Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns against voting based solely on economic factors like grocery prices, arguing that mass deportations would have devastating consequences for the agricultural and construction sectors. She highlights the vital role immigrants play in the U.S. economy and criticizes the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , a Democrat from New York, issued a stark warning to those who base their voting decisions solely on economic factors like grocery prices. She cautioned that prioritizing such short-term concerns could lead to long-term consequences, particularly for the agricultural and construction sectors, if the immigrant workforce were to dwindle due to mass deportations.
'If you think your groceries are expensive now, wait until the farms are empty,' Ocasio-Cortez stated on the 'Latino USA' podcast. She further argued that the United States economy, particularly its resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, is deeply reliant on the contributions of immigrants, both documented and undocumented. Ocasio-Cortez strongly criticized the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration through widespread arrests and deportations conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). She emphasized the detrimental impact of losing immigrants as valuable assets to the U.S. economy, highlighting their role in producing food, building homes, and caring for the elderly. 'For all the people who cast a vote based on grocery prices and inflation, if you think your groceries are expensive now, wait until the farms are empty,' she continued. 'If you think houses are expensive now, wait until there’s no one building them. If you think that having someone in your home to take care of your ailing mother or grandmother while you have to go out and earn an honest living while you’re at work, if you think that’s expensive now, wait until that immigrant workforce is gone. Understand the consequences of what this means because for America to not accept immigrants is the definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face.'She also challenged the notion that the administration's focus is primarily on removing violent criminals, pointing out that such rhetoric often overlooks the contributions and humanity of undocumented immigrants. 'First and foremost, this idea that people are immigrants or illegal, etc… we’re talking about ourselves,' Ocasio-Cortez said. 'This is the fabric of our country, the fabric of our community and when people say ‘I think it’s fine, they just need to be here legally,’ they’re shutting down all legal pathways.' She attributed Trump's gains among Latino voters in the last election to divisive tactics and the spread of misinformation, arguing that these factors alienated segments of the community and created resentment. 'The anger was less about ‘we need to deport immigrants.’ The anger was actually how the Trump administration and the campaign was actually very surgical and very sophisticated about drawing a wedge between undocumented people and recent arrivals and asylum seekers,' Ocasio-Cortez said. 'That resentment exists because of the lack of movement on a path to citizenship.'
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