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BlueWaveNeverEnd
Feb 1
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it's amazing. that an undocumented young man, with a criminal history, supported Trump. Trump ran on immigration
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Feb 1
#4
His father was deported before him! And still he didnt think it would happen to him
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Feb 1
#10
He was in the 6th grade when his dad was deported, so that would have been around 2012
MichMan
Feb 1
#30
His father was deported under the Obama administration. That said he himself was DACA so
mucifer
Feb 1
#32
Yup, that's what I said. But, under President Obama the deportations did go way up. It's just a sad fact.
mucifer
Feb 1
#34
I think a lot of Obana deportations were turning people away at the border
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Feb 1
#35
... listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story ...
struggle4progress
Feb 1
#9
I must admit to a long-enduring admiration for the genius of National Lampoon
struggle4progress
Feb 1
#29
God, people! I read the complete article and am crying. That young man was raised in bright red Alabama and all
sinkingfeeling
Feb 1
#14
By his support for Trump, he signalled his willingness for others to be deported
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Feb 1
#15
gopiscrap
(24,711 posts)1. fuck him!!!
he can rot in hell for all I'm concerned
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BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,083 posts)4. it's amazing. that an undocumented young man, with a criminal history, supported Trump. Trump ran on immigration
Trump's closing arguments for the 2024 elections, were anti-trans, immigration. Why sir, did you support Trump?
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Bluestocking
(652 posts)5. This guy ain't to bright.
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Chasstev365
(7,681 posts)6. YOU... ARE... AN... IDIOT!
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ProfessorGAC
(76,591 posts)7. If I Spent 2 Years....
...searching I might find someone who cares about this buffoon.
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BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,083 posts)10. His father was deported before him! And still he didnt think it would happen to him
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ProfessorGAC
(76,591 posts)11. Then I'm Ok...
...with him being sent back because the average IQ of the US just went up with him gone.
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MichMan
(17,092 posts)30. He was in the 6th grade when his dad was deported, so that would have been around 2012
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mucifer
(25,653 posts)32. His father was deported under the Obama administration. That said he himself was DACA so
under dems he wouldn't be deported.
All in all a very sad article.
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BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,083 posts)33. As DACA, he was safe under Dem admin
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mucifer
(25,653 posts)34. Yup, that's what I said. But, under President Obama the deportations did go way up. It's just a sad fact.
There was rule of law. They did have to have warrants. They did get DACA. But, lots of nonviolent non "worst of the worst " were deported. But, President Obama did try to get immigration reformed passed. He still ramped way up the deportations.
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BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,083 posts)35. I think a lot of Obana deportations were turning people away at the border
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mucifer
(25,653 posts)36. No . Check out this Propublica article from 2010:
As deportations have increased under the Obama administration, immigration judges have also increasingly denied requests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport people who were legitimately entitled to stay in the country, according to new data obtained by Syracuse University’s Transaction Records Access Clearinghouse.
From July to September of this year, for instance, almost a third of all deportation cases brought by ICE were rejected by immigration judges—up from 12 months earlier, when the rate was one out of every four. According to TRAC, judges have rejected removal orders for more than a quarter of a million individuals in the past five years.
While the judges’ exact reasons remain unclear, records from the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review indicate that many times, immigration officials had either tried to deport the wrong people or requested dismissal because they didn’t have enough evidence to justify deportation. In some cases, judges also granted relief [PDF] because of an individual’s refugee status, a pending application for change of legal status or for some other reason.
From July to September of this year, for instance, almost a third of all deportation cases brought by ICE were rejected by immigration judges—up from 12 months earlier, when the rate was one out of every four. According to TRAC, judges have rejected removal orders for more than a quarter of a million individuals in the past five years.
While the judges’ exact reasons remain unclear, records from the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review indicate that many times, immigration officials had either tried to deport the wrong people or requested dismissal because they didn’t have enough evidence to justify deportation. In some cases, judges also granted relief [PDF] because of an individual’s refugee status, a pending application for change of legal status or for some other reason.
https://www.propublica.org/article/as-deportations-increase-so-have-officials-attempts-to-deport-the-wrong-peo
This article is from November 2010. Propublica did have other articles that year about President Obama and democrats working on immigration reform and DACA. But, this also happened and it's just reality.
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radical noodle
(10,577 posts)41. Didn't Obama appoint Tom Homan to run deportations for ICE?
Homan has always loved deporting people. I think it was during his second term as president.
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sl8
(17,109 posts)37. According to the article, he was no longer enrolled in DACA.
[...]
He should have stayed away from that weed, for he had more to lose than many of his friends did. He should have found a way to come up with the fees – now more than $500 a year – to remain on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program designed to protect children brought to America by their parents.
[...]
I just feel really guilty because I feel like obviously, all of this could have been prevented if we were not smoking marijuana,” she said, insisting that one of the charges against Fonzie was because of marijuana that belonged to her. Things careened out of control. They paid court costs and lawyers instead of DACA, and when Fonzie saved enough to re-enroll he was denied.
[...]
Emphasis added by me.
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struggle4progress
(126,051 posts)9. ... listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story ...
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progressoid
(53,122 posts)28. I actually heard the National Lampoon version first
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struggle4progress
(126,051 posts)29. I must admit to a long-enduring admiration for the genius of National Lampoon
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msongs
(73,655 posts)31. sounds like a leonard cohen tune lol nt
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UpInArms
(54,891 posts)13. So sad
Football will not save you
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sinkingfeeling
(57,758 posts)14. God, people! I read the complete article and am crying. That young man was raised in bright red Alabama and all
the comments here are only focused on the single issue of his support of TSF (like 90% of his county). The crime is not in his choice in candidates, it's in what America has become. We are kicking out good people, who have lived their lives for decades as Americans. We are destroying families on both sides of the border. The United States that I grew up in has turned into a true sh*thole country. Fonzie wants to return to the only life he has ever known. I cry for him and thousands of other good human beings being destroyed by TSF.
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BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,083 posts)15. By his support for Trump, he signalled his willingness for others to be deported
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Bluestocking
(652 posts)16. Good people?
Trump supporters are NOT good people
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PhylliPretzel
(217 posts)27. Sinkingfeeling
speaks my mind, as we Quakers say.
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UTUSN
(77,645 posts)38. "America" and "we" are not the crime and haven't "become" it. TRUMP is.
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sakabatou
(46,085 posts)17. Welcome to r/LeopardsAteMyFace
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B.See
(8,353 posts)18. "it's just so surreal... how it's happening not just to me, but to a lot of people like me."
Right, Fonzie. Only, too many people 'like you' VOTED for this mfkr.
Or 'like you,' would've if you COULD'VE.
...FOUND OUT.
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druidity33
(6,910 posts)19. That's..... deplorable. nt.
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MagickMuffin
(18,315 posts)20. He'd have voted for Trump, in all likelihood,
if only he could vote.
Apparently he didn't get to vote because he isn't here legally even though he's lived here most of his life.
Why isn't anyone questioning: WHY ARE THE EMPLOYERS GETTING A PASS?
They are responsible for hiring the cheaper labor. Why aren't ICE and Border Patrol not going after them?
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Roy Rolling
(7,613 posts)22. An original
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SunSeeker
(58,236 posts)23. Reminds me of the anti-vaxx covid deniers dying of covid.
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nycbos
(6,710 posts)24. The leopards ate my face
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orangecrush
(30,125 posts)25. Tots and pears
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