“We’re looking at doing something where in the case of good, reputable farmers, they can take responsibility for the people that they hire, and let them have responsibility, because we can’t put the farms out of business, and at the same time, we don’t want to hurt people that aren’t criminals,” Trump told reporters.
Sounds a lot like slavery to me
Yep. Keep them as slaves. Or very close to it. It’s so obvious. Due to everything that’s happening the immigrants will be in fear and desperation. They’ll work for below minimum wage in horrid conditions and be too afraid to do anything about it.
I mean, I only worked one season with migrant laborers, so you may have more experience…
But a lot just aren’t gonna come here this season. They don’t need us, at least not as much as we need them. If anything I’d expect all this shit to drive up their wages.
Quick edit:
There’s a misconception farm work is “unskilled”, it’s not. So the vets stay out and we get less experienced workers who do the job slower, and for a higher hourly to deal with the risk and uncertainty.
So both per hour wages and amount of hours needed are gonna go up.
Shits still going to become substantially more expensive.
That was my 1st thought. “Let the owners take responsibility for them” sounds an awful lot like indentured servitude. If at any point, their boss could decide to simply rescind that protection and have them deported, then they’re basically trapped.
I want people to realize the outsized amount of leverage that farmers will have on their employees. Employers will literally be able to say that they’ll do what they’re told and take whatever they’re given or the employer can just drop a dime to ICE and have them deported without being able to settle their affairs or contact their families.
That is entirely the point
The status quo will be a radical departure, indeed.
I’m low key waiting for some republican chucklefuck from arkansas or some shit to propose reintroducing the three fifths compromise for immigrants.
Why not go all the way and bring back pure slavery?
I think it’s a nonzero, albeit extremely small, possibility at this point
Anybody who still believes any of the words coming out of his mouth is a lost cause.
You can believe these specific words of his. For all intents and purposes, with these measures the Big Orange ended up legalizing slavery after removing the few rights these workers had. Now farmers can do whatever they want with them. If they try to complain to the authorities, they will be sent to Guantanamo or El Salvador, so they will remain silent and obedient even when they experience abuse.
Slavery by any other name.
This is a fantastic idea. The brilliance of the 47th president strikes again. Give them work permits, ensure they are paid a fair wage and the labour standards are adhered to, and it will guarantee that they become hardworking honest taxpayers who contribute to the American economy.
Wait, that is the plan… right?
Right…?
They should just grant all farms/businesses the ability to place premium processing for an i-140 for all of their workers who don’t currently have citizenship under category EB-3 for free. Halt deportations and spend the money on professing those requests for 90 days. Then re-evaluate how much money that saved them, how much money it makes the country in taxes, and maybee realize they should have been encouraging all companies to sponsor their employees before this, and re-evaluate what they count as qualified. A not priority i-140 is standardly is $715 and takes like 8 months.
They could tell employees, if you need a sponsor we will pay you $1 less an hour for 8 months and pay the cost for you, and once the 8 months are up you will get a $1 raise. The company would actually make money doing so.
Step one: target field workers
Step two: incarcerate them
Step three: punish them with field work, but as prisoners
Chain gangs!
Yummmm! TACO immigration everyone
let them eat taco
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all I can do is shake my head every single fucking day with this guy
