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J_William_Ryan

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4. 'inflow of illegal aliens"'

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Oct 11, 2025, 07:49 PM

Yesterday

How do they know they’re ‘illegal’ – that an immigrant might be undocumented doesn’t mean he’s ‘illegal.’

The fact is that migrant farmworkers are essential to American food production and stabilizing prices.

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This is pathetic. Trump admin's whining that their own immigration policies are hurting farmers [View all] bigtree Yesterday OP

Great. Quote them daily. Put it on a billboard Raven123 Yesterday #1

They are saying it for their obviously ignorant supporters. gordianot Yesterday #2

It's called migrant labor for a reason and that reason is also why Americans bucolic_frolic Yesterday #3

'inflow of illegal aliens"' J_William_Ryan Yesterday #4

Trump is on a learn as you go program. Irish_Dem Yesterday #5

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week" AZJonnie Yesterday #6

just ignore what they're saying behind the scenes bigtree Yesterday #7

I'm not saying don't take advantage of the wedge provided, friend! AZJonnie 23 hrs ago #8

someone in the 'Trump admin' is whining bigtree 23 hrs ago #9

Yup, and this angle I'm totally following you on :) AZJonnie 23 hrs ago #10

Time for those 34 million folks on Medicaid to get back to work! Abolishinist 23 hrs ago #11