The Hill Discovers Immigrants Are People Post-Trump
The Hill reports that a Trumpian immigration crackdown could 'eliminate' 15 million workers by 2035, tanking GDP by trillions. (Ah, so their worth is measured in dollars, not lives.) This sudden economic clairvoyance arrives conveniently as Trump's rhetoric heats up, ignoring decades of similar, though perhaps less bombastic, bipartisan policy decisions that also treat immigrants as disposable
until GDP numbers wobble. It's almost as if the 'threat' only registers when the right kind of politician says the quiet part out loud. Remember when discussing human rights wasn't contingent on economic forecasts? Or are we to believe the economic fallout is the only truly compelling argument against mass deportations for a media landscape that largely normalized the human cost for years? The
'economic impact' becomes the headline, while the inherent value of human beings remains a footnote.