In addition to the cruelty of upending people who've made lives here (legally!), this is going hit economies in red areas around the country -- Twin Falls, Idaho; Springfield, Ohio; Louisiana, Tennessee, upstate NY. TN will lose $120 million in GDP. NE, $50 million. TX, $2 billion. - ThreadSky

radleybalko.bsky.social • 2 days ago

In addition to the cruelty of upending people who've made lives here (legally!), this is going hit economies in red areas around the country -- Twin Falls, Idaho; Springfield, Ohio; Louisiana, Tennessee, upstate NY.

TN will lose $120 million in GDP. NE, $50 million. TX, $2 billion.

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jamesdeandaydream.bsky.social•2 days ago

In 2009, Democrats had a choice. Bristling with potency, they could do healthcare or they could do immigration. It was clear at the time that they had made the wrong choice, and it has become more clear (and more wrong) every year since then.

vtmoderate.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sad as it is to say this but I don’t believe that we will be able to vote MAGA out until people get hit hard. It seems we can only care about things if we ourselves are affected. It’s an indictment of American society.

anthonywilbur.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Sad but true. Sometimes people don’t wake up until the impact is personal, but that’s exactly why we can’t stop raising awareness. If we give up on truth and democracy now, we risk losing more than an election, we risk losing the soul of our society.

one-eyed-jack.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s also more proof of how full of shit they are when they say things like “we just want people to come here the right way.” They are revoking status of huge numbers of people who did that. They just hate immigrants. There is nothing more to it than that.

jamrock45.bsky.social•2 days ago

radleybalko.bsky.social•2 days ago

95 percent of TPS recipients are employed. They have high rates of entrepreneurship, and paid $2.2 billion in taxes in 2021.

They also take those factory jobs Trump claims to want to bring back, but that Americans don't really want.

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/contributions-temporary-protected-status-holders-us-economy

buckleup36.bsky.social•2 days ago

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danlb.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump promised to deport illegal immigrants and criminals, but ICE spends most of its efforts deporting legal immigrants. That’s because they are the law hanging fruit. Why spend time tracking down criminals when you can just grab asylum seekers when they show up for a hearing?

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