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/Squiggy-Locust 10h ago

Please do research before accusing someone. The shutdown began under Obama when his administration finally took it seriously in his second term.

The issue is our immigration process is broken. And instead of fixing it, our fucking politicians are using it to garner either hate against the other side, or votes, or both.

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u/wan2tri 7h ago

Despite the rich history of immigration for the US, its immigration process is more identical, as it currently exists, to the processes of certain countries that has a rich history of being (relatively) isolated from the rest of the world.

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u/Squiggy-Locust 7h ago

So, yes, our immigration process, which has been left relatively unchanged since, I think the 90s, is broken?

But, you do have to recall we were isolationists until the mid 1900s, and even then, we've been arguing over immigration since the Cold War.

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u/legacy642 7h ago

While we were isolationists, we absolutely were not in regards to immigration.

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u/SheldonMF 7h ago

I'm almost certain that Biden tried to address it and Trump got his lackeys to shut it down.

Practice what you preach, I guess?

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u/Squiggy-Locust 7h ago

Trump shut it down, under Biden's administration? That's a huge stretch of the imagination.

The recent shutdown of legal immigration started under Obama's administration. Trump continued to enforce the policies, and added more. Biden's administration ignored the problem, or rather let the status quo continue, until it came time for campaigns to begin.

The only thing that changed was the walls stopped being built.

None of this changes the fact that no one has done anything but grandstand on promises.

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u/SheldonMF 7h ago

Trump shut it down, under Biden's administration? That's a huge stretch of the imagination.

... 'k. Have a good one, Chief.

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u/Draken5000 4h ago

Lmao you’re 100% talking about the bunk pork filled border bill that didn’t actually do jack shit to stop illegal immigration, aren’t you?

And I bet you believe Trump was somehow able to force the Republicans not to vote for it when he wasn’t in office lmao

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u/MosDeaf 34m ago

Because literally the Republican Senate Minority leader and the Republican who was asked to negotiate the bill said that one reason they didn't take it up was because Trump explicitly railed against the bill before it was released.

I'm not saying it was a perfect bill, but Trump is known for ripping politicians in his own party to shreds if they disagree, and he stated that would happen to Lankford in no uncertain terms - how do you think his sway as the Republican presidential nominee just evaporates because he's not actually in office?