the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
May 12, 2025
Insane amounts of publicity happen as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or border agents viciously apprehend innocent people labeled “illegal” immigrants. The hype continues as jailing or deportation follows. Why the choreographed drama? What is hidden behind the smoke screen?
What has NOT been widely reported is that corporations place advertisements on social media to lure undocumented people with job promises have faced little crackdown during this administration. Underpaid workers in construction, meat processing, janitorial work and hotels and restaurants have NOT been big targets of ICE.
The Trump administration has let it be known that big business interests will be treated with leniency. That tracks with enforcement actions seen around immigration. When questioned about sending current undocumented workers home and then giving them a legal path, Trump said: “We have to take care of our farmers, the hotels and, you know, the various [work] places where they tend to, where they tend to need people.”
Follow the money and it shows that the largest contributions to the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee came from poultry processor Pilgrim’s Pride. This company employs thousands of migrant workers, many alleged to be undocumented.
In a speech last year before the elections, JD Vance said, “We’re done importing foreign labor—we’re going to fight for American citizens and their good jobs and their good wages. We need a leader who’s not in the pocket of big business, but answers to the working man.”
What voters got is the opposite! So, this administration “puts on a show” to hide the truth.
What big business got is business as usual. The super-exploitation of immigrant workers continues. Big business is lining their pockets.
But to manipulate public opinion, brutal social media clips—the same clips over and over—flood our airwaves. This administration uses these clips to “pretend to do something” to “help workers” and to intimidate those who might think of resisting.
The clips serve another purpose: trying to intimidate those who might think of resisting. The clips put out gangster images of enforcement officers. The clips aim to normalize disdain for humanitarian values.
This is a sneak preview of their ideal future society. As the population begins standing up, the response needs to be well-organized and massive in the face of these self-satisfied bullies.