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bigtree

(86,005 posts) Sat Jan 20, 2018, 11:22 AM Jan 2018

This GOP DACA bill is some insidious shit

David Bier @David_J_Bier Jan 19

Incredible: The House GOP DACA bill would criminalize legalized Dreamers if they failed to maintain an income insufficiently above the poverty line https://www.cato.org/blog/securing-americas-future-act-net-negative-immigration-system …

...it's not bad enough that minority Americans earn significantly less than their white counterparts, House republicans want to criminalize that inequity, creating an impossible hurdle for many working-class immigrants.

It's a cynical and callous way of ensuring that only the wealthy and connected gain admission to the country, not so coincidentally, wildly, disproportionately disadvantaging the people of color our president so wantonly attacks almost daily.

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This GOP DACA bill is some insidious shit (Original Post) bigtree Jan 2018 OP

Wow. underpants Jan 2018 #1

Best thing is if Canada offers them a home egold2604 Jan 2018 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2018 #6

Yep. USA's loss would be Canada's gain. n/t Mister Ed Jan 2018 #10

Sick Fucks.... Docreed2003 Jan 2018 #3

GOP fascism thbobby Jan 2018 #4

Have to keep those private prisons full, you know... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #5

Debtors prisons become Poverty prisons? keithbvadu2 Jan 2018 #7

If the Dreamers Are in Prison, They Can't Vote! panfluteman Jan 2018 #8

NOW we are getting to the root of the problem for the GOP. usaf-vet Jan 2018 #13

Republicans Love Hiding Time-bombs in Their Legislation dlk Jan 2018 #9

Jim Crow effect for brown people alwaysinasnit Jan 2018 #11

Words literally fail me. Stonepounder Jan 2018 #12

My wife was a green card holder. I encouraged her to get citizenship because I didn't trust Nitram Jan 2018 #14

FINALLY!!! BobTheSubgenius Jan 2018 #15

» bigtree Jan 2018 #16

underpants

(182,868 posts)

1. Wow.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 11:39 AM

Jan 2018

This is straight up "Why's they taking MY MONEY?!?!"

egold2604

(369 posts)

2. Best thing is if Canada offers them a home

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Sat Jan 20, 2018, 11:48 AM

Jan 2018

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Mister Ed

(5,943 posts)

10. Yep. USA's loss would be Canada's gain. n/t

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Sat Jan 20, 2018, 02:03 PM

Jan 2018

Docreed2003

(16,869 posts)

3. Sick Fucks....

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 11:49 AM

Jan 2018

Watch this bill be touted by GOP reps and senators and when the Dems push back they’ll claim “See, the Democrats don’t care about Dreamers”. Every single one of these GOP fucks are disgusting.

thbobby

(1,474 posts)

4. GOP fascism

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Sat Jan 20, 2018, 11:56 AM

Jan 2018

Wounded Bear

(58,698 posts)

5. Have to keep those private prisons full, you know...

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Sat Jan 20, 2018, 11:57 AM

Jan 2018

The gov't pays fines when the incarcerated population falls below the quotas.

keithbvadu2

(36,887 posts)

7. Debtors prisons become Poverty prisons?

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Sat Jan 20, 2018, 01:07 PM

Jan 2018

panfluteman

(2,065 posts)

8. If the Dreamers Are in Prison, They Can't Vote!

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 01:22 PM

Jan 2018

And believe me (to quote the Donald), they wouldn't vote Republican!

usaf-vet

(6,200 posts)

13. NOW we are getting to the root of the problem for the GOP.

Reply to panfluteman (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 02:10 PM

Jan 2018

It is ALL about disenfranchising likely democratic voters. Voter ID laws. Voter fraud lies. Voter intimidation tactics. Preventing immigrations. Gerrymandering.

Ultimately just ignoring the needs of the poor and middle class which leads to creating democratic voters.

They know their actions lead to the people they ignore not voting for them.

So they use strong arm evil heartless tactics to deny the people they ignore access to the voting booths.

dlk

(11,575 posts)

9. Republicans Love Hiding Time-bombs in Their Legislation

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 01:46 PM

Jan 2018

They are duplicitous to the core.

alwaysinasnit

(5,071 posts)

11. Jim Crow effect for brown people

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 02:07 PM

Jan 2018

I can't help thinking that this is similar to the drug laws that take direct aim at the black community; a way to hobble them so that they remain at the bottom of the economic pile.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)

12. Words literally fail me.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 02:08 PM

Jan 2018

I want to stand on my porch and scream. The GOP is made up of the most twisted, evil, inhuman, sick fucks that I have ever seen. We need to send the Statue of Liberty back to France and instead build an arch from the tip of Manhattan to Liberty that says "Abandon all hope ye who enter here" and below that "Arbeit macht frei".

Nitram

(22,861 posts)

14. My wife was a green card holder. I encouraged her to get citizenship because I didn't trust

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 02:17 PM

Jan 2018

US political trends. She did, and I rest a lot easier now.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)

15. FINALLY!!!

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 02:37 PM

Jan 2018

The GOP gets it into the open: they quite literally want to criminalize poverty. I'm sure someone over there is working on a bill to bring back workhouses.

bigtree

(86,005 posts)

16. »

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Sat Jan 20, 2018, 09:25 PM

Jan 2018

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