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Pritzker urges Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to stop migrant dropoffs amid winter storm: ‘I plead with you for mercy’
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Anonymous
+1 This is all so very enlightening. The twisted minds of LWNJs, on full display. |
Anonymous
DP. Once again, the point of making this uncomfortable for blue cities (as it has been 100x more for border states) is to push for actual legislation to stop the flood of illegal immigrants. "Coordinating" is simply making what is a crisis seem like business as usual. No. This needs to be seen as the clusterfk it is, so that FINALLY something will be done. |
Anonymous
Yep. And remember every convoy/caravan since? DCUM's finest insisted it was just fiction, somehow created by the right-wing to sow discord, just "Fox talking points." That's what we heard from the gaslighters who wanted Americans to believe none of this was actually happening. And now that blue cities are seeing it up close and personal, all of a sudden it's "sociopathic" and "cruel"! Honestly, this is my single-issue election year. Disgust doesn't even cover it anymore. |
Anonymous
I do not think they should have to continue shouldering this enormous burden. I think there is a better way to share that burden than dumping people. In other words, we agree on the problem. We do not agree on the solution. |
Anonymous
+1 I wasn't going to bother to respond to the TRUE sociopath on this thread. What a disgraceful person. |
Anonymous
Correct. I think the solution is securing the border to stop the masses of illegal immigrants from entering the U.S. Apparently, the only way to get the attention of Democrats is to literally bring the crisis to them and make it even a fraction as uncomfortable as it is in Texas. Perhaps then, Democrats will see their way clear to actually DOING something about it. |
Anonymous
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Why is Pritzker pleading with Greg Abbot? Abbot isn’t causing this problem.
He should be pleading with Joe Biden. Abbot and Texas have to take care of immigrants in extreme heat and humidity during the Texas summer. Whom does Abbot get to plead to for “mercy” during those dangerous times? Joe Biden, who promptly does nothing. |
Anonymous
If it works in Texas, it should work in Chicago. |
Anonymous
+100 Don’t forget the “progressive” caucus though…who spend more time and resources advocating for migrants than they do for actual progressive policies for Americans. Would love for them to put the same amount of energy advocating for health care reforms, UBI, free community college, etc—that they put into blocking legislation that would stem the flow of migrants, who they constantly try to allocate limited resources towards… |
Anonymous
The only real solution is a safe third country agreement with Mexico, and also cracking down harshly on employers who hire people without authorization to work. F*ck the, “oh just spend more money so we can process them faster, and also take care of them in the meantime” No, because 1. Even when they are processed, as long as they haven’t been convicted a horrible crime they aren’t deported, at most they’re given the option to “self-deport” 2. Besides the fact we’re spending precious resources taking care of migrants—their presence in and of itself causes native support for redistributive policies to go down… want cheaper healthcare? More investment in schools? Greater help for poor people? Less inequality? Even *mentioning* immigration in surveys that ask for support for these kinds of policies leads to less support for them. Tribalistic nature is an evolutionarily imposed trait. And people view outsiders using public goods/overwhelming public goods/resources/taxpayers as being unfair. Look up the “ultimatum” economic game experiments if you want to understand just how detrimental mass migration is to progressive economic policy goals. It’s hardwired into us to reject gains, if we feel someone else has unfairly gained more. We are altruistic for our own “tribe”, but others? Nope. |
Anonymous
Maybe everyday Democrats were unaware of how devastating this really is. It's taken a desperate act on the part of Texas to make everyday people who don't live in Texas understand this is a crisis. Bottom line: News sources have been downplaying this crisis. They aren't telling us the truth. The government at both the federal and state levels know exactly how bad this problem is, because they receive intelligence. Why? Perhaps we should be asking why our news sources and elected officials are gaslighting the American people. |
Anonymous
They know it’s devastating, they are happy with it. They view it as a mechanism to turn Texas blue and make Abbot look racist and evil because he doesn’t “care” about people who are here illegally. Now he’s sending people to blue states and they are crying for mercy. He’s sending a small percentage of people to Sanctuary cities that welcome immigrants, who supposedly have a bigger heart and want to protect vulnerable people. Unlike those terrible republicans. And the Sanctuary cities can’t handle it because no one can handle it. That’s the point. It’s past time for this political charade to end. |
Anonymous
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The only way this is going to get fixed is if Abbott sends way more illegals to DC. You gotta get it as close to the decision makers as you can and let them feel the pain and consequences of their actions. They need so many migrants there that Spanish is the only language spoken and they feel like foreigners in their own country. The immigrants also need to blast loud Mexican music like they do down in Texas.
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Anonymous
| Send the flood to DC. Let the politicians who are allowing this to continue see the problem and deal with the problem. |