Comment by eidetic on 24/01/2025 at 23:39 UTC

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View submission: What are the reasons millions of undocumented immigrants were allowed in the US? I don't recall ever hearing the most obvious reasons by politicians.

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Yep. A reminder for those who forgot:

The democrats caved in to basically every demand the republicans had for the border bill. The republicans then refused to pass it because, *in their own words*, they didn't want to give the democrats a win. And of course, they wouldn't be able to continue running on this bogeyman campaign issue either.

Oddly enough, the industries that are extremely dependent upon cheap immigrant labor also tend to vote predominantly republican...

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Comment by huto at 25/01/2025 at 04:35 UTC

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Oddly enough, the industries that are extremely dependent upon cheap immigrant labor also tend to vote predominantly republican...

See: any of "the trades" (hvac, electricians, etc).

Source: insulator with a lot of republican coworkers. I don't think they realize how much we rely on Hispanics and Latinos for roofing, drywall, framing, or whatever else even up here in north central MN, but they definitely will if the deportations happen and our business dries the fuck up.