It’s always the same tired sob story from the left. This time, some Wisconsin dairy farmers are wringing their hands because they hired illegal immigrants to work their land—and now, shocker, those workers might actually be sent home. Liberals in the media can’t stop crying about what might happen if we start enforcing our immigration laws. They trot out tearful tales about how the “lifeblood” of American agriculture is somehow undocumented labor, as if that’s a positive thing for hardworking American citizens.
Let’s be clear. Democrats love illegal immigration because it hands them a class of cheap, desperate laborers they can exploit. Their entire argument is that Americans are too lazy for farm work and that without undocumented workers, prices for milk and lettuce will skyrocket. They ignore the fact that much of farm work is already automated, and what isn’t could easily be filled by Americans—if only the wages were allowed to rise, as they should in an honest market. But Democrats and their globalist friends don’t care about American workers, or even the immigrants they claim to champion. They just want cheap laborers who will never challenge the system.
The media loves to parrot bogus statistics about how supposedly most of our milk comes from farms relying on illegal workers. These are numbers spun out by liberal academics who have never worked a real job in their lives. The truth? Farmers who hire illegal aliens are breaking the law, plain and simple. If their businesses can only function by skirting the rules and exploiting foreign labor, maybe it’s time they rethink their business model. If you can’t run a farm without breaking the law, maybe you shouldn’t be running it at all.
Every time immigration authorities start removing illegal workers, leftists scream that the economy will “implode.” That is, frankly, nonsense. What actually happens? Farmers have no choice but to hire legal workers, pay fair wages, and, in the process, empower American families. Maybe the price of milk ticks up a penny. But you know what skyrockets instead? American pride and opportunity. Funny how the Democrats never mention that.
Let’s not forget the $150 billion illegal immigration already costs taxpayers every year. That’s a direct hit on the wallets of legal citizens. And yet, Democrats still push to keep the border open, block law enforcement, and attack anyone who dares support ICE. If anything, the real solution is simple: go after the business owners who break the law, rip up the taxpayer-funded freebies, and make it clear that the days of cheating the system are over. The left loves to talk about compassion. When will they show any for the American worker they keep selling out?
Maybe the next time a farmer whines about losing illegal labor, they should ask the Democrat Party why they’re so obsessed with keeping Americans at the bottom while foreign workers get a free pass. What are liberals so afraid of? For once, let’s put America first.
Source: Townhall
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