exactly, it would be a catastrophe. so many industries would grind to a halt without their trained laborers, and even if you did somehow manage to backfill all those with documented workers (yeah right), the cost to do so would be insane for less skilled, less efficient workers. the inflation would make post-covid look insignificant by comparison.
I don't think this has anything to do with covid. Trump's entire 2016 campaign was about building a border wall, and Fox cranks up the border talk leading up to every single election cycle.
not to mention, as if any Americans actually want to do the jobs that undocumented immigrants are doing for us.
Deporting illegal immigrants who commit violent crimes, for example, would fall under that.
The actual phrasing in the poll was, "The mass deportation of undocumented immigrants". I kind of doubt most people would think targeted deportation like for criminals would count as "mass deportation of undocumented immigrants".
to expand on this:
This poll is based on a nationally representative probability sample of 1,027 adults age 18 or older. The sample includes 401 respondents that are currently residents of Arizona.
So about 40% of the respondents live in Arizona which is a major selection bias.
I wouldn't say polls are meaningless, but the headline and article are still terrible. The article neglects to mention that:
This poll is based on a nationally representative probability sample of 1,027 adults age 18 or older. The sample includes 401 respondents that are currently residents of Arizona.
So about 40% of the respondents live in Arizona which is a major selection bias. I just don't saw how that can be considered "nationally representative".
edit:
The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.6 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, for results based on the national gen pop sample. The margin of sampling error takes into account the design effect, which was 1.42. For the Arizona gen pop sample, the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 7.1 percentage points, and the design effect is 2.10.
The margin of sampling error is higher and varies for results based on sub-samples. In our reporting of the findings, percentage points are rounded off to the nearest whole number. As a result, percentages in a given table column may total slightly higher or lower than 100%. In questions that permit multiple responses, columns may total substantially more than 100%, depending on the number of different responses offered by each respondent.
So I suppose this is all accounted for in their margins for error.
it's easier to win elections with shitty candidates if you're not worried about the opponent winning.
sure, but this guy is not even being charged with anything. we are talking about a warning.
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