Pelosi says farmers need illegal immigrants 'to pick the crops' in Florida
By: Adam Shaw (Fox News)
The political rhetoric by prominent Democrats is timeless. If only we had not ended the institution of slavery ...
Democrats made these same 'economic' arguments to defend (and expand) the institution of slavery. Slaves did the work that Americans wouldn't do. And abolishing slavery would threaten the economic growth and prosperity of the United States. The United States could not produce cotton without slave labor and the economy of the United States would falter, wither, and fail. Consumers depended upon slave labor for low prices and abundant supply.
Nancy Pelosi is no different than John C. Calhoun. Pelosi is promoting exploitation of human labor as some sort of benevolent kindness. And you, as a consumer, will benefit so you should support the practice.
Pelosi is engaging in the ugliest and dirtiest politics from our country's past. And there are many Democrats who loudly defend Pelosi's political rhetoric. Being 'woke' apparently doesn't have anything to do with being enlightened. The ends justify the means and the rewards only go to who gets the most votes.
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Twitter melted down after a recent clip featured Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claiming that Floridian farmers "need" illegal immigrants to stay in their state and "pick the crops."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday said that farmers in Florida need illegal immigrants "to pick the crops" as she called for "comprehensive immigration reform" and said there was a shortage of workers in the U.S.
Pelosi was asked about whether the southern border is secure, and responded by saying that while "we have a responsibility to secure our border, we also have a responsibility to recognize the importance of newcomers to our nation."
"Right now, the best thing that we can do for our economy is comprehensive immigration reform," she said. Democratic proposals for such reform typically include sweeping amnesties for illegal immigrants already in the U.S.
Pelosi then pressed her economic argument and made reference to recent moves by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republican governors to move illegal immigrants north to places like Martha's Vineyard, New York City and Washington, D.C.
"We have a shortage of workers in our country, and you see even in Florida, some of the farmers and the growers saying, 'Why are you shipping these immigrants up North? We need them to pick the crops down here,'" she said.
Pelosi's remarks come as the U.S. remains in the throes of a historic border crisis which has seen more than 2.1 million migrant encounters this fiscal year, and more than 200,000 migrant encounters in August alone. It is the ongoing nature of the crisis that has led Republican governors to bus and fly migrants further north. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has bussed more than 10,000 migrants to Washington, D.C., New York City and Chicago, while DeSantis sparked outrage from Democrats when his office flew about 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard.
Republicans have blamed Biden administration policies, as well as incentives offered by "sanctuary" cities, for fueling the crisis. Democrats and the Biden administration have blamed the Trump administration for rolling back legal asylum pathways, and have used the crisis to renew their calls for a pathway to citizenship for millions already in the country illegally.
Vice President Kamala Harris recently claimed the border is "secure" while also calling for a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
"I think that there is no question that we have to do what the president and I asked Congress to do, the first request we made: pass a bill to create a pathway to citizenship," Harris said on "Meet the Press" this month. "The border is secure, but we also have a broken immigration system, in particular, over the last four years before we came in, and it needs to be fixed."
It wasn't a statement that Pelosi appeared to be ready to endorse on Friday.
"I believe that we have to have a secure border. And I think that we are trying to address… the president has a plan to address that," she said.
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Democrats are still Democrats. Some things won't change.
So the House Drunk wants to treat illegals as slaves? I will give her credit, she is staying in line with her party's history
Show me where she said "illegal immigrants".
She cleverly forgot to say the words "illegal or phony asylum seeker"
So... The entire article is crap then. There are lots and lots of legal, green card holding migrants out there. Often the only way they can get here is to apply for asylum.
If you watch the video and listen to her words, she hesitated for a few seconds before she said migrants. You KNOW she was thinking of saying illegal, but would be roasted by her own lunatics of she did.
It shows what democrats think of the people they have pandered to.
You are in danger of having your 'woke' card revoked.
Come on, man, everyone knows Democrats can't say those words together!
Show me where Pelosi said that immigration policy is for the benefit of immigrants.
Did she say that? I didn't think so.
Congrats! That's a slam dunk. So, what was Pelosi talking about?
You might recognize it as 'those people'.
"I believe that we have to have a secure border. And I think that we are trying to address… the president has a plan to address that," she said."
The plan appears to be kicking it down the road to president DeSantis and his Republican Congress
She, being a deceitful, lying bitch, may well indeed believe that we need to have a secure border, but her actions say otherwise.
Why do Democrats always want to start securing the border by granting millions of lawbreakers amnesty?
The President has a plan?!?? Who in the holy hell does she think she is fooling with such a stupid-ass remark? We know he has no plan!
Florida amended the Florida E Verify law to exempt agribusiness. It was signed by DeSantis.
Might want to pass that info along to Pelosi.
No need since the Florida legislature and governor is well aware that agribusiness in Florida is reliant on immigrant labor of which 42% were undocumented in 2020.
That is why agribusiness was exempted from our E Verify law.
Doesn't seem like Nancy has gotten the memo, or why else would she make such silly comments?
Botox poisoning to the brain ....
Alcohol.
I'm pretty sure if we didn't have immigrant labor most of us would be quite a lot thinner than we are.
Without a doubt or try working the fields and see the weight disappear.
Can you link to the part of the law that requires private businesses to use E-verify?
Private employers are not required to use the E-Verify system unless they have a contract with a public employer, or they apply for taxpayer-funded incentives through the state Department of Economic Opportunity.
Since you know the answer there George perhaps you can explain why the Florida legislature found it necessary to exempt agribusiness.
Perhaps this is the reason:
Ain't it interesting that these discussions always seem to focus attention on agribusiness? The discussion never seems to include property development even though we know a lot of illegal immigrants are employed in construction.
The IRS handing out tax IDs seems to obviate the need for e-verify anyway. And waiting for an asylum hearing doesn't prohibit illegal immigrants from working.
Democrats talk a lot about a pathway to citizenship. But the reality is that a hearing date is a pathway to legal residence. Assigning a hearing date gives legal status for illegal immigrants to live and work in the United States. A hearing date provides access to public education, public health care, and public assistance programs since there is legal status to reside in the United States.
Illegal immigrants apply for asylum so they can get a hearing date that allows them legal status to live and work in the United States. E-verify really won't do anything under those circumstances.
The last I read, realizing there could be an EO changing it, but don’t asylum seekers have to have their hearing, or be here for a year before they can apply for a work permit?
“Illegal immigrants apply for asylum so they can get a hearing date that allows them legal status to live and work in the United States.”
So let us put our resources toward enabling any seeking asylum a timely hearing. It is ridiculous that it takes months, if not years, to adjudicate theses cases.
Spend the money already allocated up front and avoid the greater costs that come with kicking the can down the road. An easy win, win…economically, judicially, and humanitarianly…if we could ignore the political motivations that inherently bog everything down.
Let’s talk to the issue for once, rather than talk at it.
So, very much similar to federal law regarding retention of I-9's.
That seems logical. Keep in mind that only 25 to 50 pct of asylum requests are granted. Speeding the hearings would dramatically reduce the number of illegal immigrants allowed to legally stay in the country. So much for more workers.
“So much for more workers.”
And hence the old ‘follow the money’ adage…it’s on the employers and the regulators and the ability to work around the existing laws without consequence.
Weird how that evil DeSantis signed an exemption for companies that didn’t need it.
Do you know who needed Agri businesses to be excepted? The state! Because they couldn’t by their fruits and vegetables unless they followed e verify. Can you imagine how much the lunches would have cost?
You do know that only applies to businesses that do business with the state! Right?
He is one cagey old cuss, isn't he?
Kinda puts Pelosi's remarks in perspective, doesn't it?
“Kinda puts Pelosi's remarks in perspective, doesn't it?”
Let us not discount the term ‘systemic’ when discussing anything.
No attorney wants a speedy trial for his guilty client.
There are loopholes within loopholes. Someone seeking asylum can be granted temporary protected status which includes authorization to work; not a work permit but essentially the same as a work permit.
Temporary protected status is dependent upon country of origin (there are 27 countries on the list). Currently those asylum seekers from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Venezuela are eligible for temporary protected status while awaiting adjudication of an asylum request. Being granted a hearing date really does provide a pathway for illegal immigrants from these countries to legally reside and work in the United States.
Pelosi thinks Fla needs more immigrants to .... jump down, turn around, pick a bail of cotton ..... jump down, turn around and pick a bail a day ......
Is it any surprise that a democrat wants slave labor to pick crops?
Congress has nearly 3 dozen members who are immigrants. I wonder if she thinks they should be picking crops.
Only the non-whites.
That's how ordinary strawberries become organic for $4.50 a pound.
Can you imagine the melt down by the left if a Republican had said this? It would be the lead story everywhere..... The gnashing of Democrat teeth would be heard in space ...
THEN they would quietly demand these people be used as cheap labor to pick crops.
And cut their grass ....
Clean their houses, wash their cars and raise their kids.
And make them a sandwich
That's the thing. It wasn't a republican that said it. We all know democrats are given special treatment even for the racist shit like this. Hell look at what they put in the WH. Look at the history of the democrats. None of it is acceptable.
And? Of course we do, they have been a majority of the labor force for those jobs for decades. What is the issue:?
If Pelosi and her her ilk are serious. They need to revive the "Guest Worker" or "Bracero" temporary worker programs and do things legally. I believe it was the Democrats that terminated those programs but I could be mistaken.