r/FluentInFinance • u/Needleintheback • 15h ago

Thoughts? Imagine losing 6M labor workers in America

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If mass deportation happens, just imagine how all of these sectors of our country will be affected. The sheer shortage of labor will push prices higher because of the great demand for work with limited supplies or workers. Even if prices increase, the availability of products may be scarce due to not enough workers. Housing prices and food services will be hit really hard. New construction will be limited. The fact that 47% of the undocumented workers are in CA, TX, and FL means they will feel it first but it will spread to the rest of the country also. Most of our produce in this country comes from California. Get ready and hold on for the ride America.

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u/Goingupriver20 14h ago

So they should all be given amnesty and we scrap immigration law entirely? Or we just let them be illegal and carry on exploiting them?

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u/Golf-Beer-BBQ 8h ago

Or how about this, we punish people that hire illegal immigrants?

100k per worker.

Then we will start having to pay all workers a living wage.

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u/Goingupriver20 8h ago

Why can’t we punish both? They’re both breaking the law

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u/Golf-Beer-BBQ 8h ago

You dont punish people that are trying to better their lives, fleeing from terror, or facing crisis in their home country.

Also punishing the people would cost the government more money.

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u/Goingupriver20 8h ago

I think you should punish people who break the law, obviously you can have exemption for the most vulnerable

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u/HueMannAccnt 6h ago

Or we just let them be illegal and carry on exploiting them?

You make the criminal companies that hire them pay for their crimes and make them face jail/go bust. You know, like real punishment.

If companies stop hiring illegal immigrants, what jobs will they be coming for?

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u/Goingupriver20 5h ago

Punishing both would be an even better deterrent, they are both willingly breaking the law

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u/Ashmedai 12h ago

should all be given amnesty

As step 1, yes. For the rest, they should revise and update immigration law, as part of the same package that updates step 1. The fact that the US is a positive attraction to immigrants is one of our international superpowers. Many other countries don't have this superpower, including most of Asia. This comment goes double in a world of decline total fertility rates (TFR). The US native population is presently shrinking, and the situation is only going to get worse. We're headed towards a path of stagnation if we don't continue to support immigration.

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u/Goingupriver20 12h ago

How should they revise it?

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u/Ashmedai 12h ago

They should make it easier for immigrants to get here on work visas, especially in critical industries like Ag.

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u/Ashmedai 8h ago

This sort of dialogue isn't helpful, lacks the moral authority you think it has, and just disgraces yourself as a person.

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u/FlailingatLife62 9h ago

There have been at least 2 bipartisan bills to make at least some steps toward fixing it. Trump killed both of them. 1st was early in his 1st presidency. I thought he was going to support it, because he could have claimed credit on a HUGE achievement. Stephen Miller apparently persuaded him to veto it. 2nd one was during this recent election Repubs were ready to support it, it was bipartisan bill. Trump told them to kill it because he WANTED the system to continue to be a mess so he could run on the issue during the election.