AlexRich

I'll take your 15% and raise it ... to 44% ... 🤥 Immigration Status and Nationality ● The agricultural industry relies on a predominantly immigrant workforce. According to the NAWS, approximately 68% of farmworkers are foreign-born, the overwhelming majority from Mexico. ● 36% of farmworkers surveyed by the NAWS were United States citizens, 19% were lawful permanent residents and another 1% had other work authorization through another status (excluding H-2A visas). ● The NAWS found that approximately 44% of farmworkers are undocumented immigrants who lack work authorization. ● The NAWS results on immigration status may be skewed, with lower undocumented percentages due to a fear of self-reporting undocumented status. Other sources estimate that the proportion of undocumented farmworkers may be much higher. Regardless, even under the NAWS estimates, more than one million farmworkers are undocumented. Ethnicity and Language ● 78% of all farmworkers identify as Latino/Hispanic. 10% of farmworkers self-identify as indigenous. ● Spanish is the most dominant (comfortable) language for 62% of all farmworkers. 32% of farmworkers reported they could speak English well, while 29% of workers shared that they do not speak any English.

The point is that families will be deported, including citizens. That's Homan's solution to avoid family separations ... so inadvertently, but it will still happen. Citizen children and undocumented parents?

Again, missing the point ... which is that mass deportations will adversely impact the US economy ... and that is what Homan is planning.

That's not what he is saying.

Yes, but there are some jobs no one will do at any price, and if the price of labour goes up too much the farms themselves will not be viable. As I said, consequences ... it's one of these "beware of what you wish for moments".

Whether I support it or not, that is not the issue. The point being made here is that it is not a pain free solution ... as you are all about to find out if Tom Homan does what he says he is going to do.

Sure, throw out 4% of the population and wages will rise everywhere ... but who will do the jobs that no one wants to do? And what is the implication of that for the US economy? Consequences ... consequences.

Source: The American Prospect So consider Tom Homan, who yesterday was announced as Trump’s choice for “border czar,” and put in charge of Trump’s mass deportation regime. Homan was Trump’s acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) early in the first term, and he was the architect of the infamous family separation policy that Trump halted in 2018 after relentless criticism. Homan swears he is going to carry out Trump’s plan to deport 15 to 20 million people, or about 4 to 6 percent of the entire American population. There are only perhaps 13 million unauthorized immigrants in total, but the discrepancy might be explained by Homan’s plan to avoid family separation by deporting whole families even if some members are citizens.

It's going to be very interesting to watch this play out, but by all means trivialise the issue.

I'm the guy to the left of you ... the thing is you died a few years back?

The irony is that many who voted for him will see themselves or members of their families deported. Some of these people deserve to go but there are many others doing the jobs in fields and construction sites that many American's don't want to do - when they get kicked out the economy starts to get impacted ... come back "Sleepy Joe", all is forgiven?

The worst air pollution that I experienced in South East Asia was in Kuala Lumpur, followed by Chiang Mai. Having experienced very little of that in life it was a horrible experience, and I feel sympathy for anyone who has to live in such areas. A lot of the KL smog came over from Sumatra, Indonesia, where farmers were burning fields. It’s a problem that requires coordination and political will … which I see no signs of.

I hope not. Having said that no one could be worse than the one we have.

I read that last year, but some of his claims (top trader, etc) have been contested … so perhaps he has exaggerated his performance.

Just read Opus by Gareth Gore, about a Catholic sect called Opus Dei, and their criminal activities. Character Limit by Conger and Mac. It details the story of how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter. Currently reading Rinsed by Geoff White, about money laundering in the world of crypto technology.