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[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 102 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But Cubans love to vote republican to stop the communists.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

True, but these people weren't permanent residents so they didn't vote for this shit.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

No, but I expect many will be family

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

They definitely aren't permanent residents now, that is for sure.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

This is a real argument. They saw bad things happen under communism. This is a different flock, but the same bird.

I feel bad for the community.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Russians citizens living in the USA are now called "citizens++".

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Don't you mean comrade++

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

That's double plus good

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I was just about to say. Russians are perfectly fine. No problem.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

The one group we probably should toss out.

[–] dryfter@lemm.ee 45 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Does this asshat realize that the only non-immigrants in this country are the Native Americans? I mean even after 9/11 there weren't mass deportations of people of Middle Eastern descent. Racism and prejudice, yes, but this is ridiculous all because of Fentanyl?

I have a better and more empathetic idea -- meet people where they are and help them find a path that works for them to get out of the addiction spiral. This is just going to lead to an increase in drug prices, which will lead to even more crime.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Do you actually think Trump or anybody in his circle has empathy? They have all shown that it's a foreign concept to them.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 month ago

“The fundamental weakness is empathy,” Elon Musk recently told radio podcast host Joe Rogan. “There is a bug, which is the empathy response.”

Why Elon Musk is wrong about empathy

[–] dryfter@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago

It goes farther than that, it's a Republican issue and has been for decades. Trump is just saying the quiet parts out loud.

And traumatizing the fuck out of me because I grew up with a narcissistic parent and was subject to her wildly changing decisions, gaslighting, and her always saying the quite part out loud as if they are incapable of thinking without speaking.

[–] rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 month ago

Does this asshat realize that the only non-immigrants in this country are the Native Americans?

Yes, they are fully aware that when they talk about "immigrants", they aren't actually talking about immigrants, they are talking about people who aren't white.

The actual goal of the "I don't like these illegals" people is to make the US a white ethno-state.

[–] River_Tahm@lemmy.today 17 points 1 month ago

They told a Native American to go back where he came from so, no, they do not understand.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

They're not exactly trying to implement a sensible and logical immigration policy though.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Does this asshat realize that the only non-immigrants in this country are the Native Americans?

Watch out. He'll try to deport all the Native Americans to Northeast Siberia. Their ancestors were just very, very early illegal immigrants.

[–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Fentanyl is not the reason. It’s just the excuse

Wowwwwwwww

So like… Miami’s taking a hit there

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Has he run out of immigrants entering illegally already? He’s so efficient!

[–] dryfter@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Who the hell would want to come to this country with all this shit going on?

[–] xnx@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People in countries the US destroyed/destabilized. Like always

[–] Zentron@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why go to US when anywhere else is better ?

[–] xnx@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Decades of propaganda advertising it as the greatest country in the world makes people want to move there. Also you can get paid in USD and send money back home

[–] Zentron@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Ehh , id preffer Germany over US any day of the week

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago

The outgroup must grow to feed the machine

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month ago

Wow that's alot of terrorists. \s

Seriously tho words have no meaning to fascists.

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago

Remember when his supporters thought we were irrational for thinking he'd go after people who are in the country legally? Next step, he'll take citizenship away from naturalized citizens, then children of immigrants, then Puerto Ricans and anyone who isn't white

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump, a Republican, took steps to...

Oh thank you Guardian for clearing that up. Absolutely no one knew that 🙄

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You vastly underestimate the ignorance of the American people.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I thought The Guardian was an English publication?

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It is but it’s commonly read in the US. But maybe this applies to the English too. I have less direct experience there.

But I guess it is a bit more reasonable to remind foreign readers of Trump’s party affiliation since presumably the English spend at least a little less time thinking about US politics than we do.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago
[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

That's an army sized number of people who will be sent home to go through hell.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

This is what you voted for protest-non-voters.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Oh well, it's what the Latin community wanted and Cuban Americans are saying that they have no regrets so let them have it.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago

Don't worry, the ones that voted for him were one of the good ones.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Hopefully some federal judge will stop this nonsense.