Trump Border Chief threatens to jail Colorado Mayor if he doesn't let ICC round up immigrants

[Pull Up the Roots]

your family isnt 40 million Black people. which means your family experience doesn't represent the whole of Black people, past present or future.

Black people used to be the ones working construction, doing HVAC and electrician and plumbing jobs, and on state and federal building projects (road construction and maintenance crews, etc.). Basically the "trades" that Black people have turned to championing these last couple years. Those were good, middle class wage paying jobs, many of them union. That was the reason the mexicans were brought in such large numbers. Today you'll have a hard time finding Blacks doing this work in any appreciable numbers.

when trump said "Black jobs" he mostly meant the trades, and everyone who knew just a little relatively recent Black history, and wasn't stupid or being led by emotion like a woman knew that.

Y'all just say anything. And use the most nebulous language to further your misinformation. What are appreciable number?

Anyway, your post oversimplifies a complex issue.

To really understand why things are the way they are today, we have to look at the history that brought us here.

First, Black workers have been part of the trades for a long time, but systemic racism kept many of us out of higher-paying, skilled positions. Unions often excluded Black workers outright (and some still do, though in more subtle ways) until the civil rights movement forced changes.

Second, while many Black workers benefited from trade jobs, we never dominated these fields. Racial discrimination and limited access to training programs made broader representation difficult.

Third, the decline of union power, urban disinvestment, and automation were far bigger factors in reducing opportunities for Black workers in these fields than the influx of migrant labor. While we're still active in the trades today, we remain underrepresented due to ongoing challenges like discriminatory hiring, limited access to vocational training, and informal job networks that centers white people, and excludes us.

This is why government set-asides for Black businesses and workers ware so important. They've helped address public sector barriers and ensured opportunities in construction, road maintenance, and other public projects - opportunities that still exist today. Well, that is until Trump takes office and institutes his policies that kill these initiatives in favor of fighting "anti-white racism and discrimination." Your post ignores these efforts, and in doing so, misrepresents the reality of Black involvement in state and federal work, just to make your migrant claim work.

I'm not denying that the arrival of migrant labor has had some impact, especially by changing labor market dynamics. But it wasn't the primary cause of the challenges we face. Systemic issues like the ones I've listed have played a much larger role. Blaming migrants oversimplifies the problem and shifts focus away from the structural barriers that have long disadvantaged us.

Your claim about Trump is just straight up bullshyt too. He is going to kill all those initiatives that help Black worker and businesses. But "Black jobs," right?

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

When have Democratic leaders stated they would outright break Federal laws to defend any issue concerning us? When have the Democrats ever state they will round up the Police, a laughable statement though it was made, along with 50k citizens to support a Black issue? So that is the sort of energy I am talking about, the "By Any Means Necessary" energy they seem to be displaying on their willingness to defend illegals against the federal government.

Can you give an example of a Black issue where this kind of resistance - mobilizing police and outright defiance of federal law - would be possible? Your comparison between Democratic resistance to deportation and their efforts on voting rights is flawed because it ignores the fundamental differences in context and control.

In Denver, the mayor governs a Democratic-controlled city and can implement sanctuary policies. That's not the same as breaking federal law, and it's a choice available to local governments thanks to the 10th amendment. Voting rights laws, however, are typically passed at the state level in Republican-controlled states w/ trifecta governments. Democrats don't have the authority to engage in local non-cooperation when the problem is coming from the state or federal level. Instead, they're forced to rely on federal litigation and grassroots mobilization, which are different mechanisms entirely.

 

[Dzali OG]

If your job security is threatened by low skilled, illegals, you need step your game up.

 

[Ozymandeas]

It's insane if you're in fact a complete dumbass bigot with no clue about economics in America--and a c00n who would rather co-exist with a white racist than a "foreigner" to boot.

There a reason these dirty illegal immigrants have been around you your whole life, and its not because they hopped the border or are not welcome by people much richer and smarter than you.

If every illegal or pending immigrant in this country just disappeared the economy of your city and state would literally collapse overnight.

You're too fukking dumb and desperate to be a cac to even notice how much of your precious quality of life is facilitated by "garbage" immigrants you can't stand. I can guarantee you haven't gone a day of your life without taking advantage of something an "illegal" did. If your job has clean floors, walls, and bathrooms everyday chances are its only because of a "garbage" immigrant. Who the hell do you think is cleaning, cooking, serving, delivering, carrying, planting, watering, repairing, building, driving damn near everything in sight? Amurican citizens who expect that for 13 dollars an hour, 6-8 hour shift, and weekends off?

No stupid. We NEED immigrants. They are a back bone of our modern economy whether you realize it or not. The rich folks at the top who have no intention of getting rid of them know this. They just know they can use them to divide, conquer, and manipulate bigoted dumbasses like you into voting for their tax cuts and screwing yourself over.

I guess Trump has to go ahead and send us into the fastest recession in history with his short sighted, undisciplined mass deporations, tariffs against everyone, gutting of government jobs and programs, tax cuts and deregulations for the rich for dummies like you to get it. You anti-immigrant Negropeans are just the most insufferable hacks out here.

Every country needs immigrants. But there has to be order.

I'm an Eagles Fan. Can the entire city of Philadelphia drive down 95 to Baltimore tomorrow to show up at the stadium or is that a hazard?

I went to Howard. Should people only come to the school after they're accepted or can anybody just show up to campus on August 20th?

I have three interviews set up next week. It's probably 100 other nikkas applying for each role. Should all 300 of us just show up to the offices to start work in January regardless of if we're hired or not?

 

[Wild self]

If your job security is threatened by low skilled, illegals, you need step your game up.

That's the bottom line. Like, what are you doing with your time after you turn 18 and graduate from high school?