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Jilly_in_VA

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9. Don't be too totally sure

Reply to soandso (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 12, 2024, 05:00 PM

Nov 12

I remember when ICE raided a meat packing plant in Grainger County, TN in 2016 I don't know how many of those people had green cards, but it threw an entire community (Morristown, TN, in the adjacent county, where most of the workers lived and went to church) into an uproar. There's a funny thing about east Tennesseans---they're kinda prejudiced, but at the same time, it's like this: "Those folks might be Mexicans, but they're OUR Mexicans, so y'all just leave 'em be!" They were fiercely protective and angry as hell, and in the end, ICE and the feds just went off with their tails between their legs.

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Mexico Not Ready for Mass Deportations [View all] applegrove Nov 12 OP

There are plenty of ways Zeitghost Nov 12 #1

Yup soandso Nov 12 #4

...and a sizable amount are probably living within stolen Mexican land. roamer65 Nov 12 #2

The reality is Jilly_in_VA Nov 12 #3

Trump is planning tariffs on imported food at the same time applegrove Nov 12 #5

I think most agricultural workers have green cards soandso Nov 12 #6

Don't be too totally sure Jilly_in_VA Nov 12 #9

most of the "11 million deportations" is pure horseshit. maxsolomon Nov 12 #7

How will Trump deport them? Mexico also has border security for buses and airplanes. Sneak them across the border? keithbvadu2 Nov 12 #8

Are you even remotely suggesting Mad_Machine76 Nov 12 #10

It's unclear to me, maybe others too, that John Farmer Nov 12 #11

Does Mexico have to take them back? Jersey Devil Nov 12 #12

Well, they will have a good head start. Abbot and DeSantis surely kept records of the people they flew and bused keithbvadu2 Nov 12 #13

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