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Bobstandard

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9. I'm a farmer

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Wed Aug 23, 2023, 10:37 PM

Aug 2023

I’ve got men and women working for me for over 20 years. Some with green cards, some not. most trying to get legal. Whenever they visit family in Mexico we worry about what might happen to them in transit.

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How often do you worry about the Southern border? [View all] milestogo Aug 2023 OP

Only when Republicans are proposing what to do there. dchill Aug 2023 #1

Exactly. niyad Aug 2023 #4

+1000 Mad_Machine76 Aug 2023 #5

I worry about American guns flooding Latin America and making people flee. Frasier Balzov Aug 2023 #2

It's a Republican created problem. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2023 #3

I voted Continuously. Xolodno Aug 2023 #6

That sucks. milestogo Aug 2023 #7

The mason Dixon border? getagrip_already Aug 2023 #8

Yup Johonny Aug 2023 #21

I'm a farmer Bobstandard Aug 2023 #9

TBH - I live in Texas and continuously about the border Lithos Aug 2023 #10

Thank you. milestogo Aug 2023 #11

Whoa Lithos Aug 2023 #17

I'm most concerned about protecting those who have been here awhile. Silent Type Aug 2023 #12

the idea that all the drugs are carried into the USA over the boarder is comically absurd Takket Aug 2023 #13

Agreed. milestogo Aug 2023 #15

I worry about it constantly, but now that Ukraine is advancing towards Tokmak, I worry less. Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #14

I worry a lot about the corder DBoon Aug 2023 #16

Perfectly stated. AllyCat Aug 2023 #19

I meet families all the time who have left family, friends, to come here. AllyCat Aug 2023 #18

Agreed. milestogo Aug 2023 #20