#legal immigrants

[soberscientistlife]

[usindistress]

He didn't "prove" anything. His opinion is what the Biden administration did "should" be illegal, but since they aren't the Trump administration, they checked with lawyers first before doing something that might be a crime. Biden used existing law to facilitate faster vetting and entry of refugees LEGALLY to reduce border jumping. You guys used to say "We're not against immigration as long as they are vetted and do it legally." but the reality is, they are brown, and you are racist so you don't like LEGAL IMMIGRATION either.

[isawthismeme]

[palephx]

Well, I'm in Phoenix, not Springfield, OH.

Also, being jewish, "blood libel" is pretty familiar to me. Basically, when one minority is attacked, in the US, we all are...and it still seems like there are WAY too many people who don't realize how that works.

I'm aware that there are a lot of sad, angry, and stupid white people in America—and I'm usually very nice to them—but there really shouldn't be enough of them to destroy our collective future, the planet, and all common sense.

When the Republican Governor of any state is begging his own Senator to STFU, this is that "inflection point" folks keep talking about. What they really mean is, "OMFG, stop it. Are you insane?"

**EN FRANÇAIS**

Eh bien, je suis à Phoenix, pas à Springfield, dans l'Ohio.

En outre, étant juif, le terme «diffamation rituelle» m’est assez familier. En gros, lorsqu’une minorité est attaquée, aux États-Unis, nous le sommes tous…et il semble qu’il y ait encore BEAUCOUP trop de gens qui ne comprennent pas comment cela fonctionne.

Je suis conscient qu’il y a beaucoup de blancs tristes, en colère et stupides en Amérique—et je suis généralement très gentil avec eux—mais il ne devrait vraiment pas y en avoir assez pour détruire notre avenir collectif, la planète, et tout bon sens. 🙄

Quand le Gouverneur Républicain d'un État supplie son propre Sénateur de se taire, c'est ce «point d'inflexion» dont les gens parlent sans cesse. Ce qu'ils veulent vraiment dire, c'est: «OMD, arrêtez. Vous êtes fou?»

[ramon-balaguer]

Like #BloodyBiden, I am Not for Presidente Luis Abinader for many reasons (Faith, economic, social and political, Legitimacy), like running his presidential campaign and winning in Violation of the DR Constitution, which has been Violated by previous presidents like Leonel Fernandez, in the there’s certain prerequisites and stipulations to be a DR President, like the 10 concurrent years of residing and residence in the DR leading up to their particular presidential win. But that set aside and their particular political or social ideological differences to my own Faith and everything else that falls beneath That, they Aren’t Always Wrong (or the opposite) as we may be misled by networks’ and social media platforms’ biased agendas, opinions, reporting, views and news or our own disdainful dislike of the persons and their policies. Sometimes, they get Right, they make the Right moves and decisions towards Solving problems or as in this case, a Haitian ILLEGAL ALIENS CRISIS worse than the Multinationals (which of course includes both Haitians and Dominicans to a lessor degree but still) ILLEGAL ALIEN CRISIS destroying US here. And what must folks get WRONG in these types of CRISES is the Idea the the Host Nation being Invaded is somehow HATEFUL, INHUMANE and RACIST when That Is Not the Case At All (with of course few exceptions of individuals’ personal preconceptions and proclivities. The Problem in Fact Is Not the folk’s colors, ethnicity, races or anything but The ILLEGAL WAYS They Attempt to enter and do enter and stay ILLEGALLY - That’s the Problem. No one has a problem with say an African or Asian or Haitian or ANYONE form ANYWHERE Coming to America as a LEGAL IMMIGRANT and getting what’s his and becoming whatever he becomes as a Law Abiding productive (politician, athlete, actor, banker, teacher, doctor, lawyer, trash collector, etc..) LEGAL Resident or Citizen. In other words, if the main colors of the DR were as Dark as Haitians and the main colors of Haiti were as Light as some Dominicans, The Problem would Still Be The Same, INSANE ILLEGAL ALIENS; Not there colors, languages, culture Or whatever… and the same goes for US here. 🤷‍♂️🙏🌎 #REBTD😇

[usindistress]

Republicans have been doing a bait and switch with this for decades. If you TAKE AWAY the legal status of legal immigrants they become, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! Trump of course has been especially egregious on this point. And now Trump and Vance are even just calling FULLY LEGAL IMMIGRANTS, "illegals".

Because...they are in fact legal immigrants?

They have legal status because they are in fact not illegal immigrants?

[fy6ujj]

[mamawasatesttube]

the thing abt the superfam and their relationships to their names is that if you come at it from any angle where youre ignoring the complexity of the immigrant experience, a) i'll bite you but moreover b) you're simply wrong. they are refugees and the last remnant of a dying culture. they are immigrants. literal aliens. that word is used for immigrants and them being Literally Aliens From Outer Space is like driving it home so hard, it's WILD to me when people don't see it. their identities as kryptonians vs denizens of earth will Always be paralleled to the immigrant assimilation identity question. and i will always be gnawing on wood about it,

[anistarrose]

I think when a lot of queer people who aspire to marriage, and remember (rightly) fighting for the right to marriage, see queer people who don't want marriage, talking about not entering or even reforming or abolishing marriage, there's an assumption I can't fault anyone for having — because it's an assumption borne of trauma — that queers who aren't big on marriage are inadvertently or purposefully going to either foolishly deprive themselves of rights, or dangerously deprive everyone of the rights associated with marriage. But that's markedly untrue. We only want rights to stop being locked behind marriages. We want an end to discrimination against the unmarried.

We want a multitude of rights for polyamorous relationships. We want ways to fully recognize and extend rights to non-romantic and/or non-sexual unions, including but not limited to QPRs, in a setting distinct from the one that (modern) history has spent so long conflating with romance and sex in a way that makes many of us so deeply uncomfortable. And many of us are also disabled queers who are furious about marriage stripping the disabled of all benefits.

We want options to co-parent, and retain legal rights to see children, that extends to more than two people, and by necessity, to non-biological parents (which, by the way, hasn't always automatically followed from same-gender marriage equality even in places where said equality nominally exists. Our struggles are not as different as you think). We would like for (found or biological) family members and siblings to co-habitate as equal members of a household, perhaps even with pooled finances or engaging in aforementioned co-parenting, without anyone trying to fit the dynamic into a "marriage-shaped box" and assume it's incestuous. We want options to leave either marriages, or alternative agreements, that are less onerous than divorce proceedings have historically been.

I can't speak for every person who does not want to marry, but on average, spurning marriage is not a choice we make lightly. We are deeply, deeply aware of the benefits that only marriage can currently provide. And we do not take that information lightly. We demand better.

Now, talking about the benefits of marriage in respective countries' current legal frameworks, so that all people can make choices from an informed place, is all well and good — but is not an appropriate response to someone saying they are uncomfortable with marriage. There are people for whom entering a marriage, with all its associated norms, expectations, and baggage, would feel like a betrayal of one's self and authenticity that would shake them to their core — and every day, I struggle to unpack if I'm one of them or not. If I want to marry for tax benefits, or not. If that's worth the risk of losing disability benefits, in the (very plausible) possibility that I have to apply for them later in life. If that's worth the emotional burden of having to explain over and over, to both well-meaning and deeply conservative family members, that this relationship is not one of romance or sex. (Because, god, trying just to explain aromanticism or asexuality in a world that broadly thinks they're "fake" is emotional labor enough.)

Marriage is a fundamental alteration to who I am, to what rights an ableist government grants me, and to how I am perceived. I don't criticize the institution just because I enjoy a "free spirit" aesthetic or think the wedding industry is annoying, or whatever.

[soberscientistlife]

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Alex Nguyen at Mother Jones:

Long gone are the innocent days when media outlets claimed the independence and nuance of the politics of Elon Musk. Now, amid myriad X posts spreading far-right propaganda on immigrants, trans people, and, well, just about any other topic, it has become obvious where one of the richest men in the world stands. This week, there was more proof that Musk has put his money where his mouth has been. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Musk poured tens of millions of dollars into Republican campaigns and conservative groups even before he publicly endorsed Donald Trump in July. Conservatives helped conceal Musk’s contributions through so-called social welfare or “dark money” groups that do not have to disclose their donors and can raise unlimited funds. (Musk did not respond to the Journal’s request for comment.) One piece of reporting stood out. The newspaper found that the tech billionaire donated more than $50 million in 2022 for campaign advertisements by Citizens for Sanity, a group connected to former Trump aide Stephen Miller and his non-profit America First Legal, which bills itself as “the long-awaited answer to the ACLU.”  Ties to Miller back in 2022 illuminate Musk’s current penchant for posting about immigrants. Musk has increasingly aligned himself with xenophobic anti-migrant plans and trans hysteria championed by Miller within the Trump administration. 

[...] In recent months, Musk’s posts have sunken to lies of mass voter fraud to help Trump win. As I reported, the billionaire recently posted a rant about how Democrats are the true threat to democracy by fast-tracking asylum seekers for citizenship so that they can vote in swing states. Simple fact-checking finds that asylum seekers are not being flown to battleground states, are not being given a facilitated citizenship process, and are not being allowed to vote—it is all false.  As we previously noted, these statements fall within the 2024 iteration of the Republicans’ “Big Lie.” If Trump loses in November, then Democrats stole the election through noncitizen voters.  Musk has also directly aligned himself with Trump, founding a super PAC called America PAC to get 800,000 people to vote for the former president in key battleground states. According to the Guardian, Trump’s ground operation in swing states are now mostly outsourced to America PAC, and Business Insider said that Musk is now shelling out millions to Republicans in 15 competitive House races. Yesterday, Politico reported that America PAC was teaming up with Turning Point Action, the political advocacy division of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, to fund hundreds of “ballot chasers” in Wisconsin. 

A Wall Street Journal reports that right-wing X owner Elon Musk has been funding anti-immigrant propaganda, including funding $50M to right-wing group linked to Stephen Miller called Citizens For Sanity (or more accurately, Citizens For Insanity).

[reasonsforhope]

"California will begin paying for free legal help with immigration for undocumented farmworkers who are involved in state investigations of wage theft or other labor violations, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced this week.

The $4.5 million pilot program will provide qualifying farmworkers with referrals for legal help with their immigration status. 

Roughly half of California’s farmworker population is believed to be undocumented. Fear of deportation and difficulties finding jobs can discourage workers from filing labor complaints or serving as witnesses in cases alleging unsafe work temperatures, wage theft, or employer retaliation for unionizing, officials said...

Respecting immigrant rights

Farmworkers in labor investigations who qualify for the new state program will receive a direct referral to legal services organizations that already offer immigration services, such as the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County or the United Farm Workers Foundation, which spoke in support of the program. 

The free legal services workers could receive include case review, legal advice and representation by an attorney, according to Newsom’s office...

Deferred deportation

State officials said the pilot program aligns with a new Biden administration policy that makes it easier for undocumented workers who are victims of labor rights violations to request deferred action from deportation. Because the federal Department of Homeland Security can’t respond to all immigration violations, it exercises “prosecutorial discretion” to decide who to try to deport.

State officials said they won’t ask for workers’ immigration status, but noncitizens granted this deferred action may be eligible for work authorization.

This year, California labor department officials began supporting undocumented workers’ requests for prosecutorial discretion or deferred action from federal immigration officials, including when employers threaten workers with immigration enforcement to prevent workers from cooperating with state investigators. 

“The Department of Industrial Relations’ Labor Commissioner’s Office … was the first state agency to request deferred action from DHS for employees in an active investigation, and that request was successful,” Hickey said. “This is an important process for undocumented workers to be aware of.”"

-via CalMatters, July 21, 2023

[firstkillers]

Anyways this whole submarine thing has proven that people on this site aren’t actually able to commit to eating the rich.

[shinobicyrus]

It doesn't matter to JD Vance - or Trump's supporters - that the 'immigrants eating pets' stories are false. He's admitted as much, and says he will keep repeating them. Because "memes."

It also doesn't matter when it's pointed out to him that the Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are in the country legally. He's going to keep calling them "illegal" because their legal status is not the thing about them that he finds objectionable.

It doesn't matter if they're legal immigrants or illegal immigrants. It doesn't matter that immigrants - regardless of legal status - are statistically much less likely to commit crimes than those born in the United States.

None of those things matter, because it's never been about those things.

Trump & JD Vance and all of their supporters hate immigrants. Full stop. The reasons and justifications will always shift and change to fit the present circumstances and political environment; reactionary politics at its finest. Meanwhile, the cold and vile core remains unchanged:

"These non-white people are lesser than us. In fact, they aren't people and we don't want them here."