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I'm sure it's been brought up before (I get tired of reading all the crap), but the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that the economy was just a convenient excuse or diversion from the problem that 99% of his supporters found as a reason to vote for him. That being immigration.
Supposedly the big problem is all the immigrant criminals coming into the country. The facts have proven that the overwhelming majority of immigrants are not criminals, but simply hard working people trying to improve their lives. But as a result of these stupid deportation declarations, the only illegal immigrants who will be able to stay in the country or get into this country will be the wealthy criminals who can afford the fake IDs and Social Security numbers, or grease enough palms so that the officials will look the other way as they open the door.
Apologies if this has all been discussed before. I may not have been paying attention.
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I'm convinced that the economy was just a convenient excuse or diversion from the problem that 99% of his supporters found as a reason to vote for him. That being immigration.
Why would he needs an excuse or diversion if 99% were going to vote for him anyway based on immigration?
But yes, I see your point. Probably hard working, law abiding (I mean all the laws except immigration) people will be deported. The irony is that real criminal will stay (in jail) or will be deported before they face US justice.
My grief is with Biden administration. they knew exactly what Trump was going to say about immigration. Why didn't they try to stop illegal immigration and at least pretend to do some deportations, at least those accused of violence, shoplifting, petty crimes, DUI, etc.
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"My grief is with Biden administration. they knew exactly what Trump was going to say about immigration. Why didn't they try to stop illegal immigration and at least pretend to do some deportations, at least those accused of violence, shoplifting, petty crimes, DUI, etc."
This is nonsense. The Southern border was quiet when Trump took office due to stepped up efforts by Mexico and the Biden administration.
What you heard from Trump regarding immigration and immigrants was mostly lies. And he'll keep lying next 4 years.
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And, don't forget the bipartisan immigration bill that Lord Emperor Trump ordered crushed. The Biden administration came closest to tackling a problem that's been being kicked down the road for half a century, but nope.
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Acer wrote:
And, don't forget the bipartisan immigration bill that Lord Emperor Trump ordered crushed. The Biden administration came closest to tackling a problem that's been being kicked down the road for half a century, but nope.
Acer beat me to it.
Almost as much as anything he's done or threatened to do, that move in and of itself really pisses me off.
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Why would he needs an excuse or diversion if 99% were going to vote for him anyway based on immigration?
He didn't need an excuse. I'm positing that 99% of the idiots who voted for him used the economy and the price of bread as the reason they voted for him when it was really that they were sick of "all the immigrants."
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This is nonsense. The Southern border was quiet when Trump took office due to stepped up efforts by Mexico and the Biden administration.
But Biden issued an executive order sometimes in 2024. Why not in 2021 or 2022?
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Also, the right continuously posted how many illegal immigrants were arrested at the border, choosing to see that as proving how many people were streaming in instead of the reality of how many people were being stopped. These guys are masters at messaging.
