• renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net
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    4 days ago

    This stereotype feels less true every year. I work in a very large office in a large city and ~half of my white-collar co-workers are either immigrants or 1st generation naturalized Americans. According to hiring managers, it’s just representative of the applicant pool.

    I know America has historically exploited immigrants for agricultural work (and still does), but there’s also a huge population of white-collar immigrants from all over the world.

    • atrielienz@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Those aren’t the immigrants they’re trying to deport though. Racism is the main component and taking the jobs is just a pretext.