#Undocumented immigrants

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Regardless of your stance on undocumented workers, they do, in fact, pay taxes.

Also, undocumented immigrants are less likely to commit violent crime than both legal immigrants and US-born citizens. Sanctuary cities are not at higher risk for crime and the recent influx of undocumented immigrants has not led to an overall rise in crime in those cities. This is not to say undocumented immigrants do not commit crimes, they do and should face appropriate consequences. But it’s not a “violent migrant crime wave,” and it is unfair to categorize all undocumented immigrants as dangerous.

How will they pay for it? #NoOneAsks

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[porterdavis]

As Lennon said - just gimme some truth

Finally the elephant in the room is addressed.

Business can't thrive or survive without undocumented labor.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Rachel Leingang at The Guardian:

To hear Donald Trump tell it, America’s cities are in dire shape and in need of a federal intervention. “We’re going to rebuild our cities into beacons of hope, safety and beauty – better than they have ever been before,” he said during a recent speech to the National Rifle Association in what has become a common refrain on the campaign trail. “We will take over the horribly run capital of our nation, Washington DC.” Trump has for years railed against cities, particularly those run by Democratic officials, as hotbeds for crime and moral decay. He called Atlanta a “record setting Murder and Violent Crime War Zone” last year, a similar claim he makes frequently about various cities.

His allies have an idea of how to capitalize on that agenda and make cities in Trump’s image, detailed in the conservative Project 2025: unleash new police forces on cities like Washington DC, withhold federal disaster and emergency grants unless they follow immigration policies like detaining undocumented immigrants and share sensitive data with the federal government for immigration enforcement purposes.

Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, an extensive document breaking down each part of the federal government and recommending changes to be made to advance rightwing policy, was created by the Heritage Foundation, with dozens of conservative organizations and prominent names contributing chapters based on their backgrounds. This part of the project is another Republican attempt at a crackdown on so-called “sanctuary” cities, places around the country that don’t cooperate with the federal government on enforcing harsh immigration policies.

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The threat of withholding federal funds

Republicans, cheered on by Trump, have worked to make immigration a key issue in cities across the country by busing migrants from the US-Mexico border inland, to places run by Democrats like New York, DC and Chicago, overwhelming the social safety net in these cities. The idea of using federal funds granted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) to force immigration changes are included in a chapter about the Department of Homeland Security, written by Ken Cuccinelli, Trump’s former deputy secretary of homeland security.

The chapter’s initial recommendation is to dismantle DHS entirely, create a border-focused agency comprised of other immigration-related organizations and farm out the rest of its components to existing agencies (or privatize them, in the case of the Transportation Security Administration). It’s not directly clear whether the aim is to use all Fema funds – including those that help cities and states in the immediate aftermath of an emergency like a tornado or flood – or large grant programs for things like emergency preparedness. One line in the chapter says “post-disaster or nonhumanitarian funding” could be exempt from the immigration policy requirements. The chapter also suggests that cities and states should take on more of the burden of financially responding to disasters.

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One of the conditions Project 2025 suggests is requiring states or localities to share information with the federal government for law and immigration enforcement, and specifies that this would include both department of motor vehicle and voter registration databases. This is of particular interest in many cities because 19 states and Washington DC allow undocumented people to get drivers licenses, the Niskanen Center, a thinktank that delved into the project’s immigration aims, points out. These licenses help with public safety by decreasing the potential for hit-and-runs and increasing work hours, among other benefits, the center writes. If a city or state is forced to choose between issuing licenses and then sharing this information for use by immigration authorities, or accessing emergency funds for their whole population in a crisis, it’ll be tough for them to deny Fema money, said Cecilia Esterline, an immigration research analyst at the Niskanen Center.

Donald Trump’s war on urban cities is part of the wretched far-right Project 2025 plan, including crackdowns on sanctuary cities.

See Also:

The Guardian: What is Project 2025 and what does it have to do with a second Trump term?

[breakingfirst]

This "president" is a DISGRACE! 😡

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Ottawa has no plans to broadly give residential status to undocumented migrants working in Canada, Immigration Minister Marc Miller says. "As frustrating as that is to hear for people that are in a precarious position of being undocumented in Canada and are contributing to the economy — and perhaps kids that are Canadian — I think we have to be quite clear with Canadians and quite realistic about what's achievable," Miller told CBC News. "Despite the economic imperative, despite the very humanitarian imperative that a broad regularization program presents, it is clear to me that Canadians are not there and that's just reality."

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[vallomll]

Dear hardworking undocumented immigrants, during this time I want to apologize to you for this unfathomable outcome. Im sorry for the Latinos that voted Trump who have been clearly blinded by his harmful narratives. It sucks realizing how easily Latino Trump supporters were manipulated to turn against you, someone who should have been able to understand and sympathize with you. I'm sorry people would rather criminalize and dehumanize you than acknowledge the hard work and back-breaking labor you guys do that run this country. I tried to be your voice, I really did but it was not enough. In this upcoming year all I can hope is Trump false rhetoric doesn't fuel hatred towards you guys, because you don't deserve that, not after everything you do. I will continue fighting for you guys as long as I have the privilege to do so.

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[porterdavis]

Awk-ward

[barrydeutsch]

Appealing to Trump Voters by Getting Tough on Immigration!