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That’s the sad part of all this that enrages me, we deport a dishwasher or a roofer but the criminals getting rich off of their exploitation get off free in vir

That’s the sad part of all this that enrages me, we deport a dishwasher or a roofer but the criminals getting rich off of their exploitation get off free in virtually all cases. Locally, we had an HSI raid on a business that had 10+ illegal underage workers living in an illegal bunkhouse built in the back of their building. No criminal charges for the owner or any managers, no fines that have been reported for the numerous amount of code violations in their flophouse, and every day I drive by the building on my way to work and a 100k truck + very expensive boat are parked out front. It’s an affront to justice to see these crooks getting rich and laughing to the bank!

giraffe_lady 1y ago
It is actually even worse than this! Owners intentionally hire undocumented workers knowing they'll be able to exploit them because they can't call enforcement for safety or labor violations because of the risk they put them in. Being able to use ICE to resolve any brewing labor disputes or unionization efforts is a sweet perk too. And they love this shit btw. It's not just cold opportunistic use of the incentives and systems they find. They love the unjust power it gives them in their personal domains and over the people around them. It's why they so reliably support trump in the end. They want serfs and he wants them to have serfs.
- FireBeyond 1y ago
  Yeah, the raid on Tyson that netted 950 undocumented workers came after a slew of OSHA complaints and had very "won't someone rid us of these meddlesome workers" vibes to it. Just like at Hormel. Complaining about weird sicknesses after inhaling aerosolized pork brain all day? "DHS, come get these non-team players out the way".
FireBeyond 1y ago
Tyson Chicken was literally giving their workers printed instructions on how to fill out tax/work/other paperwork if they weren't legal immigrants. When reporters asked DHS about that when they were crowing about their "roundup" of 900 or so workers. "That's not part of the scope of this. We don't have any plans to investigate this". For all the people who crow about legality... overstaying a visa, etc., is typically a misdemeanor. Aiding someone in staying in the country without authorization? Felony. "Tough on crime", my ass.
JeremyNT 1y ago
> That’s the sad part of all this that enrages me, we deport a dishwasher or a roofer but the criminals getting rich off of their exploitation get off free in virtually all cases. It's a sign for how thoroughly defeated (or captured) the "opposition" party is in the United States that they are incapable of adopting a coherent position about this exact situation. How are we letting the 1% get away with this? They give tacit approval to immigrants to break the law in order to work in the United States, creating an unprivileged underclass that they can abuse. Then, when some kind of enforcement happens, the capital class suffers no consequences and the poor workers are inhumanely rounded up and deported. Criticizing the wealthy is truly the third rail in American politics. Other than vehement support of Israel, supporting the rich at the expense of the downtrodden is the only assailable, bipartisan political "norm" remaining.
tim333 1y ago
I think Trump said he'd deport the migrants and nothing about going for the bosses. People getting what the voted for I guess?

giraffe_lady 1y ago

It is actually even worse than this! Owners intentionally hire undocumented workers knowing they'll be able to exploit them because they can't call enforcement for safety or labor violations because of the risk they put them in. Being able to use ICE to resolve any brewing labor disputes or unionization efforts is a sweet perk too. And they love this shit btw. It's not just cold opportunistic use of the incentives and systems they find. They love the unjust power it gives them in their personal domains and over the people around them. It's why they so reliably support trump in the end. They want serfs and he wants them to have serfs.

FireBeyond 1y ago
Yeah, the raid on Tyson that netted 950 undocumented workers came after a slew of OSHA complaints and had very "won't someone rid us of these meddlesome workers" vibes to it. Just like at Hormel. Complaining about weird sicknesses after inhaling aerosolized pork brain all day? "DHS, come get these non-team players out the way".

FireBeyond 1y ago

Tyson Chicken was literally giving their workers printed instructions on how to fill out tax/work/other paperwork if they weren't legal immigrants. When reporters asked DHS about that when they were crowing about their "roundup" of 900 or so workers. "That's not part of the scope of this. We don't have any plans to investigate this". For all the people who crow about legality... overstaying a visa, etc., is typically a misdemeanor. Aiding someone in staying in the country without authorization? Felony. "Tough on crime", my ass.

JeremyNT 1y ago

> That’s the sad part of all this that enrages me, we deport a dishwasher or a roofer but the criminals getting rich off of their exploitation get off free in virtually all cases. It's a sign for how thoroughly defeated (or captured) the "opposition" party is in the United States that they are incapable of adopting a coherent position about this exact situation. How are we letting the 1% get away with this? They give tacit approval to immigrants to break the law in order to work in the United States, creating an unprivileged underclass that they can abuse. Then, when some kind of enforcement happens, the capital class suffers no consequences and the poor workers are inhumanely rounded up and deported. Criticizing the wealthy is truly the third rail in American politics. Other than vehement support of Israel, supporting the rich at the expense of the downtrodden is the only assailable, bipartisan political "norm" remaining.

tim333 1y ago

I think Trump said he'd deport the migrants and nothing about going for the bosses. People getting what the voted for I guess?