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Many started out legal but their Visa expired. Others are seeking asylum, which if your country isn't in the descent into fascist bigotry, is a positive thing. Some are straight up hired; if you eat pork in the US, there's a good chance an undocumented worker helped get it to you. Others just walk across the border.
Comment by bubbabearzle at 24/01/2025 at 19:14 UTC
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Pork, chicken, produce, etc.
If people think food is expensive now, just wait until trump deported the people who were exploited to get that food ready for sale.
Prices will either go up because of a lack of supply (if not enough people work on farms or packing plants a lot will go to waste, and scarcity drives up cost); or prices will go up because companies will have to hire legal employees and will have to pay them a fair wage.
Comment by Chagrinnish at 24/01/2025 at 19:53 UTC
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Note that when you make an asylum plea that you're usually released within the country while you await your hearing. This is Federal policy, and something that the Dems tried to change (to stop it) last year.