It's funny because in his city people drive around in huge trucks with huge Mexican seal decals on the rear window. I wonder if he seriously thinks those folks either:

Weren't born here in the 90s
Are hiding from ICE.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 39 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

How does deporting the poorest members of your community decrease the house prices? What logic is that?

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They believe that the existence of brown folk lowers property value

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If that's their belief, why get rid of them if the aim is to reduce house prices

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Reactionaries don't need a reason, they need an excuse. Never believe their talking points, it's all just dog whistles.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

They don't want cheaper housing, they want their own value to go up, preferably at the expense of people they hate

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is that not true? Take 3 neighborhoods; one white, one black and one Hispanic. In which hood do you think the property values are higher?

Sorry if that's an uncomfortable fact, but it's a perfect example of systemic racism.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

In cities perhaps but, not to disprove your point as it's valid, rural America is a major player in right wing support and I dbout the existence of brown folks changes the value of those areas much. its not so cut and dry all over

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well you see if people are forced out of their homes that home goes back under possession of the bank and banks really hate holding onto free money like that so the more houses the banks are holding onto the less money they will want for them because banks operate on the people first principle and want to ensure occupancy of their units over profits they could make.

It makes perfect sense. You just have to understand how banks operate and you'd know that once a bank gets a house from a deported family they lower the price to fill it with tenants as cheap as possible! Simple as. Any other questions librul? lmao

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Less bodies taking up housing -> cheaper housing. Though lord knows how many people a city would have to get rid of to truly move the needle. OTOH, there were a couple of million immigrants a year pouring in. That's a shitload of infrastructure.

Always used this to get a handle on the numbers:

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters

Notice they're reporting ZERO since February? The administration order them to fake that? That's a story in itself!

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Special place in hell for people like this.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

we need more walls. (for these fascists to face.)

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Housing prices? Wtf is this guy on, lmao

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Sure houses cost less, but I hope you are handy and never need to hire out for labor because you just deported the guys who work their asses off.

These will be the same people bitching costs for construction is too high.

[–] don@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Their username leads me to believe that they’re Christian.

[–] Lesrid@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

And about six years old assuming the last two digits are their birth year