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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Discussing Immigration Work Authorization Programs With Lou Dobbs [View all]Hassin Bin Sober
(27,457 posts)39. Working night shift at a Hershey packing plant for less than minimum wage.
Yeah, nice and "cultural" see?
Look, I'm not going to argue with you if you think exploiting kids to work at McDonald's or in packing plants for less an minimum wage is a great idea. I'll leave you to it.
I only entered this thread when a few of our locals bristled at the idea of foreign worker "lifeguards"
They can backpedal, backtrack, and backfill their silly guffaws all they need to do to make themselves feel better.
And btw, of all the guest worker programs, this is the largest.
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Bernie Sanders Discussing Immigration Work Authorization Programs With Lou Dobbs [View all]
TomCADem
Sep 2017
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This Just Shows That Even Democrats and "Progressives" Will Attack Immigrants...
TomCADem
Sep 2017
#7
He never opposed allowing immigrants to work. The SPLC likened Bush's bill to slavery.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2017
#9
It is the same anti-immigration positions, but dressed up in populist rhetoric...
TomCADem
Sep 2017
#49
I remember that. Sanders and Dobbs were like two peas in a pod. agreeing with everything.
lunamagica
Sep 2017
#3
Because Bush's bill treated workers like slaves. I already covered that, George.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2017
#12
Is that an objective interpretation? I'm the "SON of an immigrant" myself. It was a good bill.
George II
Sep 2017
#13
So. Ted Kennedy was for treating immigrants as slaves? Who would have thought
lunamagica
Sep 2017
#27
Not only that, he claimed that immigrant workers would result in lower wages for Americans...
George II
Sep 2017
#45
Could be, since he looks to stick with his scripted lines about the middle class, American
R B Garr
Sep 2017
#47
Yikes, they do use the same rhetoric. This has been a great thread. Very illuminating, and
R B Garr
Sep 2017
#51
Doesn't Putting Millions In Fear of Deportation Create a Permanent Underclass?
TomCADem
Sep 2017
#46
"I read something today that a lot of people coming into this country are coming in as lifeguards."
SunSeeker
Sep 2017
#16
I worked with lifeguards up and down the CA coast. They were not J1 visa holders.
SunSeeker
Sep 2017
#26
Working night shift at a Hershey packing plant for less than minimum wage.
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2017
#39
The challenge is we must never ever even give the appearance of giving succor to our enemies...
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#32