Headshot of Ed Mazza Ed Mazza Overnight Editor, The Huffington Post
A conservative radio talk show host in Iowa wants to turn undocumented immigrants into "property of the state" and forced into labor.
"Put up a sign that says at the end of 60 days, if you are not here with our permission, can't prove your legal status, you become property of the state," Jan Mickelson said during his show on Monday. "And then we start to extort or exploit or indenture your labor."
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Audio of Mickelson's segment was posted online by Media Matters. When a caller said "it sounds an awful lot like slavery," Mickelson asked: "Well, what's wrong with slavery?"
He also claimed that Americans are "indentured" to undocumented immigrants by supposedly being forced to pay their expenses. Mickelson said the undocumented immigrants could be housed in tents, similar to the "Tent City Jail" set up by Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
"Put up a tent village, we feed and water these new assets, we give them minimal shelter, minimal nutrition, and offer them the opportunity to work for the benefit of the taxpayers of the state of Iowa," Mickelson said. "All they have to do to avoid servitude is to leave."
In another excerpt posted by Media Matters, he also suggested that the "slaves" could be forced to build a wall across the Mexican border: more
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