I would like to add to this post.
I watch a lot of youtube videos about the mobilization of America during World War Two. (I have a second full size monitor adjacent to my primary screen. I can design kitchens in my sleep and I find my brain needs to have some kind of stimulation while I draw or I will fade quickly)
When the war first started nobody wanted black people to work on the ships. They didn't even want them in their town. Segregation was rampant, particularly in the south. (It took until 1964 before civil rights legislation was passed and based on recent events surrounding Charlottesville and the Confederate flag we are still fighting this battle.)
During World War Two, however, we came to realize we needed the help of every man, woman and child. In order to field 7000 ships at the Normandy beaches we needed to build 7000 ships at a rate faster than the U-boats could sink them. We also needed an equal number of airplanes to bomb the beaches to create craters our soldiers could hunker down in while they were be slaughtered by the Nazis. It was amazing the things we could get done when we got our head out of our ass.
Texas & Florida just went through a life changing event not unlike World War Two. Many of the people in that part of the country returned home to nothing. For many of them this is how it will be for the rest of their life.
We could have another hurricane next week.
If you were one of the United States citizens who no longer had a pot to piss in, how do you think you would feel if somebody told you to just raise wages and your problems will be solved?
How would you feel if Hispanics said they would love to come help but somebody who was already well fed said "nope, not on my watch!"
All the cabinet shops in America are really busy right now. All the people in the construction industry are. Just about anybody who wants a job can get one if they can pass a drug test.
Why are we protecting the drug addicts instead of the people in Texas or Florida?