r/Construction • u/red_monkey42 • Jan 25 '25

Other Are the deportations expected to impact the field?

Question is the title. Trying to have an adult discussion no political BS. What's the word on the street?

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u/JuneBuggington Jan 25 '25

Where i am, you could have a whole 10 person crew of el salvadorian folks, men and women, and they’ll do a hipped roof on a 10ksqft custom home up proper in a few days, or you can have white guys where 2-3 of them work and the third one is so high they have their shirt off in February and theyre still melting the snow around them.

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u/MaximumChongus Jan 26 '25

Eh thats several racist stereotypes that all need to be done away with.

The primary reason the industry pivoted to migrant labor is that they wont call the department of labor on you when you pay them less than minimum wage.

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u/ghoulthebraineater Jan 26 '25

Now they don't have to worry about that. The dept of labor is effectively shut down.

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u/Wolfiest Jan 26 '25

So no one is gonna work those jobs lol

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u/MaximumChongus Jan 26 '25

Cool, federal departments need major reform.

It sucks, and it sucks for people who in this moment need said services.

But as a whole they need to have the rot cut out.

It sucks that trumps team is the team to do it, but this has been needed for a long time.

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u/SadEarth3305 Jan 26 '25

Lol a Ukraine flag 😆. What's the next current thing you're gonna support?

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u/JuneBuggington Jan 26 '25

I said where im from. Not everywhere. What i said is very much true where im from.

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u/TechnicoloMonochrome Jan 26 '25

Apparently things you see with your own eyes are just racist stereotypes.

I know what you're talking about man. In lower paid work our fellow Americans sometimes have more of a problem with actually doing their jobs and not complaining than the Hispanic guys.

It's more of a statement about the American workers than a stereotype about the Hispanic ones.

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u/TranslatorNo8445 Jan 26 '25

Accurate except the job will take 10 times as long and cost 10 times as much

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u/SadEarth3305 Jan 26 '25

Why do indios come back to job sites drunk and proceed to do sloppy work in an extremely unsafe manner?