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It’s #2, and the status quo for quite some time is that immigration laws were just not enforced, or administratively bypassed. That’s why there’s a lot of pushb
by moduspol 1y ago
It’s #2, and the status quo for quite some time is that immigration laws were just not enforced, or administratively bypassed. That’s why there’s a lot of pushback.
- skizm 1y agoObama deported 3 million illegals. Trump has deported 60,000 so far.
- antonymoose 1y agoObama artfully redefined “turned away at the border” into “deportation,” which most people imagine as ICE agents detaining and removing a person from the interior of the United States.
- r_lee 1y agoI love politics
- 010101010101 1y agoThat’s absolutely not why there’s a lot of pushback. There’s a lot of pushback because of: - a general sense of authoritarian policy degrading American democracy - inhumane treatment of detainees - illegal deportations happening with no due process (see option 1) - humanitarian concerns over people being deported to states they’re seeking asylum from for valid and good reasons - hyperbolic claims of every immigrant being a “rapist criminal” degrading public discourse leading to further profiling of anyone who looks like they might be an immigrant I could come up with more but you get the point - the pushback is about _far more_ than whatever you’re toeing the line about here.