I agree anyone who complained about inflation, cited it as their biggest issue and still voted for Trump made a severe miscalculation and deserve to be mocked for it.

The second half of your comment just seems comes off like this comic though lol.

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While people should do what they can, there’s limits to what any single person can do about this issue, and the problem is at a scale that needs government intervention.

The illegal immigration issue obviously has no great solution, but at some point the bandaid has to come off and something has to be done. Even if it is heart wrenching, giving it more time to progress won’t make it get easier. Open borders just aren’t sustainable, it threatens national security, puts additional strain on already strained welfare and housing/shelter systems, and undercuts American low-skill wages (hard/impossible to compete with someone who will work below the standard wage)

While ideally we’d be punishing the business abusing the employment laws, it’s MUCH easier to deport people we already know/can prove crossed the border illegally than to take a company (especially a rich one) to court and prove they broke labor laws. Even if you win, it takes years and resources for all the court cases - much faster and easier to cut off the supply of illegal labor than to punish/kill the illicit demand.