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Speaking as an immigrant: this is bullshit. I've heard a lot of far-righters talk about restricting NEW immigration and deporting illegal immigrants, but have n
by promanescu 9y ago
Speaking as an immigrant: this is bullshit. I've heard a lot of far-righters talk about restricting NEW immigration and deporting illegal immigrants, but have never once been party to a conversation when they implied that I or my family should be deported.
Aside from the feeds of a few dozen Twitter edgelords, the discussions you're imagining (or want us to imagine) do not exist and are a strawman argument.
- pjc50 9y ago"Legal" and "illegal" are administrative categories and someone can become illegal very suddenly and nastily. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/29/family-of-woman-facing-deportation-after-50-years-in-uk-demand-apology https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/29/family-of-wo... I'm afraid demands for people to be deported are very common in UK immigration discussion, and very few people seem to be fussy over the legality of it.