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[-] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

HE'S their EMPLOYER! If there were any justice he'd be in jail for employing them.

[-] leadore@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Adding to Scardina’s annoyance, the men had valid work permits and pending asylum applications, according to their attorney Regilucia Smith. “They are legally here,” she said. “Valid work permit, not even close to expired… again, no criminal records—not here, not in Nicaragua.”

Remember, it's not only the people who are here illegally that are being arrested/deported.

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[-] Catma@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

Starting to feel cheap getting so much use out of this

[-] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Should have used the version of this picture that makes his face bigger

[-] answersplease77@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

thanking intensifies

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

They're the same picture.

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[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

“It’s quite a shock. You get to know these guys, you become their friends—not just an employer but a friend,” he told NBC6

[-] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

After he said he didn't really have buyer's remorse. Fuck this guy.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

trumpers never admit buyers remorse, than they will have to reflect on thier decisions.

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[-] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Trump voter can go fuck himself. Then get back to fuckin work doing what his employees used to do before he voted for Trump.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

Himself

Vincent Scardina supported Donald Trump’s tough stance on immigration at the ballot box. But that decision came back to bite the roofing boss when ICE detained a third of his workforce.

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

He can hire other Magats. They will do the job even better!

[-] ericatty@infosec.pub 9 points 1 month ago

My Dad did construction for 40 years. Even before the companies started hiring a lot of immigrants, it's hard to find roofers.

It's a hard to find people with the knowledge or ability to learn - that are also not afraid of heights and have the coordination to not fall off and the attention to detail to not make the conditions for other people to fall.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Plus it's a horrible job. My dad was also a general contractor, and where we live is very hot and dry in the summer. I remember, as a kid, seeing roofers on top of a house in 100+ F heat, mopping hot tar; I thought that must be the worst job there was. When I got older and started working in aerospace, when my boss would say he needed someone to do some unfun task, I'd always volunteer because I'd be thinking, "this is so much better than mopping tar on a hot roof."

[-] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

But no Amuricans want to do back breaking labor for only $5 an hour, and without healthcare or three weeks vacation. Where am I supposed to find new labor to exploit so cheaply?

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[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

Pure leopard material yes, but this also highlights where the goalposts have shifted. The business owner fell for "were getting the criminals and rapists" lie, while the admin is rounding up everyone.

According to his lawyer, these employees had their papers in order and no criminal records domestically or in home country. So why were these employees collected? and why are so many republicans okay with this behaviour?

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

So why were these employees collected? and why are so many republicans okay with this behaviour?

it's racism. always has been. cult leaders give their followers an easy target to blame their shitty lives on, and it works. legal, illegal--doesn't matter. they're brown. that's literally the reason

how can we get to the point where the "why are they doing this?" no longer needs to be asked?

[-] okmko@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The sad part is that even if the lives of these MAGAs get worse - worse than the lives of the immigrants they look down upon in their home country, they would likely still be racist.

There are pockets in rural America, an obscenely rich country, that are borderline third world country conditions, and they still vote Republican with a sense of superiority and extreme ignorance of their relative standard of living compared to rest of the world.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if some of them were okay with trading electricity and sewage systems (return to 1700s) for racial and religious homogeny.

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[-] Soulg@ani.social 3 points 1 month ago

I might be naive, but many Republicans are okay with it just because it hasn't affected them yet.

Oh, this guy knew these workers, thought of them as friends? Clearly they were just hiding their criminal lifestyle from him. Not like MY friends. Hey, why are there a bunch of white vans outside their house?

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

So why were these employees collected?

Brown people.

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[-] Jikiya@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

“It’s quite a shock. You get to know these guys, you become their friends—not just an employer but a friend,”

This guy doesn't understand how friendship works. You guys are my friends, and that's why I've voted in someone to ruin your life, because I care about you! But this is mildly inconvenient for me too guys, c'mon think about me.

[-] nickiwest@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

The real problem is that the MAGA movement doesn't really believe Trump's literal words. Because the man lies so often, they seem to just go on vibes. But then when Trump actually does something he said he'd do, the voters are suddenly all surprised Pikachu when Trump's actions don't match their personal interpretation of what they thought he meant.

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[-] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

He’s a hypocritical pos

[-] Lanske@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I hope all these maga trump supporting idiots go bankrupt

[-] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

i could only hope.

but it's not even close to the amount of punishment they deserve.

they ruined the lives and communities of so many people, and are upset that they hurt them so much they can no longer exploit them.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 10 points 1 month ago
[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Scardina, who runs a small roofing business in Florida’s Lower Keys, cannot believe it. “It’s quite a shock. You get to know these guys, you become their friends—not just an employer but a friend,” he told NBC6, visibly emotional.

He continued, "It's almost like they're actual people. I mean not actually, but almost, you know?!"

[-] draneceusrex@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I am sure he will feel better once DoJ shows him photoshopped pictures of his former employees' MS-13 tattoos.

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Guy is a fucking roofer, and he's voting to kick out all foreigners. What a putz.

I was in roofing for a few years, and believe me, you want a Mexican ( or some other south of the border) crew working on your roof. They are fast, quiet, efficient, and fast. They will get it done, and get it done right.

Only a terrible businessman, and really stupid person would vote for the guy who is expressly saying that he intends to hurt your workers, and your business. "Yep, Im voting for the guy who is promising to ruin my business!"

This guy deserves everything he gets.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

They are fast, quiet, efficient, and fast.

Wow that's really fast

[-] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

They call him Gonzales for a reason

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[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

While being arrested, right? Because they arrested the business owner who broke the law several times, right?

[-] nickiwest@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Adding to Scardina’s annoyance, the men had valid work permits and pending asylum applications, according to their attorney Regilucia Smith. “They are legally here,” she said. “Valid work permit, not even close to expired… again, no criminal records—not here, not in Nicaragua.”

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Now he can hire American workers, right?

What do you mean that American workers don't want to work for less than minimum wage and no benefits?

No one wants to work anymore!

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Scardina says he voted for Trump and still supports many of the former president’s policies, but this isn’t what he signed up for. “Buyer’s remorse? I don’t know, a little bit.”

Lessons learned: 0

Party supported in next election: republiQan

[-] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Trump voter gets choked

🥳

up

😴

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Still, his colleague, Virgil Scardina, says they count themselves lucky. “I get to go home and hug my kid,” he said. “These guys don’t. And they don’t deserve that.”

"Given what you know now will you vote against trump and the GOP in all races coming up?" - reporter probably

"Absolutely not! The GOP will always have my vote!" - this Roofing company owner probably

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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Vincent is another MAGA POS, zero sympathy. Hopefully this asswipe ends up on a roof with 30 C + temperatures.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Won't someone please think of the business owners!? These are actual businesses being impacted by this shit. :(

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He’s not actually upset about his staff being kidnapped, he’s just upset about his own bank account

[-] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago

"I didn't vote for this"

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

1000001630

Making Americans Humble Again

[-] Reygle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

OH NO
anyway

Edit: Just realized this could be misunderstood. The above sarcasm was in the "fuck you, leopards at your face because you and others voted for leopards who eat faces" kind of way.

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