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no_hypocrisy

(46,310 posts)
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 02:38 AM Jan 2018

Saw this on F/B: Democrats are choosing 800,000 Illegal Aliens over

# Military members, # Homeless Veterans, # Disabled, # Senior Citizens. (I couldn't remember the actual numbers). Democrats care more about Illegal Aliens than for Americans.


And there it is Folks. The Republicans have not only made a budget crisis of their own making into Them vs. Us, but have shown you that they don't INTEND to make "illegal aliens" into "Americans" because their base doesn't want them to.

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Saw this on F/B: Democrats are choosing 800,000 Illegal Aliens over (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 OP
And Trump has reiterated these same themes... Docreed2003 Jan 2018 #1
Mitch McConnell said that over and over today. That's their lying talking point SunSeeker Jan 2018 #2
l really can't decide who I hate the most... BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #6
There are dreamers in the US military right now lunasun Jan 2018 #3
No more headshaking about the Civil War. I get how that happened now. -nt Freelancer Jan 2018 #4
Fucking terrorists world wide wally Jan 2018 #5
The GOP is trying to give us a Sophie's choice. pnwmom Jan 2018 #7
I almost wonder MFM008 Jan 2018 #8
Last week Trump spoke of "acting in love" by helping DACA kids, but oasis Jan 2018 #9
Dreamers aren't illegals. The F**king Moron rescinded their legal status. sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #10
Even the ones currently serving in the military. Vinca Jan 2018 #11
They were never given legal status... Because that cannot be done by EO fallout87 Jan 2018 #18
IMO, there are no such things as 'illegal' people or 'illegals'. sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #19
Agreed fallout87 Jan 2018 #21
What good was the CHIP funding without the clinics, etc that would be needed? KewlKat Jan 2018 #12
Nazis need an out group they can persecute. Brown is the new Jew. L. Coyote Jan 2018 #13
Jesus loves the little children. bmbmd Jan 2018 #14
What is our FB counterargument that they are all seeing and that is making THEM nervous? Squinch Jan 2018 #15
I saw that nonsense on Pro Football Talk yesterday Generic Brad Jan 2018 #16
Remind them that they don't give a damn about those people treestar Jan 2018 #17
Those illegal aliens Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #20
If they were born here, they are citizens. The dreamers were brought here as children. FSogol Jan 2018 #22

Docreed2003

(16,901 posts)
1. And Trump has reiterated these same themes...
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 02:47 AM
Jan 2018

I wish the right wingers could grasp just how much Dreamers actually contribute to society, not only through their works but in taxes as well. But that would be like praying for an oceanfront house here in TN!

SunSeeker

(51,798 posts)
2. Mitch McConnell said that over and over today. That's their lying talking point
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 02:55 AM
Jan 2018

Trump takes DACA away from Dreamers and declares them "illegal immigrants," when it is he who made them "illegal" by getting rid of DACA.

BigmanPigman

(51,653 posts)
6. l really can't decide who I hate the most...
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:04 AM
Jan 2018

McConnell or the fucking moron. My sister shares my dilemma.

pnwmom

(109,024 posts)
7. The GOP is trying to give us a Sophie's choice.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:12 AM
Jan 2018

Who will we save? The 800,000 young Dreamers who trusted us with their lives when they signed up for DACA?

Or the millions of children on CHIP?

But it costs us nothing -- in fact it SAVES us money -- if we allow the Dreamers to stay; if we don't spend the resources needed to throw them out.

So pitting these young people against each other is just plain evil.

oasis

(49,482 posts)
9. Last week Trump spoke of "acting in love" by helping DACA kids, but
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:15 AM
Jan 2018

now he characterizes them as "illegal aliens" who could pose a danger.

Same old full of shit, Trump.

 

fallout87

(819 posts)
18. They were never given legal status... Because that cannot be done by EO
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 02:00 PM
Jan 2018

They were given temporary protection against deportation and the orange thing rescinded that.

 

fallout87

(819 posts)
21. Agreed
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 03:23 PM
Jan 2018

But there is such a thing as having legal status here. Without legal status, they face possible deportation at any point.

Generic Brad

(14,276 posts)
16. I saw that nonsense on Pro Football Talk yesterday
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 10:24 AM
Jan 2018

Right wing crap was all over the comment sections. And where the most likes you might see for a comment normally top out around 100, last night the outrageous political comments were getting around 800 likes. The Russian bots are out in full force. It's not just on Facebook.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
17. Remind them that they don't give a damn about those people
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 10:26 AM
Jan 2018

either - they are just using them now. They aren't for social programs for those people anyway, so that comparison is hypocritical.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,456 posts)
20. Those illegal aliens
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 03:02 PM
Jan 2018

were brought to the country as children and born and raised here, never having a day in their “home” country. Why should they be punished with deportation now?

FSogol

(45,586 posts)
22. If they were born here, they are citizens. The dreamers were brought here as children.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 03:34 PM
Jan 2018

They mostly do not remember their country of origin.

They should not be deported, they should be given a quick path to citizenship as long as they meet the requirements.

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