• RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    That’s because they will not deport all of them. They will deport a few 100.000 with a lot of noise… and then not so much. Giving the farmers an even bigger boogie man to hold over these workers… effectively creating a new slave class in the US.

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      I haven’t researched this myself, so someone quash or confirm this. He’s said hes going to hit urban centers in blue states “first” (maybe only). As such, this will largely leave his buddy Greg Abbott in Texas untouched, among other places.

      It’ll be tactical and put on a show for headlines. People will suffer. Labor may be held indefinitely in prisons. But it won’t affect his friends.

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      You’re thinking by too small. They will deport a few 100,00 with a lot of noise … and then not so much as they carve out a maze of exceptions to benefit their cronies at the expense of literally everyone else