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Chris Gross, a second-generation mint farmer in Wilder, told the Times that the town relies on Hispanic labor. “Nobody thought something like this could happen here,” he said.
Nobody thought is right.
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Think for a second about mint. Farming mint? In my experience it's more like "how do you stop the mint?" Except for cutting some off and selling it there's nothing needs done.
And he's the 3rd generation of those people.
I mean... HE didn't think it could happen. I've been waiting for this for a year.
One of the defining characteristics of conservatives is their inability to understand that not everyone else is as shitty as they are. If you pointed out to them that yes, other people did in fact think something like that could happen, they'd just assume you were lying.
'if you don't believe in hell what stops you from raping and murdering people?!'
Uhh. Empathy?
“What happens if everyone who is Hispanic thinks they’re at risk? There’s fear now that didn’t exist here before. I don’t know how you make that go away,” he said.
Really? You don't know how to make that go away?
Two in the thoughts, one in the prayers.
Those stupid fucking hicks are just unredeemable people, at least in my eyes. Fucking loser assholes.
Pro-Trump Town
On October 19, dozens of federal agents wielding automatic rifles and flash-bang grenades descended on La Catedral Arena, a horse-racing track outside of Wilder. The track had long been a hub for the town’s Latino community
This isn't LeopardsAteMyFace. This is 100% what those Pro-Trump voters wanted.
Meanwhile, Wilder’s Mayor Steve Rhodes has dismissed the effect the raid had on his community. “These were not our people,” he told the Times. “What happened out at that track had nothing to do with Wilder.”
The fucking Mayor. Guess who voted for him.
Pro Trump town? That’s a pro nazi town.
Where's a book depository when you need one?
I hope it cripples their town and everyone that enabled this to happen
I'm sure the community will rally together to save their community against the invaders.
Oh, you mean helping each other and being empathetic are liberal traits, and they only value looking after themselves even when their community depends on cooperation? Well, I'm sure they can each farm their own food.
While state and federal officials praised the raid as a crackdown on an alleged gambling ring, only four people have been scheduled for trial on gambling charges. And agents seemed to have another purpose altogether.
“The one thing everyone got asked was, ‘Where were you born?’” Neal Dougherty, an immigration lawyer, told the Times in the story published Monday. “Not, ‘Did you see gambling?’ Not, ‘Did you participate in gambling?’ Just, ‘Where were you born?’”
While a black military-style helicopter circled the scene, federal agents zip-tied the hands of most adults and some teenagers. Several hundred people were detained for four hours. In the end, 105 people were held for immigration charges, and 75 people were deported.