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To: usafa92
While Markwayne Mullin is calling for immigration reform, specifically advocating for changes to employment visa programs to address labor shortages while maintaining a hardline stance against amnesty. As Homeland Security Secretary, he stated at the National Governors Association Summer Meeting in August 2026 that the U.S. needs "actual immigration reform" to modernize the system and "plug holes" in the economy where domestic workforce participation is low.

So, you don't exactly know what you are talking about,m when it comes to the issue. Not many American want to work if the fields of farms/

So, what is your brililiant solution to that real problem that exists when it comes to garm labor? While, not mentioned explicitly, this is most likely the area is talking about, and he is not calling for amnesty. Actual deportations have picked up, they have not slowed down art all. The bigger obstacle to deportation are activists judges, not what MarkWayne Mullins is calling for when he speaks of immigration reform.

12 posted on 08/02/2026 8:09:47 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

Up until 1964 we had a program of contract labor with Mexican nationals, stemming from labor shortages during WW II. The bracero program had problems, but they were fixable. The program was ended under pressure from unions and domestic farm labor groups, led by Cesar Chavez. Something of that nature could be revived, given suitable safeguards against abuse.


14 posted on 08/02/2026 8:22:50 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: Robert DeLong

“Doing jobs Americans don’t want to do❓”

Sounds like the “Read My Lips” family of Presidents.


16 posted on 08/02/2026 8:27:29 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesied set before you." ) I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: Robert DeLong

After reading your post, I say let’s just grant mass amnesty. Let’s just do it.

/sarc


34 posted on 08/02/2026 11:19:22 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (The U.S. Constitution is not a suicide pact. Progressivism is a suicide pact.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Last time I checked 70% of our farm labor were American citizens. We have over 400 guest worker programs that allow people to come here temporarily to pick crops.


44 posted on 08/03/2026 9:23:07 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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