By Adam Lynch
President Donald Trump鈥檚 base appears to be piling on his recent pitch to allow some immigrant workers to remain in the country.
Trump made closing the border and blanket removal of most immigrant elements a fundamental leg of his campaign, but Mediaite reports his nativist base have no place for what they see as his capitulation to immigrant employers.
鈥淭his is just amnesty, even worse it鈥檚 amnesty for specific industries,鈥 posted Auron MacIntyre, host for MAGA outlet 鈥楾he Blaze鈥. 鈥淭his is not what Trump promised, it鈥檚 not what MAGA voters want.鈥
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CNN Goldman Sachs reports undocumented immigrants account for 4 to 5 percent of the total US workforce and between 15 to 20 percent in the crop production, food processing, and construction industries. It also warns a 鈥渟ignificant share鈥 of deported workers could cause bottlenecks, shortages, and price increases. In response, Trump proposed legislation that allows some undocumented workers to stay.
鈥淵ou had cases where, not here, but just even over the years where people have worked for a farm, on a farm for 14, 15 years and they get thrown out pretty viciously and we can鈥檛 do it,鈥 Trump told supporters at an Iowa rally. 鈥淲e gotta work with the farmers, and people that have hotels and leisure properties too.鈥
鈥淣ow, serious radical right people, who I also happen to like a lot, they may not be quite as happy, but they鈥檒l understand,鈥 he added. 鈥淲on鈥檛 they? Do you think so?鈥
Responses suggest not.
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鈥淭rump wants to let hotels owners, many of whom are receiving interest-free minority and migrant loans, and getting tax breaks, to give amnesty to its illegal immigrant labor?鈥 said right-wing commentator Mike Cernovich on X. 鈥淲hat percentage of hotels are owned by Americans? It鈥檚 much lower than it used to be. How can you compete when a H-1B gets a tax break and low or no interest loan? Now Trump is talking about giving them even more 鈥 amnesty for their workers? This would be a great betrayal.鈥
鈥淣o,鈥 posted the Immigration Accountability Project on X. 鈥淎mericans did not vote for amnesty. We voted for mass deportations. Amnesty is NEVER the answer.鈥
Other commenters, like alt-right activist and conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec demonized employed immigrants, claiming, 鈥渢he murderer of Mollie Tibbetts was a Mexican illegal who worked on a dairy farm in Iowa. She was brutally murdered just an hour away from the Iowa fairgrounds.鈥
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