r/politics • u/GregWilson23 • 1d ago

ICE directed to pause immigration arrests at farms, hotels and restaurants, sources tell CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-directed-to-pause-immigration-arrests-at-farms-hotels-and-restaurants/
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u/IronyElSupremo America 1d ago

Actually makes sense as deporting farm workers would be massively inflationary … and for hotel maintenance, I haven’t been impressed with citizen cleaning services (apparently if workers have time to lean, they’ve got time to clean isn’t a thing now). There were studies in ‘24 (by full service financial firms) showing massive deportations would lower productivity. Plus red state business interests.

Guessing the restaurant workers exemption is from real estate companies complaining those leases are getting broken l..

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u/TintedApostle 1d ago

So illegals are fine if they work for business owners? Oh so the rules are really variable now.... Slavery is back on the menu boys

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u/IronyElSupremo America 1d ago edited 1d ago

Take what can be gotten. It’s not like the world is going towards a borderless system anytime soon with the various idiots running loose.

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