re: Gen contractor says the constr. economy is going to tank because his workers got deported

Who is it? The image is gone.

I'm a construction manager- this needed to happen. A lot of these bigger guys got huge on the backs of slave labor wages.

We have plenty of young men in America that will benefit from this.

Instead of paying $17/hr for Jose to cut snd place rebar we need to pay $21/hr for Robbie or Darius to do it.

Short term pain = long term success

You are outright lying that trump campaigned in 2024 on only deporting violent illegals.

He is full of it. It’s exactly what we voted for. Trump said that’s what initial focus of the large scale roundups but was never the only focus, and judges shut down using the enemies Act for gang members and are taking forever to decide what due process under the law should be. Other judges hide the criminals or block removing overreach protections decreed by Biden’s autopen for others. For all the tyrant and constitutional crisis talk by Dems Trump and his administration have abided the rulings done by activist single district judges’ overreaching their constitutional and legal authority when communicated clearly and before actions already performed and worked thru the slow as Christmas legal appeal process. Waiting for judicial branch to fix itself isn’t going to work long term. Every day another single district judge jumps in and issues nationwide injunctions. Parker made a comment about using appeal process instead of impeachment, so he better start working overtime and gets these out of bounds rulings fixed. He will instead try to balance response as usual and flip back and forth. Republicans still struggle to pick conservative judges who stay conservative while Dems can always pick the ones who will put party first and adapt rulings to current Dem views.

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he was going after gang members and criminals with warrants. Not hard working guys

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These are not mutually exclusive.

People who employ illegals should be hammered. Truly punitive measures like permanent loss of license, massive fines, etc.

That’s the only way to truly address this issue.

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Find people who do this work who will show up for work daily and can pass a drug test

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Maybe you should pay your employees and provide insurance instead of exploiting cash labor

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People who employ illegals should be hammered. Truly punitive measures like permanent loss of license, massive fines, etc.

That’s the only way to truly address this issue.

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I don't necessarily disagree, but I also don't want the market to melt. There is clearly a need for this labor and we don't have adequate supply to replace it in our current paradigm-society.

This is particularly an issue with housing, as we need to flood the market with supply to get prices to crater.

So he's built a business by undercutting people who hire legal workers and expects sympathy?

Nah.

Who gives a shite with what some dipshit contractor that hires illegals, says…