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The former president also told NBC News that spending billions to execute mass deportations of undocumented immigrants is justified because allowing them to remain would cost more.

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I feel like a 'Trump won't rule out 'x'' headline is kinda moot as he doesn't do policy ideas in the first place, so he doesn't rule, and consequently doesn't rule out either.

Besides he has shown not to have any moral framework, so he'll do anything his current in crowd may infect his short term memory with.

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it doesn't matter what he says. He'll decide later based on the direction the wind is blowing.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

He put almost half a million children in cages last time, family seperations are tame compared to that.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The cages are still on the border, being used by various state governments (Abbott's been zealous about entrapping, imprisoning, and torturing migrants until they "voluntarily" agree to federal deportation).

One of the more frustrating aspects of the Democratic immigration platform has been their blasé attitude towards state fascism and brutality. Hatred for migrants runs far too deep in the US, and liberals are terrified of running counter to it especially during an election season. So Trump can run around on the border cheering, while state troopers harass, illegally detain, and torture spouses of US citizens. ICE staff do less than nothing, often facilitating state officials in their efforts to inflict abuse and cover it up afterwards.

Meanwhile, the DNC platforms a congo line of anti-migrant Republican politicians in an effort to appease this block of single-issue voters.