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@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months ago

The Right-Wing Dream of ‘Self-Deportation’ | Some conservatives have a grim proposal to make undocumented immigrants leave: Exclude their children from schools.

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The Right-Wing Dream of ‘Self-Deportation’ | Some conservatives have a grim proposal to make undocumented immigrants leave: Exclude their children from schools.

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@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months ago
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Some conservatives have a grim proposal to make undocumented immigrants leave: Exclude their children from schools.

This is exceptionally cruel, and condemns kids (many of whom are US citizens) to a lifetime of poverty.

A similar measure in California passed a generation ago, was struck down by the courts, and helped usher in an era where the Republican party in the state is permanently in the minority.

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    Because their parents came in illegally. Why should the US or any country foot the bill in such cases? While I agree that the child is the victim here, the wrong doers are the parents and not the country.

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      Because the alternative is to create a permanent underclass of people whose lack of access to basic education keeps them from ever improving their own lot or assimilating. That’s not a society I want.

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        Or, they reform immigration making the legal path more prominent and promote a sustainable immigration model that helps both the US and immigrants.

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          The Republican party has no plans to do that though; they want to end immigration by people with skin darker than theirs.

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            There is no proof behind your statement, and it’s pretty racist.

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              It’s not racist to point out other people being prejudiced.

              It’s not even hard to find examples of the “no proof” https://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/14/senator-john-kennedy-mexico-drug-cartels

              It’s pretty obvious who they spend time demonizing.

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              The Republican party is pretty racist, yeah.

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              As myopic and divorced from reality as it is, I appreciate the brazen simplicity of your worldview. Snuggled up in your security blanket of ignorance, inoculated from the pain of confronting cognitive dissonance, or growth.

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              Denial is absolutely a consistent way to view things, yes.

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