Undocumented Americans

Wanderfound · June 21, 2018, 5:18am

Wanderfound · June 21, 2018, 5:22am

Distressing video.

Wanderfound · June 21, 2018, 5:27am

At the root of the current human rights crisis at American borders is white supremacy and bigotry. Trump does not have a problem with immigrants. His mother was an immigrant from Scotland. His grandparents were all immigrants. His first wife, Ivana, was an immigrant from what is now the Czech Republic; Trump’s children with her — Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric — have an immigrant parent. Trump’s third wife, Melania, is an immigrant from Slovenia. She just became a citizen in 2006. His son with her, Barron, has an immigrant parent. So no, Trump doesn’t hate immigrants. But he does seem to hate immigrants of color. And this distinction is essential.

Melania Trump’s parents are benefactors of what Trump and the right call “chain migration.” They are in the United States legally because of their relationship to her. Trump and conservatives rail against this policy — but his parents and grandparents and in-laws all benefited from it. If the right wing hated immigrants, Trump would probably be among the least-liked public figures in the country. But many of those on the right — like everyone here but Native Americans — are all descendants of immigrants themselves. Their problem is not with immigrants; it’s with immigrants of color, be they from Mexico or the Americas or any of the nations listed in Trump’s Muslim ban.

Wanderfound · June 21, 2018, 5:47am

Wanderfound · June 21, 2018, 11:52am

https://twitter.com/andreyp_p/status/1009583511659995137?s=21

Thread:

https://twitter.com/andreyp_p/status/888689109450997762?s=21

Wanderfound · June 21, 2018, 12:51pm

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Wanderfound · June 22, 2018, 2:39am

Wanderfound · June 22, 2018, 2:51am

Take note of the date on this press release.

https://berniesanders.com/press-release/sanders-stop-separation-immigrant-children-families/

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L0ki · June 22, 2018, 12:12pm

Well, that would make a nice change. US rights to religious freedom being used to protect something biblical Jesus would actually have approved of?

Wanderfound · June 22, 2018, 12:58pm

Capital is globalised, labour is Balkanised. The working class has no power or leverage so long as this system persists. The race to the bottom isn’t a hypothetical, it’s a reality. We lost.

This isn’t some inevitable consequence of natural laws; it’s a situation that was deliberately created, for the purpose of achieving the consequences that we now see. It’s how all those billionaires got rich.

It doesn’t have to be like this.

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