The US has had a border with Mexico for over 200 years. It’s the 9th longest land border in the world and it’s the most frequently crossed boundary in the world. How is it that NOW we need a wall? Did something happen? Did Mexico declare war? Did they suddenly tank the US economy? Or do we have a racist President?
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Why do they suddenly think we need a wall anyway?
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No one “deserves” to be an American.
It’s so maddening that the only argument Trump supporters have about immigration rests on the unacknowledged premise that they were simply lucky enough to be born in a country where their lives aren’t in danger. You didn’t do anything to *deserve* living in the US either.
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Legal immigration is now under attack.
Is there anybody who still believes this administration’s “concerns” about immigration are about national security and the economy as opposed to just naked racism? Hopefully not, but just in case there are, Stephen Miller is erasing any doubt.
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Migrant children at the border, a breakdown.
This could be an assumption on my part, but I feel like there’s a lot of confusion around what is actually happening at detention centers, where they come from, what they’re for, etc. I was unclear, so I assume a lot of people are unclear, but we all have the same basic opinion — it’s wrong to keep people (esp. children) in cages. So, I wanted to make a quick breakdown so we all know what happens to kids who come to the border alone, kids who come with their parents, and the differences between those situations under Obama and now under Trump.
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I’m moving into your neighborhood.
The only difference between the illegal immigration that founded the United States and the illegal immigration those descendants are fighting so hard against is intent. White people illegally immigrated here to claim, displace, and take over. Immigrants, illegal or otherwise, are not coming over in massive numbers to displace Americans and take over the country, regardless of how many times Republican talking heads want us to believe that.
