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  • So what is “their fault” in your eyes?

    I think it’s reasonable for a country to want to have an awareness of those that cross into their borders. Regardless of their intentions, they did break the law.

    Fleeing from being murdered or starving?

    We’re talking about temporary migrant workers, not refugees. The refugee situation is also pretty murky and not a black and white issue though.

    Working twice as much and three times as hard for a much smaller pay, than any “legal” American? Putting in the work, so there is food on your table?

    As much as that sounds noble, it sounds more to me like they’re taking a risk to make money and in turn getting exploited because they’re outlaws. Not a great situation. I think deportation is a reasonable response to that (though fuck ICE and their methods).

    What if some highly educated Canadian worker illegally migrated to Germany for a job in IT? They’re accepting a low wage for the job and are doing the noble work of keeping your critical systems running. Is that Canuck completely without fault?

    Look, I think the migrant workers are getting the worst hand in this situation here, but you can’t just completely say they’re innocents either.





  • In California’s Central Valley, a key food-producing region, undocumented farm workers—over half the workforce—are staying home out of fear, leaving crops like citrus unharvested.

    This issue is annoying because everyone is doing everything wrong. The workers shouldn’t be here illegally. The government shouldn’t be disrupting the food supply and should maybe loosen up legal migrant worker processes. And the farms shouldn’t be hiring them either.

    There’s not really anyone to root for.







  • From TFA:

    The law banning TikTok, which was scheduled to go into effect Sunday, allows the president to grant a 90-day extension before the ban is enforced, provided certain criteria are met.

    Also:

    After the Supreme Court greenlit the law on Friday, the Biden administration issued a statement saying it would not enforce the ban, leaving that responsibility to Trump.

    Though some Senators contradict that.

    Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., also issued a statement celebrating the ban, and saying they don’t see a basis for an extension like Trump has proposed.

    "Now that the law has taken effect, there’s no legal basis for any kind of ‘extension’ of its effective date. […]

    So, we have to let the law play out. It doesn’t yet seem like we’re abandoning the rule of law at this point.