U.S. Agriculture Secretary defends mass deportation of immigrant farm laborers, suggests Americans on Medicaid can replace them.

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    Ah yes, my elderly mother who has a tube coming out of her kidney because they had to remove her bladder will surely be a good replacement for someone well acclimatized for working outside, doing lots of physical labor. Sure. 🙄

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      I thought I read they’re not removing Medicaid for anyone over 60. The work requirement was only for 18-60.

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        I work as a case manager supporting people with disabilities. Everyone from non verbal autism to cerebral palsy to the quadriplegics. This would be a death sentence, so it sounds like they want to massacre the disabled to me.

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    Oh yay, let’s send all those wheelchair bound people into a dirt field to pick your cabbage.

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    Finally, they’re unrolling their new slavery initiative. This will really complement the prison slave labor they’re already using.