Summary

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned that Trump’s mass deportation policy could lead to labor shortages and higher grocery prices.

Experts say agriculture, construction, and healthcare will be hardest hit, with farm output losses estimated between $30 and $60 billion.

Deportations could cost the U.S. economy up to $88 billion annually.

AOC argued that immigrant labor is vital to economic stability, urging Congress to pursue immigration reform.

  • @[email protected]
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    149 hours ago

    That’s the game, she’s just doing her best to play it. Listen to her more casual interviews if you want a normal person, she gets seconds of the average person’s attention at a time

    • @[email protected]
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      -39 hours ago

      I understand she is playing the game and I’m not even against it. But if the goal is to separate herself from sounding like elites, it seems to me that’s a reasonable place to start. Get more granular and direct. Apparently that’s a really unpopular take?

      To be clear I fully support her and I hope she runs for president soon to be perfectly honest

      • @[email protected]
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        67 hours ago

        It’s not that it’s an unpopular take, it’s that you’re not going to get that from mainstream media. They only want snippets and blurbs to present to the people, so if you’re not able to articulate your point in a short sound bite, you don’t get to send your message at all.

        • @[email protected]
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          17 hours ago

          You mean the same mainstream media that no one trusts anymore apparently?

          We can’t use the old systems anymore dude.

          • @[email protected]
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            57 hours ago

            I won’t disagree with that, but there are still lots of people who consume mainstream media. A lot of them also think that their choice of media isn’t mainstream, only other media.

      • Rhaedas
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        48 hours ago

        Speaker of the House might have more power for her.