https://www.siliconvalley.com/2025/01/03/abcarian-trumps-deportations-threaten-california-economy-built-on-hypocrisy/

This country has always had a hypocritical relationship with the undocumented workers who keep America’s agricultural, construction and hospitality industries humming.

On one hand, we simply cannot function without them. On the other, xenophobic politicians whip up fear and mistrust of workers on the lowest economic rungs when it serves their purposes.