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Yavin4

(35,446 posts)
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 03:29 PM Apr 2019

Why isn't Trump going after employers who hire undocumented workers?

And why isn't our media asking them that question? If the undocumented cannot get work here, then they won't come here. So punish those that employ them. Problem solved. No?

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Why isn't Trump going after employers who hire undocumented workers? (Original Post) Yavin4 Apr 2019 OP
oh no, cant do that . they are his loyal supporters . cant upset my doners . AllaN01Bear Apr 2019 #1
He employs them himself. katmondoo Apr 2019 #2
He should arrest himself. n/t Yavin4 Apr 2019 #5
bc he would have to close his golf courses Kurt V. Apr 2019 #3
He'd need to go after himself. Plus, the media & govt revere employers like Greek gods. LonePirate Apr 2019 #4
We have a winner TheFarseer Apr 2019 #9
Spot on Dirty Socialist Apr 2019 #16
He would have to include himself. onecaliberal Apr 2019 #6
Because the first stop would be his own properties? JHB Apr 2019 #7
Because he's one of them? Initech Apr 2019 #8
It's easier to go after those without wherewithal to fight back. lpbk2713 Apr 2019 #10
Because the republican crusade against undocumented immigration... Salviati Apr 2019 #11
Bingo. We have a winner! not_the_one Apr 2019 #19
You funny Hekate Apr 2019 #12
Maybe Justice Department regs prohibit a sitting President from indicting himself. 11 Bravo Apr 2019 #13
Because that's his real base. The morons are just a bonus, as he throws Guy Whitey Corngood Apr 2019 #14
I am asking that of my elected officials as well... Phentex Apr 2019 #15
Because he's one of them Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2019 #17
Because many of them are well off white people. nt raccoon Apr 2019 #18
I've yet to see our media target employers that hire the undocumented... tenderfoot Apr 2019 #20
Good question ck4829 Apr 2019 #21

AllaN01Bear

(18,442 posts)
1. oh no, cant do that . they are his loyal supporters . cant upset my doners .
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 03:30 PM
Apr 2019

been asking that question for years .

LonePirate

(13,431 posts)
4. He'd need to go after himself. Plus, the media & govt revere employers like Greek gods.
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 03:32 PM
Apr 2019

If Republicans truly wanted to crack down on the hiring of non-authorized workers, they would go after the people who hire them. The fact that Republicans do not do this tells you exactly what they think of the issue.

TheFarseer

(9,326 posts)
9. We have a winner
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 03:48 PM
Apr 2019

If the media pointed this out, advertisers that count on cheap illegal labor might get pissed off and not buy advertising slots.

Initech

(100,104 posts)
8. Because he's one of them?
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 03:46 PM
Apr 2019

And they are also a huge part of his beloved base? Wouldn't do anything to upset "the base"...

lpbk2713

(42,766 posts)
10. It's easier to go after those without wherewithal to fight back.
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 03:52 PM
Apr 2019


Ranchers and farmers and labor contractors generally have
the resources it requires to keep the govt off their back.

Salviati

(6,009 posts)
11. Because the republican crusade against undocumented immigration...
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 03:55 PM
Apr 2019

...isn't about eliminating undocumented immigration, it's about drumming up racist votes.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
15. I am asking that of my elected officials as well...
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 04:57 PM
Apr 2019

comes up in Georgia ALL the damn time. The crisis of undocumented workers magically disappears when farmers and landscapers and chicken processing plant operators push back.

tenderfoot

(8,438 posts)
20. I've yet to see our media target employers that hire the undocumented...
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 07:15 PM
Apr 2019

we're talking to YOU construction, meat packing and big ag!

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