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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Absolutely. The solution is comprehensive immigration reform. Until Congress passes it, we will continue to deport people due to our overcomplicated and flawed system.

It’s also important to note that more immigrants cross the border under Democratic presidents, and most deportations under those presidents are people caught at the border, versus the rounding up and deporting of working, tax-paying immigrants who have been here for years.

CBP vs ICE

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, which is why ICE and all immigration enforcement under Trump is many, many times worse than under the Dems and still would be even if the reforms were in place because Trump is ignoring the laws and court orders that should be preventing him from deporting people to 3rd party countries just like he ignored the orders against separating children from parents.

Even if the Dems were sugar and spice and everything nice we would still have some kind of immigration enforcement in place and it would have been twisted into to what it is now because conservatives don't care about following the laws they dislike.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True. It’s long overdue regardless. We are still using the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Obama pushed for immigration reform, but all Congress was able to pass with a weak majority was DACA in 2012.

Republicans want a broken system so they have a scapegoat for elections.