Trump's Immigration Crackdown: Unity's Unlikely Bedfellow
According to The Intercept, former President Trump's immigration crackdown 'eroded' labor unity, portraying it as a novel threat to American workers. The reality is far less surprising: both Republican and Democratic administrations have historically leveraged immigration policy to create a tiered labor force, suppressing wages and undermining organizing efforts for decades. Remember Bill
Clinton's 1996 welfare reform, which also fueled immigrant scapegoating? It appears that 'unity' is only deemed critical when it can be blamed on one political brand, while the systemic issues—like employers' desire for cheap, exploitable labor—remain largely unexamined. One might wonder who truly benefits from a perpetually vulnerable working class, irrespective of which party occupies the White
House.