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ICE raids on farms risk food supply chain disruption
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Farmworkers illegally in the US are in hiding
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Crops are unharvested and rotting
ICE raids on farms risk food supply chain disruption
Farmworkers illegally in the US are in hiding
Crops are unharvested and rotting
How soon before citizens are press ganged into doing the jobs that immigrants (legal and otherwise) have largely done without much of a fuss? Because I fear that’s what’s coming.
https://lemmy.world/comment/17978093
Prisoners are citizens.
Prisoners can’t fill every need. Also, they aren’t typically used as janitors, which is also largely filled by immigrants. Or wait staff at restaurants, or car wash attendants.
I mean, there’s also the whole “wait staff and car wash attendants aren’t necessary to the survival of a civilization” thing. Crop workers are absolutely vital to the long-term survival of civilization, but we could live perfectly fulfilling lives without car washes or restaurants.
It’s important to remember that the entire world is only 3-5 missed meals away from anarchy. And not the nice “everyone in a neighborhood banding together to protect and feed their neighbors” type of anarchy either.