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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: BlueGrits   😊 😞
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Subject: Bordering On A Problem
Date: 11/27/24 9:18 AM
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The construction and agriculture industries have been telling us that Trump's immigration and deportation policies would be crippling, but nobody listened -- not even in the states which'd be hardest hit. I'm not waiting for the petro industry to raise the alarm too.

That Texas relies on undocumented labor is one of the state's open secrets, despite Republicans' tough-on-immigration stances.

In 2022, more than a half million immigrants worked in the construction industry, according to a report by the American Immigration Council and Texans for Economic Growth. Nearly 60% of that workforce was undocumented.

npr.org - Trump deportation migrants immigrants texas construction industry border security

U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally.

Nearly half of the nation's approximately 2 million farm workers lack legal status, according to the departments of Labor and Agriculture, as well as many dairy and meatpacking workers.
reuters.com - US farm groups want trump spare their workers deportation
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