Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the reported treatment of migrants by Texas officials at the U.S.-Mexico border extreme and barbaric.

  • @Blamemeta
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    01 year ago

    Or you know, you have limited resources and infrastructure that can’t handle infinite people.

    • Ragnell
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      1 year ago

      It’s not infinite people, because there’s not infinite people. There’s only about 8 billion people and most of them are in Asia.

      And how are our resources over in the US? Well, we throw away more food than we eat. (and a lot of our food production is actually DEPENDENT on migrant workers from the south who come in to pick fruits and vegetables during the harvest season.) We have enough empty homes to actually give every homeless person a home and we are still building. We have huge stretches of unoccupied land. Service industries are COMPLAINING that they don’t have enough workers right now.

      Yes, you and I individually may not have any money. But this is a problem with rich hoarders, not a problem with lack of resources. Our problems are policy-based, the scarcity is artificial.

      A finite number of people live in countries that are too dangerous for them to live in because of US foreign policy. A finite number of people need to move from country to country seasonally to get work.

      There is no good reason to hurt someone trying to cross the border. There is no good reason to throw a child into a river to prevent them from entering.

      • @Blamemeta
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        01 year ago

        (and a lot of our food production is actually DEPENDENT on migrant workers from the south who come in to pick fruits and vegetables during the harvest season.)

        So basically, illegals are second class citizens who don’t deserve a living wage. Every fucking time, you guys come up with racist arguments.

        • Ragnell
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          11 year ago

          Oh dear, what to say about that.

          1. Migrants would be eligible for work visas.

          2. People are not illegal.

          3. I never once said they didn’t deserve a living wage. Jackass businessmen might not pay them enough, but that’s wrong. I said our food production is DEPENDENT on migrant workers. No matter what we pay them, we NEED them because we NEED the influx of people to fill those jobs. They should get a living wage.

          4. That you jumped to that conclusion on such a statement suggests you have been WAITING for a change to whatabout me, and tells me that you are not arguing in good faith. So good day.