For me this is the biggest issue facing the local economy. I have made clear I am standing with Republican Monica De La Cruz for taking the lead on the issue and demanding ICE pull back on its raids.
To understand the depth of the problem, the following is from the Herald.
"Local businesses are laying off workers for the first time, lending officers are seeing a steep decline in building loans, and material suppliers are taking big financial losses, all while immigrant workers and their families live in fear of deportation, and contractors are continually deterred from taking on new projects as ICE targets worksites.
U.S. Reps. Monica De La Cruz, R-Edinburg, and Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, were both in attendance, as well as a small handful of local elected officials and members of the region’s building industry — from loan officers to home builders."
The domino effect is not just builders, as the Herald makes clear, it is impacting loan officers. I am telling you the suppliers are moving heaven and earth to keep their employees employed. I may not like SpaceX for any number of reasons, but without SpaceX family and friends would be unemployed.
So, thank you to SpaceX.
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