The Convict Leasing Forced Labor System

https://lemmy.ml/post/17792504

The Convict Leasing Forced Labor System - Lemmy

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/11237867 [https://slrpnk.net/post/11237867]

Either stay in your country or go through the proper channels. Or work as a field laborer for pennies on the dollar…sounds like there are a couple choices here, no one is forcing people to cross illegally.

Either stay in your country or go through the proper channels. Or work as a field laborer for pennies on the dollar…sounds like there are a couple choices here, no one is forcing people to cross illegally.

In your rush to dunk on folks who have made a difficult decision at a low point in their likely quite difficult lives, you failed to actually read what you replied to. But I’m guessing your response is now “they are criminals so they have no rights, and so who cares about their humanity.”

I did read it wrong 😂 my bad
It’s not OK to treat the undocumented like slaves either FWIW.
We treat our own people like slaves, what makes them so special?

We treat our own people like slaves, what makes them so special?

You are super close to seeing the actual point.