Harrisโs immigration record will be a focus of Trumpโs attacks over the next two months. Letโs unpack a few of his favorite lies.
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๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ
๐๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐
๐๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ
Trump has normalized fear-mongering to a point where he has a good shot of returning to the presidency campaigning on a platform of โbloodyโ mass deportation.
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@tgraph52 Most importantly, border crossings have gone from 250K in Dec 2023 down to 5,600 in July 2024. Progress is being made.
@carmen @tgraph52 MOST importantly, they don't really want to solve the problem. They just want the political football.
My solution to the problem of illegal immigration would involve making legal immigration much easier for legit asylum seekers.
Never. Yes, never, has immigration failed to boost our economy when we have had a large influx.
It's a win-win opportunity they fear-monger people into believing is win-lose for them.
They seize on every anecdote of immigrant crime to fear monger. But, the vast majority of people have been reliably and voluntarily reporting back as requested without need for detainment.
Point that out, they invariably say "Even one is too many." Where else do we apply that standard? Let's shut down the Catholic church because of abuse by priests. After all, "Even one is too many."
@tgraph52 @S_r_stone That is partially true. If the bipartisan bill on immigration has passed, there would be 2,500 more border agents. That would help is dealing with "surges" at the border. Having more administrative judges and supportive staff would also help in dealing with asylum claims.
@S_r_stone @carmen
I remember a few years ago when the border crisis was being portrayed as a humanitarian crisis... and someone smarter than I clarified that what was really happening was a paperwork backlog crisis that could be managed effectively by providing more resources to the actual problem.
Is that not still true?