Trump Immigration campaign It can cause chaos for societies trying to rebuild after forest fires and destroyed floods, and the vast majority of skilled disaster workers are immigrants, and a prominent expert has warned.
Republican and Democratic voters across the United States carn away from the disasters that fed the climate, with the destruction of thousands of homes, companies and the damage from continuous fires in Los AngelesIn addition to the major hurricanes in Florida, Tixas, North Carolina and Georgia last year.
Everywhere, recovery depends on the restoration or flexibility workers, who travel from disasters to cleaning disasters and rebuilding American societies while facing risks such as unstable buildings, ash and other toxins, and water transfers.
“Like farmers in the fields, immigrants are indispensable to shoot, floods and recovery in the United States. Sony, director of flexibility, said the Labor Organization that includes approximately 4000 members, who are first -place migrant workers, that there is no existence Any rebuilding at all.
“Collective deportation It would raise the continuous recovery in Florida, Louisiana and North Carolina from hurricanes last year. It would disrupt the rebuilding of Los Angeles after the fires … At this point, anyone anywhere is at risk of being affected by a climate disaster. So everyone needs these skilled workers. “
The disaster industry grows in the United States, where the harsh weather fed by climate becomes more intense and destroyed-and rebuilding It becomes more profitable.
Although there is no official number, the current workforce of flexibility includes tens of thousands of workers born mostly from all over Latin America and the Caribbean Sea region, as well as India and the Philippines, among other countries. It is a varied mix of skilled workers that includes illegal immigrants, as well as many documented asylum seekers and stable refugees who have work permits through the temporary protected situation (TPS).
Trump’s wave threatens executive orders and political aspirations to raise the system of immigration and asylum. The expansion of raids in the workplace and collective deportation may satisfy the Trump base anti -migrants temporarily, but it is likely to be beaten on a lack of employment in multiple sectors including construction, food, hospitality and disaster work.
“The deportation plan is far from the truth of the victims, who will continue without immigrants in the months of spending months, and perhaps years in hotels that live from her pocket. Sony, who has participated in 25 efforts to retract disasters over the past two decades:“ Recovery often makes the poor poorer and back To your home is the main protection against escalating inequality. ”
“We are heading for a moment as there will be an account between this political deception and reality. At some point, this will become an ethical question, not a political issue.”
Among the biggest obstacles facing families after a destructive fire, hurricane, or a lack of employment – and financing. Trump pledges will get worse.
On Friday, Trump announced his desire to do so It is likely to be shining The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) faced a visit to North Carolina, where societies that made rural republics faced some of the worst damages caused by Hurricane Helen-one of the most destructive and deadly storms to strike the mainland of the United States for years. Helen was Ben 27 separate disasters one billion dollars To strike the United States in 2024.
The estimated cost of the damage in North Carolina from Helen, which struck six states throughout the south of Appleshia, all voted in favor of Trump, Almost $ 60 billion. Here, after four months of floods, there is still a lot of work – from removing debris and treating mold to roof alternatives and geological repairs to hills.
Also on Friday, Trump Los Angeles visited, as more than 11,000 homes were destroyed, and it is now estimated that the damage caused by two fires – Balazades and Etone fires – are now estimated at $ 275 billion. At least 150,000 people have been displaced, and many have applied to Fema for help. “You do not need a fema, you need a good government for the state, and fix it yourself.”
Fema provides emergency assistance to obtain temporary accommodations, food and unemployment benefits, as well as compensation for individuals and countries for cleaning and rebuilding costs, which are not covered by private insurance.
“The abolition of the FEMA will lead to a significant response over the next few years because no country will absorb the amount of responsibility or spending. The states – especially the red states themselves like Florida, Tixas and Louisiana that this administration depends on its components and as disasters occur over and over again.”
“We will need a fema to be larger, not smaller. Any resident of a hurricane or a massive fire, whether democratic or Republican, will agree with that. Fires do not distinguish between political parties. We have Republicans in California who need Fema like Democrats.”
On Monday, it appeared that the Trump administration had released new immigration and customs enforcement shares to increase raids and arrests, Washington Post mentioned.
The expansion of the workplace raids may force some underground restoration workers-as happened in 2022 after Hurricane Idalia when Florida Governor Ron Desantis approved legislation to combat migrants. “Migrant workers put their tools and left in fear, leaving the houses to rebuild them and families in forgetting. Sony, speaking from North Carolina, said, desperately desperate to repair and return to their homes:“ That was very bad for the Floridians who depended on these workers, but Workers need caution. “
“Even among those documented, many restoration workers have a weak foothold in America – people who are not yet citizens and are threatened by Trump. People are afraid, however these workers have a deep feeling of profession. There is something sacred about work After a fire or hurricane, the family can return to the house.
The workforce has grown dramatically since Katrina settled New Orleans in 2005, after which the city was rebuilt by the mostly documented Latin workers. Since then, the industry has united, with Parking companies for the purchase of small companiesWith the minimum protection of workers and a few organizational control.
Working conditions and living can be brutal for migrant workers, many of whom come from countries that reach the climate crisis caused by greenhouse gas emissions that aim to the planet-which is the United States is the largest historical contributor.
“We have workers from Honduras who are now rebuilding the houses of Floridian – and they are in Florida because a hurricane destroyed their house and forced them to leave. Do you know how much the grace required to replace the ceiling of another person while your home is not residence? . Great Escape: A true story about forced work and dreams of immigrants in AmericaWho tells the story of the Indians that attracted it to the United States to help rebuild New Orleans.
“The volunteer efforts in Apashia and Los Angeles were unusual, but the truth is that the scale of the damage we see throughout the United States requires a skilled workforce. If you deport one generation of restoration workers, you cannot only add water and show another generation. It took it. Two contracts to build the workforce we have.
