TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION POLCIES HITTING TEXAS CONSTRUCTION HARD, AND IN PARTICULAR BORDER COUNTIES

UPDATE: IMPACT ON SOUTHMOST

A number of businesses contacted me to chime in that City Commissioner Bryan Martinez is dead silent about the impact ICE is having on Southmost businesses.  It is just not employment.  The undocumented workers are moving elsewhere thereby impacting family businesses.  Long term stores are under pressure to close due to a lack of business.  

With Republican Roy de Los Santos advising Bryan I do not expect Bryan to speak up anytime soon for the small businesses ready to go under.  He is not going to attack the Trump administration.   I am hearing in desperate conversations; business owners are in fear family businesses going on 50 years will go under. 

Side notes on me.  You will never find me at some politico function.  You will not find me in the bars.  I live for the life in the trenches where you find the people.  If you are not in the trenches with the people you are just part of the problem. 

WHERE IS JOHN COWEN ON DEFENDING SOUTHMOST FROM ICE?  NOWHERE

I get it, these workers are not legal in terms of paper.  But we are cutting off our noses to spite our faces.  I have spoken with numerous people who work in the construction supply chain, and deliveries are way down.  People who are born in the US are getting ready to lose their jobs because of these immigration policies.  I have no problem deporting violent criminals.  But I also know within days they will be back across the river, committing crimes. 

I have verified delivery of construction materials are down.  The builders do not have workers.  Most worker are in hiding or trying to go north now that Brownsville and Cameron County are a risk for them.   These are resilient people.  They did not get here without being resilient. 

Brownsville and Cameron County have so many construction projects under way.  This could be an economic disaster without workers.

THE LIES BY THE HATERS WILL ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE

THE BIG LIE:  THEY DO NOT PAY TAXES

I work with a lot of people on SSI.  Every year I have to go with them to the SSA in Brownsville to sign an affidavit they are not working at 7-9 companies all over the country, while living in Brownsville.  I see the numbers.  Any given month these undocumented workers pay more into SS than SS pays in SSI payments to the victim of the ID theft.  These undocumented workers are paying 100% of the SSI for disabled US Americans.

The Republicans know this. So why deny SS these payments.  The goal is for SS to not be able to fund itself so the Republicans can privatize it.