In an article by Michael Sainato in The Guardian called “US workers say Trump’s immigration crackdown is causing labor shortages: ‘A strain on everybody’” an unsurprising story is told. The subtitle tells more: “As Trump moves to strip over 1 million immigrants of legal status, factories grapple with slowdowns, say employees.”
Here are two paragraphs that shed more light:
“Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration is piling pressure on US factories, according to employees and union leaders, as veteran workers from overseas are forced to leave their jobs.
As economists warn the administration’s full-scale deportation ambitions could ultimately cost millions of jobs, workers at two sites – in Michigan and Kentucky – told the Guardian that industrial giants are grappling with labor shortages.”
Too many industries and employers rely on both legal and illegal immigrants. So, crackdown to deal with both his harmful to our economy and ultimately jobs in now struggling companies. Kicking out folks with legal status is both wrong and asinine. Rounding up illegal immigrants may be more legitimate, but these folks need due process and should be treated better than they are. Irrespective, they also are holding up various industries who hired them.
Being thoughtful about immigration is a more serious subject. It deserves both analytics and empathy. Efforts like the bipartisan Senate bill that passed thanks to the “Gang of Eight,” could have passed in the House. That bill of twelve years or so ago was never brought up for a vote as it was better to not be passed for campaign reasons.
So, we have a problem now that is antagonistic to growth and jobs. And, it has been created because no one analyzed what might happen.
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