Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Don't ask. Don't tell. Vote trump!

White supremacists don't like it when football players bring to our attention the injustices in society through their protests during the national anthem.  Just shut up and play ball, is what they say.

As long as the white supremacists are entertained, well-fed, and taken care of, who cares about the brown-skinned, right?

The horrible murder of a white young woman, Mollie Tibbets, by an undocumented brown-skinned immigrant provides another opportunity for racists--to parrot the line that launched trump's campaign--Mexicans are rapists, murderers, and more.

To which, the father of the deceased woman responded with humanity that restores hope:
Rob Tibbetts has not publicly commented on the issue. But in his eulogy, he highlighted how the local Hispanic community had embraced him as he searched for his daughter in recent weeks.
While in Iowa for nearly six weeks, Hotel Grinnell put him up for free. During that time, he said he ate at a number of Mexican restaurants, where employees were sensitive and kind. They knew when he needed space or when he needed to joke, he said.
"The Hispanic community are Iowans. They have the same values as Iowans," he said, including an emphasis on family. "As far as I'm concerned, they're Iowans with better food."
The crowd applauded loudly.
Iowa has plenty of Hispanics, and without them--including the undocumented--their local economy will crash.
In Sioux County, four of every five immigrants are not U.S. citizens, Census data show. That includes people who are authorized to be here as well as undocumented immigrants.
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"If all of Sioux County's immigrant labor left tomorrow, we'd have a huge problem. … We don't have the people to replace them," said Pruismann, a former Iowa Cattlemen's Association president who feeds up to 5,000 cattle.
So, what do the ag employers do, even as they vote for trump?
The fact is that Iowa's economy depends on its 84,000 immigrant workers — including those here without legal documentation, business and immigration experts say.
It's why some employers don't always take extra steps to check workers' documents, afraid they might discover inconsistencies, said Madeline Cano, who leads Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement’s immigrant rights project.
"They need the work to get done," Cano said, "so they'd rather not know. Don't ask, don't tell."
Meanwhile, there is also another don't-ask-don't-tell aspect of the family-friendly trump voter when it comes to undocumented immigrants--abuse of the children of those who attempted to cross the border without proper documents.

Making America Great Again, my ass!


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