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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho
Herein lies the problem for Democrats. Multiple industries rely wholly on undocumented labor. Were we to magically remove all "illegals" tomorrow, both the hospitality and agriculture industries, to pick just two, would collapse overnight.
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My wife and I went to a local diner the other night -- Saturday, a little before what we thought would be the dinner rush. Plenty of seats available, but we had to wait...20 minutes to get seated? There was also a paper on the front window advising that normal hours had been cut back due to "their current circumstances." I have no idea what those might be, but it did seem like they were running with a reduced crew. Which makes it harder to turn over customers (and some folks did indeed opt not to wait, because it's not like there aren't other dining options in the immediate vicinity).
So yeah, take away more workers and you'll see more of this. (Back to pandemic dining levels!) Might not be so great for these small businesses, which most non-chain places are.
Of course if 75% of the government workforce is chopped and AI is going to replace everyone in IT, I guess there will be something for us to do?