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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy 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?
AllaN01Bear
(18,442 posts)been asking that question for years .
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)Yavin4
(35,446 posts)Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)LonePirate
(13,431 posts)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)If the media pointed this out, advertisers that count on cheap illegal labor might get pissed off and not buy advertising slots.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)The "LIBrul" media doesn't want to offend the gods.
onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)JHB
(37,162 posts)Initech
(100,104 posts)And they are also a huge part of his beloved base? Wouldn't do anything to upset "the base"...
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)Ranchers and farmers and labor contractors generally have
the resources it requires to keep the govt off their back.
Salviati
(6,009 posts)...isn't about eliminating undocumented immigration, it's about drumming up racist votes.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)and the MSM certainly won't point THAT out, either.
Hekate
(90,829 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)them some slimy red meat.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)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.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,233 posts)raccoon
(31,126 posts)tenderfoot
(8,438 posts)we're talking to YOU construction, meat packing and big ag!