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ICE Is Raiding Farms Again - Truthdig (www.truthdig.com)
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[–] JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I'm a dairy farmer. A lot of my friends and associates are too. Our community is built on immigrant labor.

This is wrecking shit. The paranoia is at levels you cant imagine. The workers are scared. The owners are scared. Regardless of income level or status, everyone is stressed to say the least.

The only consolation I have had was, just this past weekend, I got to look at my neighbor who was stressing and venting about what he will do when ice shows up. And I looked this man dead in the eyes and told him "you got exactly what you voted for, and exactly what you supported"

And he looked at me and agreed. "Yeah, you are right" he was defeated. To say that to me is an acknowledgement of absolute defeat.

It's funny It sounds nice to think "I warned you". That smug superiority sounds good in your mind. It's vindication. It's another thing entirely to watch you community terrified to move because they collectively fucked up. Vindication doesn't help the people kidnapped from your community. The destruction of generations of work and mutual cooperation.

What a fucking shitty consolation prize.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How come they don’t raid country clubs, golf resorts or large hotels? Especially down in Florida.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago

The same reason that the people employing 'illegal aliens' never go to jail.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't harvest season in the USA just around the corner? (Asking for a friend)

[–] comador@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

July is prime fruit harvesting time across the lower 48 US States.

Off the top of my head: In July we harvest corn, beans, squash, zucchini, cucumber, avocados, tomatoes, peaches, plums, blueberries, cherries and rhubarb.

100% sure I am missing dozens more, but that's the limit of what my family's farm has grown over the decades.

edit: Typo and misspelling.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

The "asking for a friend" part is usually a sign of sarcasm. Still like your extensive answer though. Thanks for that. For what I know, Harvesting usually has a narrow timeframe. It requires a big staff in a short period of time. These raids will affect the harvest, much can/will fail. Assuming availability abroad, there are tariffs when importing. What where they thinking?

[–] Flames5123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Usually “asking for a friend” is deflection sarcasm, like you’re saying, “I’m not that stupid, but my friend is, so please explain it for my friend”

[–] comador@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I got the sarcasm reference, but your post was the best one to tag onto for my reply hehe.

As to wtf they were thinking, a couple of the American Ag Associations have been telling us they believe that the megafarms aka factory farms have further bought out the current administration as they did with previous administrations.

A majority of Farmers are not nor have they ever been partisan. They just want their way of life to continue. Democrats were the first to be bought out by lobbyists from the likes of Tyson, Cargill, CHS and others though, thus why most farmers rallied, albeit stupidly, behind Republicans.

It was just a matter of time before Republicans turned their back on US small farmers in favor of lining their own pockets and ideals.

Small farmers were already hurting:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/factory-farms-in-the-us

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Glad you tagged along ;) Read something alike a week (or two) back.... Sounds plausible.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

“A majority of Farmers are not nor have they ever been partisan.”

I don’t know about that, there’s a lot of LeopardsEatingFaces about farmers lately. And according to https://investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/trump-election-farming-counties-trade-war/ , of the 444 farming-dependent counties, Trump won all but 11 counties, average of 78% of the vote. And given the reliance on labor and the previous Trump administration saying they’re apolitical seems… incorrect.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Love how you stopped reading when you read something you disagreed with.

I never said they weren't Republicans, I said such below that. Farmers will vote for whomever helps keep their way of life alive. Period. You may want to read the entire post.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Fair enough. I just think that someone voting for whomever they think will help them, will do JUST A LITTLE critical thinking.

Sigh. But that’s where we are now. I get voting for your self interest. But Jeeze.

[–] karashta@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Can't wait to see food prices go insane.

How long until they're forcing prisoners to work the fields?

Or is the plan to just kill as many of us as possible through social murder?

[–] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Heh. Most of the guards are Latino.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Well, I heard he does not rule out deporting natives with criminal, behavior so a chain-gang in the fields isn't likely to happen either.

[–] Xulai@mander.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

I heard it is already happening in CA migrant camps. They’re selling the migrant labor and giving them only 1$ a day. It costs $5 to make one phone call.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

That's what I consider a lose-lose scenario. The farms and food processing sites will seriously suffer, but their owners will probably double down with slogans like "Why did Biden drive away our workers?"