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04-26-2023, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by IamAman View Post
Democrats may be lazy. Democrats may not have the guts to fight tooth the nail for us. Democrats may just pander to us without having a real plan to help us. Democrats may be pussies.

Republicans on the other hand absolutely hate us existing. They will do everything they can to make our lives a living hell.
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Originally Posted by IamAman View Post
Since 2001?
  • April 2001, The Dream Act was introduced By Democrat Dick Durban and Republican Orrin Hatch. It was rejected by a Republican House and Senate. My life would have been very positively affected had it passed.
  • 2005 Real ID law was passed by Republicans who snuck it in a defense spending bill essentially giving the green light to states to discriminate against immigrants and especially undocumented immigrants by requiring proof of legal status to get a driver's license or ID. My live was very negatively and directly impacted by this and has been ever since.
  • 2012 DACA was ordered by Obama (Democrat in case you didn't know0 After attempts at passing immigration reform by Democrats were rejected by Republicans. This didn't help me personally because I was was 36 at the time and apparently waaay too old to get legal relief. I bet it helped you and most people on here though.
  • 2014 Expanded DACA and DAPA were signed by Obama (again, a Democrat in case you forgot) which would have helped me. I had all my paperwork ready to go and the very day before it was to go into effect, Greg Abbott (The Republican Governor of Texas) sued Obama through a judge known for anti-immigrant rulings and an injunction was put on it which eventually ended it because.......Trump (Republican) became president and didn't pursue it.
  • 2016-2020 under Trump (Republican in case you forgot), he ordered USCIS and ICE to arrest any undocumented they could catch whether they had a criminal record or not- traffic courts, schools, job sites, etc. were all fair game. Even people coming in to adjust their status were fair game. Then one summer he ordered ICE to have a major show of force and go after anybody who may have had a deportation order, overstay, or infraction. I'll never forget that day because I stayed home all day and I know other immigrants who got out of town just in case. Creating terror in immigrant communities was the point. Cruelty was the point.
  • Present time: Who is it trying to get rid of DACA? Oh yeah, Republicans.

But yeah "they're all the same".
Not the same at all; I agree. They both have failed to solve the issue: one with cruelty, the other with wasting political capital and opportunity in exchange of relatively little (DACA) to keep the status quo - to exploit undocumented labor.
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