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mn9driver

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40. It's not just the threat of deportation this time around.

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:29 PM

Dec 2024

It’s the idea of arrest and being shipped off to a camp. Also, the likelihood of being separated from children. I imagine a lot of people are getting out due to an abundance of caution, before they find out the hard way that it’s happening for real.

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Trump impact in my rural area. Local meat producer loses key staff ahead of Trump reign. [View all] jmbar2 Dec 2024 OP

Thanks for this report, j -- I'm picturing the water in a glass trembling a bit as a monstrously huge T Rex Leghorn21 Dec 2024 #1

It fills me with sadness to think of what those kids are going through. jmbar2 Dec 2024 #2

J, I'll never forget a moment in Oct 2016 after I had watched a little Latina schoolgirl in Oakland? SF? on tv, Leghorn21 Dec 2024 #5

Yes Doodles Dec 2024 #6

Yea this made it back on my playlist yet again. Sin Dec 2024 #22

wow - very powerful jmbar2 Dec 2024 #32

It is only Starting and will get worse in America Oneear Dec 2024 #3

So true - we are really screwing up. jmbar2 Dec 2024 #4

Our birth rate is falling Random Boomer Dec 2024 #23

I wish them well when they leave... Trueblue Texan Dec 2024 #29

Republicans assume that we have millions of people in welfare who can be forced to take those jobs. Lonestarblue Dec 2024 #35

That's probably about right. And while they are trying to socially engineer, they will tube the economy for many dutch777 Dec 2024 #53

I have no doubt there are effects Kali Dec 2024 #7

I used to live in Texas, where it was definitely the case jmbar2 Dec 2024 #8

it is certainly possible they will wait and see what the asshole Kali Dec 2024 #12

This is exactly what Trump and his supporters want oldmanlynn Dec 2024 #13

No, they don't Nigrum Cattus Dec 2024 #10

delusional? Kali Dec 2024 #11

And you are being personally insulting. Stop it. nt Trueblue Texan Dec 2024 #30

Is there a civil way to make your point? Welcome to DU. mahina Dec 2024 #48

Going home Cirsium Dec 2024 #18

Good info - thanks for sharing it. jmbar2 Dec 2024 #20

5 months LittleGirl Dec 2024 #27

Yes, here in SoCal as well Nigrum Cattus Dec 2024 #9

Good news for you republicans. You get your jobs back that the immigrants took from you keithbvadu2 Dec 2024 #14

THIS johnnyfins Dec 2024 #24

MAGA views it as a solution, not a problem IronLionZion Dec 2024 #15

Every maga dreams of working in a bacon processing plant. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2024 #51

Maybe red state school children are asked what they want to be when they grow up IronLionZion Dec 2024 #54

magas think most meat processing jobs are Quality Assurance Taste Tester. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2024 #55

Also here Cirsium Dec 2024 #16

So where are these farmers? Random Boomer Dec 2024 #25

No Cirsium Dec 2024 #43

Im sure he is "The Baker" johnnyfins Dec 2024 #26

Faux News will tell them it's all the fault of Dems Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #17

It's going to hurt HARD here in Texas. Texasgal Dec 2024 #19

It's gonna be a bumpy ride. Try to prepare yourselves. These stupid fucks could have had Kamala. Joinfortmill Dec 2024 #21

It's insane that people voted for the fucking asshole AGAIN. Initech Dec 2024 #52

Trump has never been a success at anything weissmam Dec 2024 #28

Reading all this makes me wonder who here would work in a slaughter house for less than $25 an hour? Srkdqltr Dec 2024 #31

I worked on a farm for a $1.50 an hour. $7.50 in today's dollars. Kaleva Dec 2024 #36

My point exactly. Srkdqltr Dec 2024 #38

There are benefits to the job that fits my situation Kaleva Dec 2024 #47

Why work on the farm? Cirsium Dec 2024 #61

$16,000 a year Cirsium Dec 2024 #46

Any news of Americans lining up to fill those jobs? nt Hotler Dec 2024 #33

Looking at the local job listings... jmbar2 Dec 2024 #34

There is a serious problem with US capitalism Farmer-Rick Dec 2024 #37

Because average Americans can't/won't live on low wages. Srkdqltr Dec 2024 #39

That's what I'm saying Farmer-Rick Dec 2024 #41

No choice Cirsium Dec 2024 #44

Decent wages take away from executive bonuses, private jets, mansions, and skyscrapers. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2024 #42

Maybe President Musk and VP Trump are planning on bringing Dan Dec 2024 #45

It's not just the threat of deportation this time around. mn9driver Dec 2024 #40

Someone needs to re-release the Bush era movie "A Day Without a Mexican" LT Barclay Dec 2024 #49

One of my favorite movies. jmbar2 Dec 2024 #50

I love how... Ollie Garkie Dec 2024 #56

We got it comin' here in Tahoe I bet!!! FirstLight Dec 2024 #57

I also hear people saying PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2024 #58

Well that's a surprise... orwell Dec 2024 #59

That is what happened here KT2000 Dec 2024 #60

FAFO ecstatic Dec 2024 #62