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submitted 1 month ago by arrow74@lemm.ee to c/politics@lemmy.world

"We're looking at doing something where in the case of good, reputable farmers, they can take responsibility for the people that they hire, and let them have responsibility, because we can't put the farms out of business, and at the same time, we don't want to hurt people that aren't criminals," Trump told reporters.

Sounds a lot like slavery to me

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[-] CatherineLily@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 points 1 month ago

So, how much is Trump going to charge for these slave-owner permits?

[-] arrow74@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm betting they use the "punishment for a crime" clause that allows slavery and begin selling undocumented immigrants to the highest bidder.

I wouldn't put full blown slave auctions past these people

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

I never understood why trump did the pope thing. I think I get it now. He wants to sell Indulgences.

"However, the abuse of indulgences for almsgiving, so that they became a method of moneyraising or ignored the requirements for contrition or charity, had become a serious problem which the church recognized but was unable to restrain effectively.[9]"

[-] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I dunno, how much does a permit to run a prison in the US cost?

[-] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

Yep. Keep them as slaves. Or very close to it. It's so obvious. Due to everything that's happening the immigrants will be in fear and desperation. They'll work for below minimum wage in horrid conditions and be too afraid to do anything about it.

[-] arrow74@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago
[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago

He's saying the quiet part out loud again.

Like, yeah dude, we all know the reason why we demonize "illegal" immigrants so much is so that they can be exploited for cheap labor. You don't gotta rub it in our faces.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean, I only worked one season with migrant laborers, so you may have more experience...

But a lot just aren't gonna come here this season. They don't need us, at least not as much as we need them. If anything I'd expect all this shit to drive up their wages.

Quick edit:

There's a misconception farm work is "unskilled", it's not. So the vets stay out and we get less experienced workers who do the job slower, and for a higher hourly to deal with the risk and uncertainty.

So both per hour wages and amount of hours needed are gonna go up.

Shits still going to become substantially more expensive.

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

Saw it in construction too. Don’t do it anymore but between summers and winters and after school, I put a few years into working construction in the late 2000’s and early 2010’s.

Immigrant, not an immigrant. Legally here, not legally here. Experience is experience. And experience saves you money.

[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

That was my 1st thought. "Let the owners take responsibility for them" sounds an awful lot like indentured servitude. If at any point, their boss could decide to simply rescind that protection and have them deported, then they're basically trapped.

[-] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 month ago

Sounds like bullshit.

Source: Farms near me have already lost people to deportation. People with no criminal record. People who paid more taxes than a lot of people I know. People who work hard.

Fuck this administration.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 8 points 1 month ago

There's a tension in the Republican party between the ones that talk about immigration just to be elected (the owner class that bankrolls the Republican party), and the ones that actually want them gone (like Stephen Miller and most of the MAGA base). The former realises that illegal immigration is useful to stop workers from organising and depress wages, the latter doesn't care about that and wants them gone. That's why you are Trump taking both sides of the issue: he wants exceptions for hotels, construction and farms (because he's hired illegals himself for these things), but he also doesn't want to alienate his base because 'they took our jobs' and all that.

That's the main reason ICE has historically been told to only deport 'criminals' and leave the rest alone instead of doing what they're doing now.

[-] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Ha tension! Wake me up when one of these fuck heads goes on camera and calls trump a little bitch. Until then they are all terrified of a guy that shits himself.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why would they need to do that? All they had to do was call him and ask for him to stop with the raids on businesses (possibly in exchange for a donation), and they got exactly what they wanted.

I’m low key waiting for some republican chucklefuck from arkansas or some shit to propose reintroducing the three fifths compromise for immigrants.

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

Why not go all the way and bring back pure slavery?

I think it’s a nonzero, albeit extremely small, possibility at this point

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

let them eat taco

[-] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Slavery by any other name.

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is a fantastic idea. The brilliance of the 47th president strikes again. Give them work permits, ensure they are paid a fair wage and the labour standards are adhered to, and it will guarantee that they become hardworking honest taxpayers who contribute to the American economy.

Wait, that is the plan... right?

Right...?

Nat Turner 2

[-] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Good! The FARMERS can keep their Workers which leaves MORE ROOM for First Graders with Cancer to be Deported to El Salvador!

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

I want people to realize the outsized amount of leverage that farmers will have on their employees. Employers will literally be able to say that they'll do what they're told and take whatever they're given or the employer can just drop a dime to ICE and have them deported without being able to settle their affairs or contact their families.

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

That is entirely the point

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