So...this is a mental exercise I thought of on the subject of trump's deportations. Like, I'm not a "no human is illegal" liberal. I'm not opposed to all deportations. I largely approved of Biden's shift to the center on immigration. But let's think, on a scale of 1-10, how insane trump's deportations are. Let's say 0/1 are basically "no, that's totally sane and justified", 5 is basically "well it's controversial but I can see an argument for it" and 10 is WTF?! No! That's insane! let's imagine scenarios on a scale from reasonable to not reasonable.
So...deporting someone who recently got caught coming over the border illegally and traffics drugs/people....0. This is as sane as it gets.
Deporting an illegal immigrant who robbed a bank or something. Once again. 0.
Deporting an illegal who came over the border looking for a better life. Eh...1-2. Like, not as clear cut as just deporting deporting a criminal, but yeah, still pretty justifiable.
Deporting an illegal immigrant who has been in the country for say, 5+ years, has a family here, and deporting people would split up the family. Like a 4, I'd say. Like this is where it starts getting a little hairy. Sure, the idea that they shouldnt be here is valid, but there's real humanitarian reasons why you shouldnt deport them.
Deporting a dreamer. 5. I mean, they're basically American culturally, they dont know a life outside of America. Sure, technically illegal but pretty much like "yeah let them stay."
Deporting a student who organized protests at columbia university that was legitimately anti semitic and pro Hamas, and they did illegal acts like occupy buildings. 3. I mean, they're legal. But...if you misuse your rights while you're here. I can see an argument here.
Deporting a student who organized protests that were lawful. 6. I mean, while you can technically kick out any student you want, I'd probably say let their free speech stand. As long as they were lawful with it, it's like...let them stay and do what they want.
Deporting legal residents who commit serious crimes. 3. I mean, you can probably argue in favor of it.
Deporting legal residents who did nothing wrong. 8. No. Wtf. And bring maryland guy back.
Deporting legal residents on their way to being sworn in as a citizen. 9. No. Wtf. That's mental. (btw, this happened today I think).
Deporting citizens who commit crimes. 10. No. Should be totally off the table.
Deporting citizens who don't commit crimes. No. Also off the table.
We're currently at threshold 8-9 here. Meanwhile I'm kinda tapping out around, say 4, and saying at that point, uh, maybe we shouldnt do this. I'm not a "no human is illegal, let them all come in" type. I'm not a 0. And yeah if you fall into 2 and lower, yeah, I probably actively support such deportations. If you're at 3, that's where I get 50/50, and at 4 and above I'm kinda leaning toward no. When you're at 6, I'm HARD no. And when you're at like 8+, that's...really REALLY concerning. That's mental. This guy is a fascist. We're literally at 8-9 and this guy is talking about a 10.
Like, even if I were conservative still, like as right wing on deportations as I was as a right winger, I'd be tapping out at 6-7 on this scale. And that's when I was actively "deport all the illegals" like when I was a teenager. Growing up a bit, you got me down to like a 4. 0-2 is fully permissible, 3 is kinda controversial but i'd probably not make a huge stink if it stopped there. 4+ is like no for me.
To me, that's what a reasonable immigration policy is.
And btw, no one should be deported to el salvador unless they're from there and they're being repatriated to their country of origin. If you wanna send literal MS13 people from el salvador back there where they go to CECOT as part of their justice system, fine, but no one else. What trump is doing is nazi stuff. This IS a concentration camp. An he was talking about building more to send "homegrowns" there (so basically he's toying with 10 on that scale at this point). This is mental. This is not okay. This is nazi crap. Trump is a nazi. This is not exaggerating. We are at a 10/10, five alarm fire here and EVERYONE should be concerned. If this blog ever gets nuked overnight, you know why at this point.
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