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Trump Immigration Policy Undermines US Small Business

In yet another example of the unintended consequences of misguided federal policy, the Trump immigration plan is hitting US small business interests where it hurts most – in their bottom line.

Ralph Carter is an Uber driver in Chicago.  His livelihood depends on picking up his fares when promised, and delivering them to their destinations quickly and efficiently.

 

“It was all good until Trump comes up with this cockamamie plan to send all the illegals back to Mexico.  Now it takes me twice, maybe three times as long to get where I'm goin'.”

  

Carter claims Trump’s initiative to secure the US-Mexico border has slowed travel on Chicago’s highways and byways to an absolute crawl.  “I used to be able to go from downtown to over by O’Hare in forty minutes or less.  Now it takes me an hour and a half or more.  How’s a guy supposed to make a living?”

It would seem Chicago’s substantial Mexican community is grappling with a newfound sense of fear over possible arrest and deportation fueled by Trump’s hard-line stance on illegal immigration.

“Look,” said Carter.  “I like Mexicans as much as the next guy.  Their food is fantastic, and nobody else can make my lawn look nice how I like it.  But they need to get the hell out of my way.  I got places I need to be.”

Carter’s complaint is that illegals drive at least ten miles an hour below the posted speed limit for fear of getting pulled over and carded, thus adding to the congestion of  the already clogged area roadways.

  

Says Carter, “Look – if you want to be inconspicuous, then don’t drive twenty miles an hour in the left lane with your nose to the steering wheel, refusing to make eye contact with anybody.  It’s a dead giveaway.”

Carter contends that the driving habits of Mexican illegals have cost him thousands in missed fare opportunities during the past six months alone.   

His advice to them?  “Get a bicycle, and keep off the roads.  Let a guy make a buck, for Pete’s sake.”

A White House spokesperson had no comment.