Incoming “border czar” Tom Homan said Monday that President-elect Trump’s administration will crank up workplace raids as part of its broader immigration crackdown. Speaking on “F…
How about farm workers … I’m up in Canada and I know because I’ve seen entire farm communities in southern Ontario base their entire business on immigrant labor that was either legal, illegal and everything in between. Around Norfolk (a region southwest of Toronto), entire towns are filled with Mexican, Haitian, Dominican and more recently, African workers as labor for the planting, management and harvest.
We all have cheap vegetables in North America because of cheap immigrant labor that our governments allow into the country to work (for little to no money) but not to stay.
I hope you’re happy with all those campaign contributions, corporate America. Especially those of you in the restaurant industry.
Restaurant, agriculture, construction, landscaping, etc. I’m assuming it’ll be any of
Probably all 3 though, in that order.
How about farm workers … I’m up in Canada and I know because I’ve seen entire farm communities in southern Ontario base their entire business on immigrant labor that was either legal, illegal and everything in between. Around Norfolk (a region southwest of Toronto), entire towns are filled with Mexican, Haitian, Dominican and more recently, African workers as labor for the planting, management and harvest.
We all have cheap vegetables in North America because of cheap immigrant labor that our governments allow into the country to work (for little to no money) but not to stay.
Farm workers will definitely be another one. And farms are massive corporate businesses now overall. The age of the small farmer is mostly over.
This actually happened in Georgia a few years ago when they got more draconian on undocumented immigrants. Crops were withering in the fields.
They’re only going to raid employers that didn’t contribute to the campaign. It’s extortion.
Mistakes will be made and overzealous enforcers will be hired. This is going to blow up in their corporate faces.
Sure, probably. But that’s what happens when you elect leopards and have faces.
We’ll know if we hear any Big Ag name being raided.