Can’t find a source for the screenshot, but here is the same quote in the hill: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/5209792-sanders-recognizes-trump-effort-on-border-fentanyl-nobody-thinks-illegal-immigration-is-appropriate
And a clip: https://xcancel.com/NewsWire_US/status/1903846182503231861
those billionaire land owners aren’t going to pick cotton so of course we can’t free the slaves
I mean, they wouldn’t be freed so much as sent to El Salvador mega jail or likely melted after the fascists figure out it’s expensive to concentrate and transport people around the world.
That’s surely not what the commenter above you meant. The problem is using “muh economy” as the main argument against the forceful deportation of millions of people who just wanna have a fucking job.
Oh I understand. I’m just pointing out in this case, advocating for the status quo is more humane despite it being wrong and exploitative.