As parades and other events celebrating the contributions of workers in the U.S. are being held for the Labor Day holiday, experts say President Donald Trump’s stepped-up immigration policies are impacting the nation’s labor force.
To be fair, being economically dependent on artificially depressed wages enabled by exploiting the desperation of immigrants was always a house of cards.
Now we’ll see how much Joe Strawberry needs to get out in the fields.
1.2 million real Americans can now get to work picking vegetables, fruits, food services, landscaping. 🫡
“Noooo! Trump was supposed to bring factories back to the US so I could own one, not work in one!” - Trump voter
To be fair, being economically dependent on artificially depressed wages enabled by exploiting the desperation of immigrants was always a house of cards.
Now we’ll see how much Joe Strawberry needs to get out in the fields.
But exploitation has worked flawlessly for hundreds of years! I can’t think of a single powerful group that doesn’t swear by it!
“Now we got rid of the immigrants, we can have our slaves back!”
Too late, farms have closed.
Does that really bother you? I’d take the job, but I have 5 million Indians doing that already in Canada.