“There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’”
My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.
I bring receipts:
My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.
I bring receipts:
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Thank you.
Capitalism in action.
Oh, and we might elect a president that will deported you to infamous prisons."
Underage drinkers are also illegal drinkers.
Give them real cases with real people (preferably someone they know - the guy that works in the garage that fixes their car, the doctor that diagnosed their Mum’s cancer). Teach them empathy
Then they might care..
Like "garbage" "enemies from within" "vermin" "criminal" "communist" "crackhead" or simply saying "not people".
Because of the necessary demonstration of oppression for majority intimidation.
https://bsky.app/profile/mehdirhasan.bsky.social/post/3llujqhshfs2i
If you are not born here, you are an "alien."
Repeat after me. Illegal alien."
The problem is that people on the left cynically and deceitfully conflate illegal immigrant criminals with illegal migrant workers to push their open borders policy
Illegal migrant workers pay taxes and deserve a process to legalise their status
Not criminals
If people were illegal based on the sin they have committed, well, we could get rid of a lot of maga politicians...
Immigrants are lawful permanent residents.
https://www.uscis.gov/tools/glossary
illegal. Human beings can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?"
Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize, Holocaust survivor
There needs to be some sort of control and regulation.
And what about people who sneak across the border? That’s not a clerical error.
My issue is that he is making a semantic argument that is literally wrong if morally correct.
JD Vance
Steve Miller
Russ Vought,
Karoline Levitte
Brendan Carr
Tom Homan
John Ratcliffe
Vivik Ramaswamy
Peter Navarro
Enemies
They’ve had to bottle up their hatred for others for years (although not all that many). Now they can let it all hang out. They love it.
It blows my mind that the word is not shouted down in public discourse.
I hope everyone worried / angry / frustrated about this turns out this Saturday (4.5.25) to protest the destruction of our democracy. State capitols and major cities. https://events.pol-rev.com/search?search&contentType=EVENTS
Near DC? Join us at the Washington Monument at 12.
… All of those treasonous criminals that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6th and all of the others who never got charged, but committed the crime. And all of those politicians who aided and abetted these Jan 6th criminals.
equivalent of jay walking.
Sounds like fun.
#boycottUSA
Your telling me there's no Europeans, Russians or Norwegians staying past their Visas?
It's all based on the color of our skin.
The act of being present in the United States in violation of the immigration laws is not, standing alone, a crime. Why? Because illegal entry is considered a misdemeanor not a felony, under 8 US Code § 1325, and is subject to civil, and not criminal, penalties.
Sincerely, Native American
I have a small amount of First Nation ancestry that I assume was stolen by my colonizer ancestors.
Immigrants and land thieves certainly
Heil Twitler! #Twitler
They can't possibly not commit crimes if their very existence is a crime, thus justifying conferring harsh criminal penalties. Just. For. Existing.
It's what they want.
Illegal immigrants don't exist people *people* can't be *illegal*. You're spot on.
Man made Borders not God's
And be honest am white Scottish Jesus born in Bethlehem definitely wasn't born White
But why hasn't the UK opened up an asylum office in Calais?
you walk this earth, and you wonder if you are illegal
this shit's been going on for over 2,000 years
do the math
But I think precision matters. We make fun of MAGA for being uninformed, so I really want to do better when it comes to the details. Thank you for explaining it so clearly!!
#Resist #Resistance #GeneralStrike
https://generalstrikeus.com/strikecard
MAGAts are too fucking stupid to read.
So is possibly half the planet