I wish that was the case here Task, but it's not. Now it's construction and factory jobs along with others.
There's an old saying that "A conservative is a liberal who's been robbed." something like that happened to me...
I worked at a plant on a line with 21 other people. One day a bunch of new people came over and told all of us that they were going to get all of the Americans fired so they could replace us and support their families in Central America. One by one, we were picked off, until we figured out how they were doing it.
They'd wait until we went on breaks or to the bathroom and then sabotage our machines. We had a daily quota and would then be shut down until the lone mechanic fixed them one after the other. A christian guy from Mexico tipped me off. No one would listen to us and six months later, of 21 American workers, only two of us were left.
They laughed at both of us and said we'd be next...
In the breakroom, they would spit on the US flag in front of us, wipe their noses with it, then throw it in the trashcan. Supposedly here for the "American Dream" they actually despised the country that was allowing them to send money back home.
I refused to take breaks and stood guard at my machine. That's when we found out about the toll-free immigration hotline where you can call in and report them. We realized that we had a choice; either we fight back or be run out of our jobs as well.
We fought back.
The citizens that were left, got together and called it in. The place was raided and one guy who'd bragged about sabotaging our machines, asked us how he was going to feed his family in Honduras. I said "you didn't give a damn about how the American citizens you ran out would feed their families, so now you know how it feels!"
This happens all over here. So, yeah, the people here are fed up and our once warm and welcoming manner has faded. No one had as much sympathy for migrants in my family as me back then and I was shocked at how we were treated. They just announced that Joe Biden is closing the immigrant detention center here and thank God for that.
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