In one of the clearest examples yet that the left, including the Democrat Party, of course, will go to virtually any length to fight President Donald Trump's plan to mass-deport illegal aliens, a coordinated alliance of lobbyists plan to "submerge" Trump and select Republican politicians under the pressure of close friends and allies who want the administration to import more low-wage migrants for jobs that would otherwise go to voting Americans.
How clever.
As reported by Business Insider, the alliance believes:
There's a way to get to Trump and make him realize that.
Is there?
The Make America Wealthy Again (MAWA) lobbying plan — "designed to appeal to Trump and his business-minded allies” — was described to Business Insider by Cristina Antelo, the founding principal at Ferox Strategies, a lobbying firm that counts the National Retail Federation, Walmart, and the tobacco giant Reynolds America among its clients, thusly:
Trump as a businessman understands that if he doesn’t have 200 [H-2A visa worker] guys cutting the grass at his golf courses, then they don’t look right, and people won’t want to play golf there. There’s a way to get to Trump and make him realize that. How many businesses does he need to hear from before he’s like, ‘Crap, I really am going to paralyze the entire US labor market if I do this.’
One Trump official MAWA plans to stay away from is White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, arguably the administration's most outspoken hardliner on the illegal alien issue. According to a lobbyist from a prominent trade association, as reported by Business Insider:
Stephen Miller won’t ever be convinced. Forget that. But Trump can be convinced not to screw over fellow businesspeople. Miller isn’t the only dude who has Trump’s ear.
Correct — Miller's not the only one in Trump's inner circle who has his ear. But also correct: Trump's inner circle also includes no-nonsense border czar Tom Homan, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has called illegal aliens "dirtbags," Vice President JD Vance, and DOGE head Elon Musk — none of whom are likely to change their minds, either.
Here's more:
[L]obbyists have already begun reaching out to members of Congress and their staffs — both on Capitol Hill and in their districts back home — via phone, Zoom, and in-person meetings. Several lobbyists describe a campaign of “shock and awe,” one that will seek to apply “1,000 points of pressure” to GOP members of Congress who understand that immigrants are willing to take low-paying, high-risk jobs that are shunned by most Americans. Among those being targeted is Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, who chairs the House Agriculture Committee.
Unlike countless keyboard jockeys infesting social media, I'm not into brash prognosticating, but I will say this: I've followed Donald Trump as close as anyone for nearly 10 years, and I've yet to see the guy cave in to pressure. On the contrary, push him too hard, and he gets even more resolute than he was before you tried to change his mind.
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Besides, Donald Trump truly appears to enjoy his role as "president of the people" — a now-apt description of a man loathed by the left and labeled every disgusting name in the book in a desperate effort to scaremonger the American people away from a guy I believe truly wants what's best for America, and he's not going to be swayed.
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