• WamGams@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    To my understanding, the majority of undocumented immigrants are here legally, seasonally. They just don’t return to their home country in whatever off season for their industry is.

    So it is important to remember that many of the “illegals” we are dealing with, are only sometimes illegal. And I hate saying it, but during the off season, they are very likely to be victim of literal slave labor, either through lack of payment, paying an illegally low amount, and even human trafficking.

    Whenever fox news starts showing videos of buses of migrants coming to the border with the federal government doing nothing, that’s just footage of seasonal farm workers entering the country.

    We are dealing with a humanitarian issue with global causes and consequences.

    • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Again, my point is not about the why/how people come here. Just about the people who may be twisting the reality for their own purposes. I’m just talking about the mechanics, not the justifications.