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Saying "no" to immigration is one thing; masked unidentified thugs surrounding a student with a legal visa in the streets and throwing her into an unmarked van

Saying "no" to immigration is one thing; masked unidentified thugs surrounding a student with a legal visa in the streets and throwing her into an unmarked van to deport her with no warning isn't anti-immigration, it's a violation of civil rights. Shipping someone to a concentration camp in El Salvador despite the fact that a federal judge ordered that they not be sent to El Salvador, insisting without evidence that they were a member of a gang, saying anyone who wants them to be able to defend themselves in court is pro-gang-violence, and then insisting that there's nothing you can do to get them back so everyone should stop complaining and move in... that's some fascist secret police shit.

_zagj 1y ago
Maybe the left should have offered genuine concessions on immigration and border security when they had the chance. E.g., support the construction of a wall without expecting anything like "comprehensive immigration reform" (read: amnesty) in return. Instead you dragged your feet at every opportunity, even as the entire world made a mockery of our immigration laws: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyssZRWaMWg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyssZRWaMWg Trump's second term, with his sledgehammer approach, is the natural result.
- like_any_other 1y ago
  > E.g., support the construction of a wall without expecting anything like "comprehensive immigration reform" (read: amnesty) in return. They had already gotten amnesty once, but not much came of the promised increased illegal immigration scrutiny (and nothing was done to reduce legal immigration at all): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Reform_and_Control_Act_of_1986#On_illegal_immigration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Reform_and_Control...