imagine crying about how America is racist because it was founded on slavery, then crying because we want to end modern day slavery 🐷

[@wotkosk]

@@13mrservon Yeah sure, you want to deport everyone because you want to stop slavery practices in the agricultural industry... sure buddy 😂

[@lobserve1]

No one ever said MAGA was smart.

[@brandonrico6223]

Its not slavery if they choose to be here, have you ever worked in Mexico?

[@williamshipley5361]

@@brandonrico6223 Have you?

[@PeacefulAlli28]

There's no way one MAGA can do the work of two immigrants and as fast. NO WAY!

[@dantepearl4186]

Don't have to, they own the land

[@felipenunez2058]

Most of them are fat and in wheel chairs their going to have to work. No more foods stamps and medicare. Insulin going back to full price.

[@sharonsparks900]

@@dantepearl4186Yeah, and now they’re sweating because their profit margins are diminishing overnight, and soon those grocery bills are going to rise even further. So I guess that’s winning in MAGA world.

[@lindaperry9238]

@@dantepearl4186But useless ownership if the crops rot in the fields or don’t even get planted.

[@adelefortin6913]

@@PeacefulAlli28 i don't think ten maga can do the work of one migrant immigrant.

[@exit8ext]

I don't know what Heritage Foundation does but that Lora lady gives off typical Karen vibe

[@camuor3645]

It's a Bill Gates thing which tries to justify a whole bunch of bad capitalism stuff. Also the thing which made project 2025

[@JulieFegley]

Do yourself a favor and look them up. AND read their Project 2025. It will be inserted into law in the next 80 days. Democracy is gone. The theocratic christofascist religious is taking control. Trump promised the Heritage Foundation he would put their plans into law. He is doing it now.

[@darkshadow1966]

Heritage Foundation is a so called think tank that come up with Project 2025, something that trump say he know nothing about but is fallowing as he don't have any idea of his own

[@bjakfalvy]

"it will open up more job opportunities for US citizens" - that's true, but those jobs will not be filled whatsoever because these jobs are simply not appealing for US citizens (not even for homeless people). So the jobs will be there, but it does not mean that US citizens will fill them up. That's a fact.

[@WNF]

They are defending sweatshop labour when they use that old line.

[@jaik195701]

In a Market economy, wages will rise to the level needed to bring labor. Yes strawberries will cost more

[@houseofhas9355]

Because the pay is impossible for an American to do. It's low wage. Why do that when you have the option to make more to pay your bills. The company needs to held to account for it.

[@lluchadden4040]

They have been saying this for years, so no one really knows if Americans would take these jobs or not. I bet they would.

[@bryjam]

Even if people wanted those jobs, unemployment is extremely low right now. We literally don't have enough people to replace those jobs without more immigration.

[@kn2549]

Oh the irony. I love how half of Americans were in denial about using foreign slave labor to make their lives better and the other half about to find out why they’re going to desperately need them again. Its going to be a long 4 years lol

[@itzYonko]

The same americans who are for DEI practices and have gender studies degrees

[@myfairkitty666]

@@itzYonko those aren't the same people screeching for mass deportation, genius

[@peterponcedeleon3368]

It’s not slave labor. Slave labor is forced labor. These people are willing and enthused to work hard to provide for their families. Why? Because it’s better than the alternative. You have a lot to learn about labor history.

[@1-seed-slot-pvz-YT]

They willingly came to the USA, it is not slavery.

[@electric6877]

@@peterponcedeleon3368to be fair, it is forced labor. Some of these people are intimidated by their bosses to not speak up. That’s another situation though. People come here because they’re desperate to escape problems our country create abroad. That’s the real thing they don’t people to realize, aside from how all labor under capitalism is essentially “forced labor”

[@Jeremiah88]

You cannot call that people broke the law, while at the same time, your President just pardoned hundreds of people doing the same thing on his first day in office. That's hypocritical.

[@Jeremiah88]

Also, no one wants working in a low paying jobs like Agriculture.

[@bleyb28]

So I'm assuming you're also upset about Biden pardoning his criminal, crackhead son... as well as Biden commuting the sentences of dozens of murderers and rapists?

[@courtneygroves732]

Seriously.

[@sjn7688]

Everyone can see it's hypocritical, its just his supporters don't care. They see him as a Messiah. Trump has said he could shoot a person and his supporters will still love him. Unfortunately it's very difficult to convince cult members they're in a cult. Reasonable logic does not enter the heads of these sycophants.

[@danielmota1095]

Hey hey people don't understand words like hypocritical .

[@patrici509]

Stand with the Immigrant because you yourselves were Immigrants. Stand with the disenfranchised. And the poor. Be kind. Why does this even have to be said?

[@emelyramirez2871]

💜

[@fernandoofficialrecords1630]

“Jobs Americans don’t want to do is insulting to Americans” if Americans wanted to do those jobs don’t you think they would have been doing them a long time ago?? Be so for real, Americans don’t want to do immigrant work it’s that simple.

[@KingDTX]

We don’t but a lot of it has to do with how low the wages are. Low wages due to an abundance of cheap illegal immigrants basically makes the job a no go. In the end most of us just want to be able to afford a decent life.

[@everythingshine3679]

Who wants to make minimum wage to pick strawberries? I dont see Americans lining up

[@lucrezioooo]

she had no logical reasoning behind any of her claims … 5:10 where is this information coming from??? are we able to sustain the millions of americans that are supposedly taking these positions over from migrant workers???

[@smokenojoke8182]

@@KingDTXyou want to people to pick strawberries…pay them a decent wage. Simple as that don’t be greedy.

[@KingDTX]

@@smokenojoke8182 you misunderstood me. I’m all about livable wages.

[@thor.mukbang]

The U.S. should not have to rely on slavery for its agriculture

[@JoseJimenez-wy9lp]

How is it slavery if they choose to work there

[@rickzane6433]

​@JoseJimenez-wy9lp their hands are tied cavallero.

[@peterponcedeleon3368]

It’s not slavery. Slavery is forced labor. These people are willing to take these jobs. Just like at the turn of the century, young children did work. Why? For survival.

[@anthonyespiricueta7493]

It’s not slavery it’s a win win , we pay them low wages which are high compared to Mexico and we get lower food cost for now just wait a few months we’ll be looking at 2 or 3 times the price

[@gamelauncher9821]

It’s not a surprise the country is built on free labor for centuries and still continues.

[@kaikenjr]

These fools voted for trump

[@frankenstone804]

[@hyui5096]

low wages are one story. But saying illegal immigration is the solution to low wages is a wacky argument. You can have immigrants to do these jobs without them being illegal.

[@chuco9xv]

"It will open up more job opportunities for US citizens"...😂🤣😂🤣

[@VanGoWanderlust]

This is what you all voted for.

[@pixpusha]

Nobody voted for this. Did you count the votes yourself?

[@honeyhoney1529]

Only 30% voted for Trump. The rest voted for Kamala and even more people did not vote at all.

[@ddivincenzo1194]

I didn't vote for Chump.

[@Good1-B]

The Reps threw out millions of votes. Time will tell

[@youngThug26]

Trump voters now go pick vegetables on them fields

[@MILENEO3]

Agricultural workers resign and let Trump pick up all the vegetables and fruits, just to see how much last in power when there will be no food left on the tables of the USA citizens.

[@steven4315]

If you can't get legal workers, raise your pay.

[@hanshansen3885]

And food prices will increase...

[@undifinder6643]

And because of their higher pay, you will have to pay harder for food.

[@joakos1122]

You could pay $20 an hour and Americans still won’t last in those jobs not to mention food will be extremely expensive

[@jamesharris40001]

Prices will come down with energy

[@jamesharris40001]

Just small farmers most food is picked with heavy bug sophisticated machines

[@toddsmith4280]

The company owners should be fined or jailed too.

[@owenries4351]

This lady is way to comfortable saying "illigal aliens" catches me off guard every time

[@Anon-ge1qp]

Even "the left," she's obviously making it political when this issue is also a humane issue. Companies don't want to raise wages and studies showed Americans don't like working in Agriculture.

[@JoyTothesummer]

Good! Stay off guard fool 😂 🤣

[@rickymccarty594]

She isn't wrong. You can attempt to change vocabulary for feelings, but it has been the term for a very long time before you decided to climb your own morale high ground.

[@Yeneney]

still waiting for her to say "I'm an englishman in new york"

[@owenries4351]

@ bruh 😂

[@Tijjain]

"National security and sovereignty is more important than the price of guacamole" . . . . Yet so so may people thought the price of eggs were reason enough to vote for this administration. Christ this country is idiotic

[@FelixFederov-u4y]

Says the person who voted for open borders

[@oliviaw.2842]

It's so stupid how she talks about avocados (liberal coded "avocado toast") as if basics like lettuce, strawberries, beans, meat, etc won't go up??

[@goaway7346]

Just wait until the price of beer goes up.

[@tennismaster007]

@@goaway7346that’s a great comment. Imagine Modelo, Victoria , Corona and the other imported beers prices going up. All the idiots that voted for this menace are going to blame President Obama and Biden

[@SherryStaggs-nb1xx]

@@goaway7346HaHa good one

[@jcardenas48292]

I don't understand the logic here. So illegal workers hired by companies are bitching about not have enough workers or rather not wanting to hire LEGAL workers because they will have to pay more?

[@lancenorton1117]

Okay, more logic for you. Biden inflation was crazy high but Donald Trump will get rid of it. Then illegals are deported and that causes the number of farm workers to decrease so pay increases and prices go up even faster.

[@EnriqueRivera-e6q]

Legal workers won’t work under those conditions even if it was 60$ and hour Americans don’t want to be smelling cows for12 hours nor back breaking strawberry picking work under the hot California sun lol

[@wellthatgotweird]

Bingo

[@kimjunguny]

just dont expect lower grocery prices

[@RunaroundAtNight]

Basically, if not then your food prices will increase among other things, then more of our food will be outsourced to Mexico, etc. so we can have cheaper food, unless, which we do already, the Fed. Government subsides the farmers even more. Which means our taxes or debt will go up. Probably our debt.

[@ohseeus5406]

There are many documentaries about white american refusing to work agriculture evening with high wages.

[@xandercruz900]

So? Doesn't mean that you dont enforce immigration laws.

[@mrd3017]

Lora has never worked in farm in her entire life😂

[@uromvictor]

Niether have you.

[@cule189911]

Who spend more time on a field Lora or trump?

[@noizz4]

@@uromvictor how did you know? just a wild guess?

[@DanielBergerHewitt]

@@uromvictorexactly nobody wants to work there.

[@vivr670]

And it shows. America is so in denial that Americans, especially younger ones don't want to do these jobs yet vilify those who are willing to do it. They're either unfit for the job or prefer jobs requiring lesser physical intensity but higher pay.

[@darkgalaxy5548]

Oh no, farmers might have to start paying agricultural workers a living wage.

[@xMorningShadowx]

Yes but here we have the consumers at the stores complaining on the high food prices.

[@jorgge5693]

@@darkgalaxy5548 Apples are already $1.50 a pound, how much will they be soon. Lol

[@iomar2403]

Yes and we the consumers might have to prepare for increase in the prices soon.

[@peterponcedeleon3368]

Unless you actually run your own business, your ignorant to business. You must study business, more specifically steady competition, and the economic term demand destruction.

[@Finnleigh.Jackson4141]

@@xMorningShadowx right, famers and company passes any increased prices onto the grocery shopper

[@Dr.Dawson]

Lora is very uninformed on this topic. I live in a rural farming tree fruit area and without those workers this entire areas farms would fail. It use to be locals 30 years ago but wages in the sector are too low for the physical nature of the jobs and as such nobody local wants those jobs. Fact. This isn’t going to end well.

[@user-km2bz8iy5o]

That just means the equilibrium price of wages will go up, so the consumer price will go up. And we will see if there's any consumer demand at that new price. Either way if we want that low cost labor we should confront and debate it and legalize it.

[@kc-wk1kz]

But are you sure that perfectly legal, law-abiding migrant workers are being targeted for deportation? i don't think so.

[@lluchadden4040]

Let them come in with work visas. End of problem.

[@XanderVJ]

@lluchadden4040 Then they will move the needle and push for those visas to be abolished so they aren't legal anymore. If you don't believe me, look for right wing coverage of the controversy about the H1B visa, from a few weeks ago. There were tons, and I mean TONS of people demanding that visa to be abolished so they could kick out those high skill workers out of the country. 99% of people who complain about illegal immigration are lying through their teeth. They oppose ALL immigration. Period. Once illegal immigrants are gone, they will just change laws to turn legal immigrants illegal. It already started with the Birthright law. If you think they will stop there, you are naive.

[@raptorhacker599]

Legal process is not designed to bring in these workers. ​@@kc-wk1kz

[@Hampsterfu]

Get ready for a 30 dollar bag of oranges.

[@ElwynnForest]

this documentary is not talking about how AMERICAN taxpayers are paying $3.3 BILLION DOLLARS per year for Illegal Immigrants' MEDI-CAL costs. Whatever savings from fruit and vegetables is being offset by the fact AMericans have to pay for their healthcare costs. And that's the cost just in California ($3.3 billion / year).

[@pixpusha]

@ElwynnForest Try googling how much the economy gets from "illegal" migrants. Then come back here and report. I'll wait.

[@lagweezle]

@ElwynnForest The illegal immigrants pay taxes. They pay very low taxes, because they earn very little. If we paid them better, they'd put more back into the system.

[@1diagram]

@ElwynnForest you can keep cutting and pasting this 500 times and it still doesn’t make it true.

[@homegrump]

i live in a European country. Our oranges come from our farmers who do not use illegal cheap labor. We can still afford oranges. This should be the default in every country, not slave labor.

[@Chris-m8b8d]

It's not the work that's the problem it's because they can pay them little to nothing . Nothing close to a living wage that's why they rather hire immigrants than citizens

[@mc6372]

obviously it's a living wage if they are not dying of mass starvation in droves they just aren't spoiled coming from 2nd3rd world countries that actually don't have living wages hence the immigration

[@djlucero123]

like I told a coworker. you're not going to see a white guy named Bryce or Tanner working fields being paid by the pound of strawberries picked

[@DanielBergerHewitt]

Fair point.

[@theholodomorisnttaughtinam2796]

Cue also as to why the H1B (mostly used by Indian “engineers”) needs to be cancelled completely.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

What is a living wage? If we take that term seriously, anyone who is not dead from the wage, is truly getting a living wage. So I don't know of anyone getting a wage that isn't keeping them alive. That means they are getting living wages.

[@naf2579]

Oh you can get Americans to pick strawberries for unreasonable wages for an unskilled job and unions for $25hr + benefits + paid vacation. But no one will buy said strawberries as they would be too expensive.

[@maddyrox89]

so lets have the government subsidize farming industries!

[@naf2579]

@maddyrox89 but that will require more tax dollars

[@SobberMacSobberMac]

Are you interested in joining our "the south will rise again movement", you make some very good points that align with our vision.

[@NickDeShane]

​@@maddyrox89They already do.

[@ElwynnForest]

this documentary is not talking about how AMERICAN taxpayers are paying $3.3 BILLION DOLLARS per year for Illegal Immigrants' MEDI-CAL costs. Whatever savings from fruit and vegetables is being offset by the fact AMericans have to pay for their healthcare costs. And that's the cost just in California ($3.3 billion / year).

[@hazeljohnson6912]

If people want to eat then, work for it.

[@jeremyknight1927]

"We need to keep immigrant labor coming by whatever means necessary because we're unwilling to pay Americans livable wages"

[@peterponcedeleon3368]

Not unwilling, but unable. It’s not that you’re not making enough dollars, it’s that your dollars don’t buy much. Giving people more dollars is not the solution. Getting the government out of the way and shrinking the government would be a great start, which would allow more products to come to market, more cheaply, allowing you to buy more with the scarce dollars you currently have.This is basic Austrian economics. I suggest you study it.

[@jeremyknight1927]

@@peterponcedeleon3368 braindead take. In typical late stage capitalism take trying to defend not paying workers livable wages. You take government out of the way which is used to represent the people so the corporations can exploit people further. This “unable” take is a pure lie when grocery chains “which make up most of our agriculture industry” are making money hand over fist. Basic common sense. I suggest you study it.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

We have a guest worker program that pays agricultural companies to hire migrants. The migrants make higher than the uneducated citizens. About $20 per hour. The migrants have more human rights than citizens. The migrants are delivered to the corporations. They take away citizens jobs. I retiree at con agra and I'm a US citizen. I know what's REALLY going on. They aren't getting rid of the guest worker program. It's just news propaganda. The busses still roll in to take citizens jobs

[@brau1161]

And then you will cry about spending $15 for a pack of strawberries.

[@jurrac8505]

@@brau1161 id rather cru about food cost than cry about exploiting migrants struggling to survive because muhhh profits

[@qwerasdliop2810]

I love this, corporate america can't decide whether they want slavery more or ethnic purity. Incredible stuff. Bravo!

[@garrettmay7165]

It is completely asinine to me that the idea that immigrants a.k.a. the poorest of poor are the reason for the poor being poor please make this statement makes sense. You’re not poor because of another poor person you’re poor because of the greedy taking more than their fair share end of story.

[@reggie8370]

They should make these jobs american. They're going to hate it. Lettuce is about to be $80

[@jurrac8505]

good then people will realise the actual cost of ethically produced products that don't exploit migrants and realise they need to be getting payed more at their job if food a necessity is too expensive people will have no choice but to lobby for better wages it helps everyone the only way we lose is if we keep letting mega corps exploit migrants and us.

[@alanrobinson2559]

Brexit and the loss of foreign farm workers has devastated farming in the UK

[@wellthatgotweird]

That is America's fate. A little bit of UK little bit of Italy.

[@frcluc]

You can't compare the removal of illegal foreign labour in the US to Brexit. The US is not also telling Mexico (1) let's annul our free trade agreement (NAFTA/USMC) (2) get rid of all our properties in Mexico (3) more checks at our borders. Morrover, the US has a diverse economy of both manufacturing and services whereas the UK solely focused on finance which is capital that was easily transferred out. Brexit is immensely worse. Brexit is the biggest self sabotage by a nation in human history.

[@wellthatgotweird]

@frcluc Just you wait. I think merikka will beat UK in sky high grocery prices, electronic prices, and more homelessness. But you do you.

[@frcluc]

@@wellthatgotweird economically comparing the US with any individual European country is insane. Especially a catastrophe and lack of everything like the UK. The US will suffer some consequences from these changes but nothing like what Brexit did to the UK.

[@wellthatgotweird]

@frcluc have you lived anywhere else? Do you have a business or friends that live in the UK, France, or Germany. If NOT have several sets

[@wafflewhale9354]

Not gonna lie, calling another human and ALIEN IS WILD.

[@singularitystudios4502]

Its America for u, they be saying the strangest things

[@wafflewhale9354]

@singularitystudios4502 bingo

[@jgdooley2003]

An Alien is a term in international law which simply means foreigner in laymans terms. Lien is the french word for "place" and the prefix "a" came from the greek, similar to the latin prefix "non" which negates the root word "lien". Therefore an alien is simply a person not of a place, a foreigner or outlander. This recent episode is not the first time that the US has had a widespread movement of hatred against recent immigrants to her shores. In the 1840's a political movement called the Know Nothing party was formed to fight against large scale Irish immigration and had a virulent anti Irish and anti Catholic slant. Similar venom was vented against Italians in the 1900's and Eastern Europeans and especially Poles in the 1920's onwards. Postwar saw anti immigrant emotions turned against Spanish speaking immigrants from Cuba, Puerto Rico and Mexico and more recently against people from West Asia and South Asia. This part of American History is by no means new but what is tragic is that often the more established emigrant groups sometimes ganged up on more recent immigrant groups. Such rivalry and hostility existed between Irish and Italians in the 1920's.

[@wafflewhale9354]

@@jgdooley2003 nerd, not that deep brother

[@ronj7658]

​@singularitystudios4502more like stranger things 😂

[@shackcat8265]

You do not have to import food, you just need to pay work workers a living wage.

[@JoseJimenez-wy9lp]

Then yall would complain about egg prices

[@yeetman1439]

@@JoseJimenez-wy9lplol these people don’t understand how the market works

[@peterponcedeleon3368]

You’re simplicity exposes your ignorance. You know little about market competition and demand destruction. Unfortunately most Americans know very little about history or basic economics, which is why we are in our downward slope to being a third role nation.

[@abel3557]

@@peterponcedeleon3368 There's a simple fix. Allocate wasted taxes to smaller agriculture companies so that they can gain access to the initially expensive equipment such as tractors, allowing them to farm far more crops. Prices are only high because of company greed, not cheap labor. There are PLENTY of farmers who would be joyful to profit 80-100k a year. By expanding the amount of farms there are in the United States, it will considerably increase crop yield and overall expense

[@perpetual-learning]

Wont matter, I sell robots to replace human labor and they have a ton of technology in the agriculture industry - just a matter of time before these companies start to implement said technology - I am not worried. They need to stay in their own country and work on their own laws and regulation to live and have a decent life - NO ONE CARES ANYMORE FOR THESE PEOPLE!

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

Food is going to be sky high.

[@Papa_Skittles]

Im genuinely impressed with the continuous loss of our humanity. People are people.

[@Ben-kc7to]

Deport.

[@videostoragechannel]

I REALLY AM more worried about the avocados going up in price than security. I've never felt scared an illegal person. They're fine.

[@kevinthegreat8796]

So basically The US telling immigrants/hispanics: we don’t want ya’ll but we need ya’ll

[@Jose-og909]

Illegal* important detail

[@skateywatey]

MAGA, be real. you didn’t want lower prices. You felt threatened by people who looked different than you and you were selfish and racist. 😭😭👏

[@Maikitoflow]

Grocery costs are about to rise

[@donttalkcrap]

Doh! You’re simplicity exposes your ignorance.

[@Djturnt]

Already has

[@Teresa-pv9zq]

These are his cronies and that's exactly what he wants.

[@ernestorevollar3632]

I think there will be a huge chaos in the agriculture industry if Trump stubbornly deports illegal workers. Americans would be sorry if that played out.

[@DiazBones77]

well they can come here again, "LEGALLY"

[@ernestorevollar3632]

@DiazBones77 I don't think they would want to enter the US again if removed.

[@singularitystudios4502]

@@DiazBones77 Ohh yeh and pay ur ridiculous amounts of money to get a Visa, Americans are gonna go poor bc of this

[@dantepearl4186]

We have H-2A visas. Get one.

[@ernestorevollar3632]

@@dantepearl4186 It's not worth it.

[@kevinpoole4323]

Blondie You get out there And Pick Crops in 100 Degrees Your Not to Smart,

[@michaelashley2855]

You’re

[@Just...Peachy]

Too

[@antilla12]

Don`t forget the roofers working for $14.00 P/H.

[@nickgomez6272]

lol remember the argument was " whos gunna clean your toilets?"

[@ccxcrazy]

How isnt healthcare a leading election issue while this is

[@michaelayeni177]

Right!? I dont care who farms what. I just want to have a free and healthy life.

[@Quaquadaqu]

@@michaelayeni177nothing is free except the grace of god

[@singularitystudios4502]

@@Quaquadaqu ahem Free healthcare and Education in almost every other country

[@cheechenc7260]

there is NO WAY YOU ARE INTERVIEWING THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

[@PaleRider54]

"There are plenty of people who would be willing to come here lawfully and do the work." Except that it takes YEARS to make it through the process, and with Elon at the helm of DOGE, it will likely begin taking longer and longer due to budget cuts to agencies tasked with the process resulting in fewer personnel to get it done, especially due to loyalty screening.

[@SkepticalChris]

Supply vs demand Abundance of laborers + abundance of crops = low prices high supply Shortage of laborers + abundance of crops = shortage of products and higher prices.

[@ElwynnForest]

this documentary is not talking about how AMERICAN taxpayers are paying $3.3 BILLION DOLLARS per year for Illegal Immigrants' MEDI-CAL costs. Whatever savings from fruit and vegetables is being offset by the fact AMericans have to pay for their healthcare costs. And that's the cost just in California ($3.3 billion / year).

[@BAD5RO]

AI will replace high-paying jobs, and Americans will go back to working in construction and agriculture, just like the old great days.

[@alejandradeluna9001]

Americans should be more afraid of legal immigration H1b visa holders are coming and taking their tech jobs-the jobs Americans actually do.

[@jimgranite]

True, but mostly in tech.

[@MAGAplugs]

Who knew mass deportations came with hidden costs? It's like buying a ticket to deportation and finding out there's a baggage fee.

[@Andykibe254]

Why are we having a debate between legally and illegally?

[@codybrown9401]

Because Democrats want a new voter base

[@ElvinAquino-v9j]

because half of the u.s say yes and half of the u.s says no (so there's your debate). i can understand the legal and illegal, but there is more to the story, if you know then you know. i can understand both parties, at the end of the day we can't satisfy everyone. there has to be a problem somewhere.

[@adampullen3786]

man kids are getting iPads too young these days...

[@SobberMacSobberMac]

Because there are laws.....

[@pixpusha]

@@ElvinAquino-v9j American's don't want to know how the sausage is made. Otherwise, they'd sit down and act right. Who do they think is serving in the military? 🤣😂😅

[@freespiritable]

If karma exists, US will fall in such way that it will teach the elites that were with him to be a bit more humble.

[@Lovelife1456]

lol wil never fall lol 😂

[@perpetual-learning]

Wont matter, I sell robots to replace human labor and they have a ton of technology in the agriculture industry - just a matter of time before these companies start to implement said technology - I am not worried. They need to stay in their own country and work on their own laws and regulation to live and have a decent life - NO ONE CARES ANYMORE FOR THESE PEOPLE!

[@selinapersaud7629]

Yes, but if we’re using the system of Karma properly, that could take decades.

[@N0th1ngbuttheTRUTH]

@@Lovelife1456let’s see , just tell us here in Europe if ever you need food okay? But we’ll be charging a big 💴💰💵💲 don’t expect food to be cheap……

[@SobberMacSobberMac]

Youre getting deported boo woo

[@Eddie-le5ei]

Proud Boys will pick Cotton

[@JS-iu3ni]

This is a human tragedy. I feel so sorry, and disgusted by America right now.

[@OM-wb3zi]

Good luck with your little farms gringos 😂😂😂

[@xavierm4866]

A scarce workforce in the agriculture space will likely push prices up! Get ready to pay more, gordos!

[@dalxiischannelvlogs14]

They are not aliens 👽 they are humans like you We have to be careful what we are saying to others

[@a.jmeman6240]

i know this isn’t related to the video, but i kept seeing people talk about the book Vibrations of Manifestation by Alex Lane in the comments of so many videos. at first, i thought it was just hype, but i gave in and read it. honestly, it’s been a game-changer. it’s not just about “thinking positive”-it really breaks down how to align your energy with what you want in a way that feels real. seeing little shifts in my own life now, i can see why so many people swear by it.

[@CandleWisp]

Lol, it's just bargain bin mental health tips wrapped up in pseudo spiritualism. Good that it helped you, but it ain't nothing special.

[@grannytrez]

I guess that if you really studied your history, what Reagan did this he had to revoke it because nobody would work at the fields nobody would work with the cows. Americans don’t want to do that kind of work and so in the end, he had to let them come back, the time what happened to your prom that you were going to bring the cost of food down you’re just increasing it higher and higher and higher

[@NgocTran-cf2wp]

Most Americans don’t want to do cleaning, farming, dishes, restaurants, constructions etc. … We let our infrastructures crumbled, paying rediclous price for union labor staring at jobs rather than working. The US needs to hand out more work visas for productive migrants to fill these hard jobs. Or, get ready to pay $25 a burger, $20 for strawberries…etc. How about stopping rich foreigners from buying up affordable housings in the US! That would help normal Americans. Let migrants sign up for work visa to fix roads and build more public transit? They can legally pay tax too!

[@goaway7346]

They ALL pay tax, not just the legal ones.

[@jurrac8505]

evidence? people do jobs that are WAAAY more disgusting dangerous and difficult than all of those combined like sanitation workers sewer scuba divers oil rig workers etc and whats the common trend in those jobs? they are heavily unionized they lobby for better wages and benefits and have some of the better income compared to other workers. why shouldnt we have this for all jobs?

[@Kris-v7g]

He just cancelled Medicaid, housing assistance, and school lunches, in all 50 states, so he can use that money to pay for it

[@spellsnare]

or just fill he pocket remember trump did fill 7 bankruptcy

[@ThePinkPantha21]

Ive lived in countries where most of the food is imported and its still cheaper than buying American food.

[@gregstephens2339]

Put the Heritage foundations children out there picking lettuce!

[@johnoa1146]

There iis a dirty side to the idea of using immigrants, illegal immigrants for farm labour at a low wage. I am Canadian, we have a similar program. Canada would bring in "temporary foreign workers" to do agricultural work, pay them a lower wage, then send them back home. There is a plus and minus to this. Canadian jobs are lost to Canadians, plus the whole thing reeks of a racial slavery scenario. Under Justin Trudeau it seems to have expanded. Coffee shops like Tim Horton's and banks like the TD Bank seem to have a disproportionate, by a large degree of Indian born workers. I do not drink Tim Horton coffee any more, and I will remove my money from TD Bank.

[@victorfromheart]

But guys tell me, is it really THAT hard as a US citizen to claim one of those highly competitive FARM JOBS?

[@hanshansen3885]

Do you want pick strawberries all day long for $7 an hour with no benefits?

[@victorfromheart]

@@hanshansen3885 Thats exactly my point.

[@lionliger_6555]

@@hanshansen3885Agricultural workers don’t get paid by the hour, they get paid by the amounts of fields they complete, it’s insane

[@hanshansen3885]

@@victorfromheart Ok 👍

[@hanshansen3885]

@@lionliger_6555 I didnt know that but thx for info.

[@mariovasquez9533]

Nobody is illegal on stolen land

[@HiThereHeyThere]

Conquered land. Just like everywhere else on earth