The president signaled an opening Thursday to protect migrant laborers working in agriculture and hospitality, in statements an official said sought to soothe industry leaders
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Needless to say, deporting large numbers of farm workers means higher food prices
When I read the, “things are going to change” line…I assumed he was saying that his current policy of kidnapping workers was the change in question.
He kind of rolled it into the statement he was making about ending “Biden’s open borders policy”, so it kind of felt like he was saying, no more letting immigrants have any options for sanctuary within the system. That’s what’s going to change, from now on. No?
I don’t treat his words has having any specific meaning; more indicating that his attention is on a topic
Yeah, well…I certainly didn’t detect any indication that he was planning on changing his direction, just because some farmers and service industry folks were upset about having their employees snatched off the job.
When people started acting like he was softening his approach, I went back and read it again, and still couldn’t understand why they thought that. It really sounded to me like he was saying, “too bad for you…things have to change”, not “I didn’t realize this would hurt you…I need to change”.