This line really got me: "The border, then, is a sort of anti-union."
Yeah, I told my boss how to stop illegal migration. He scoffed. I pointed to the gardening contractor’s crew, and said do a perp walk on that company’s VP HR or President. He shut up. There would be no one getting roofs in TX but for… Oh, also: apple.news/AnmZTQGWESFi...
Texas politicians have no interest in actually solving the border crisis, which would require devastating the state's economy.
This is too good not to have typed out for alt-text: But on one recent evening, as the sun set over the scrublands north of Eagle Pass, I could sense a great invisible hand above the Rio Grande. While the militarized border fails to stop many hopeful migrants from journeying north,...
MAGA Americans are having it both ways. They demonize immigrants but profit off them as well. Mass deportation will cripple the country, especially border states.
That is so spot on. We were in the states recently & I couldn’t believe friends my age (mid thirties) who had houses (actual freestanding houses!) they were living in, renovating, etc. In this economy?! And then I realised how this was possible - undocumented workers, low wages :(
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Thank you for pointing to this. I like to support the Monthly. They are doing the *work*. 💙
Oh man. This feels very correct and also just awful.
It's the same in AZ. When I lived there, the immigrants were always the ones I'd go to for reliable work.
What would we do if we *wanted* to create ethnic gangs, really feed them oxygen and see them thrive?
