Jenna Arnold: I Cannot Wait Until American Women Can’t Put Blueberries in Their Smoothies

Allison: “Those are — those are democratic and Republican people who are paying them. Those are people who are who voted for Donald Trump, who will be deporting their workforce. So I think the reason why they also aren‘t going after is because it‘s your voting base right now.”
JENNINGS: “I think — I think there‘s two different categories of business owners. I think some people are legitimately not knowing who their — I mean, maybe they‘re thinking they‘re hiring someone who‘s here legally and there‘s maybe some fraud going on. I don‘t think we should punish people who were legitimately trying to do the right thing and got taken advantage of. But I do agree with Bill that if you are trying to actively hire illegal immigrants, if you think that‘s best, if you are trying to game the system, if you are trying to help someone break U.S. federal immigration law, I think if we‘re going to have a true crackdown on illegal immigration in this country, it has to involve everybody who‘s participating in it. And I think you‘ve raised a good point with this topic. And so, employers and anyone else who‘s part of this pipeline, I think — I think they ought to be put on notice. You got to play by the rules. Everybody has to play by the rules.”
STEPIEN: “And I don‘t want to hear that they‘re doing work that no one else will do. Talk to guys in the building trades, plumbers, contractors — “
ARNOLD: “Picking strawberries. I mean, I can’t wait — “
STEPIEN: “These building trades guys are being hurt by people that shouldn’t be here.”
ARNOLD: “I can‘t wait until American women can‘t get blueberries for their smoothies. I cannot wait until there is a full crackdown on all small businesses, as if that‘s going to be the solution to the immigration problem. It is just going to put immigration related issues further into the darker corners. We‘re not going to see them. It‘s just going to become even harder to solve the problem. It‘s — it doesn‘t make sense to punish individuals and people when there is a broken system.”
JENNINGS: “Well, I mean, look, I think if you came here illegally and you knowing you came — you know you did it, you know you broke the law, you know, you have to understand it‘s a new day in America. And number two, I still think the case for total economic collapse if we have some deportation is totally overstated. I mean, it‘s obvious the priority is violent criminals, and the second priority is people with existing deportation orders. I think that‘s the vast majority of what‘s going to go on, you know, for the next couple of years. And I don‘t think that‘s going to have any impact on the economy at all.”
PHILLIP: “But I wonder about just acknowledging the role of undocumented people in the economy. I mean, I think that — that’s the part that’s not happening.”