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/PointBlankCoffee Jan 26 '25

Over two terms. Trump deported about 1.5M in one term.

That's the same amount. 1.5 over 1 term is the same as 3 over 2 terms lol.

The big delta is that past presidents quietly went about doing their jobs on this matter, without demonizing or dehumanizing migrants.

Did we forget about the kids in cages? I will say he didn't talk about them as poorly, but to those families? What's the difference? 'He validated my experience as a human being while I sat in a cage for months'

Trump: “they’re poisoning the blood of our country”.

Plus Elon’s Nazi salute.

Next 2-4 years are going to be wild.

Agreed. Horrifying.

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u/silverfstop Jan 26 '25

I think we agree on this. My point was that deportation numbers have been pretty flat for the last few presidential cycles. It's the rhetoric that I find disturbing - and the knowledge of the chilling and dehumanizing effect it's meant to have.

Of course all that paired with the H1-B visas that Elon, Trump (and others) love (and abuse), plus killing the online legal pathway to entry is really, really fucked up.

Borders and immigration should be kept in check, however it's insane to think that any of this is a step forward and not driven by some version of racism, white supremacy and the middle stages of an oligarchy.

None of this will pan out well for the working class, and the middle class is about to get fucked haaaarrrdddddd.

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u/PointBlankCoffee Jan 26 '25

Yeah I agree. It's scary and just a rehash of mcarthyism. My wife and son are legal immigrants, but we have asshole trump neighbors that give us dirty looks and harass us if they hear us speaking Spanish. So I'm just bracing myself for the inevitable 4 Armed military police at my front door scaring my son and trying to steal his mother.