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Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Maanvi Singh

‘They always gave us the heaviest work’: how Maga billionaires relied on Mexican labor

a man in a suit speaks into a microphone in front of a stack of boxes that say 'Uline air'
JD Vance at a Uline warehouse in Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania, delivers a speech on the economy on 16 December 2025. Photograph: Monica Cabrera/Allentown Morning Call via Getty Images

When JD Vance delivered a speech about the US economy late last year at a Uline facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania, he talked up the Trump administration’s key goals: removing “illegal aliens” from the country, rewarding companies that keep jobs in the US and paying Americans good wages.

“We’re going to reward companies that build here in America and give good wages to do it,” Vance said.

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