Anonymous wrote:Did it ever occur to you that as a European immigrant, there are easier ways for you to legally immigrate here?

It is much harder for people from poor, brown countries to come here legally. You think that’s a coincidence? No, it’s been American policy for decades if not centuries to limit people who are not white from coming here legally.

Anonymous wrote: Already my area Silver Spring is becoming very Spanish and losing its American identity

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Anonymous wrote:As a legal immigrant I am totally supportive of the concept of ICE.

Too many folks have taken advantage of this country and come here illegally. I came here for a better life from Europe and have worked hard and benefited from the opportunities and legal protections of the US.

H don’t support illegal immigration and in general I think we need laws and penalties if you break those rules. We need to send all illegal immigrants home.

ICE has nothing to do with normal enforcement of immigration rules. ICE is about imposing a homicidal, fascist dictatorship on the United States.

Rounding up immigrants and putting them in death camps is just a way for ICE to develop the skills needed to put Democrats and people with liberal arts degrees in death camps.

If you like that, you’re foolish. Even if you actually posted you posted on behalf of ICE, because you work for ICE: Just the fact that you post on message boards means that, if this keeps up, you’ll go into the death camps pretty early.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a legal immigrant I am totally supportive of the concept of ICE.

Too many folks have taken advantage of this country and come here illegally. I came here for a better life from Europe and have worked hard and benefited from the opportunities and legal protections of the US.

I don’t support illegal immigration and in general I think we need laws and penalties if you break those rules. We need to send all illegal immigrants home.

I can’t understand people who opposes the concept of ICE. Don’t you care about your country? Already my area Silver Spring is becoming very Spanish and losing its American identity.

I do however have a problem with things happening now. I fear if ICE is too aggressive then the next Democratic administration will open the borders and defund ICE. We will see big increases in immigration- and continue to see wages stagnate and public services to be over run. I know most immigrants are peaceful but we will also some small increases in crime.

Trump knows many people want an immigration crack down and I support the concept. But we need targeted raids on known individuals and not street sweeps. It’s tragic anyone has gotten hurt.

It’s all so sad and I hope Trump tones things down soon. But we need ICE and we need them to be professional and effective- not a bunch of cowboys.

Long term it’s the Republican business owners who benefit most from illegal immigration- gives them cheap labor. Democrats need to side with Americans and not undercut the interests of poorer folks who are here legally.

As the Dems became a party for the rich elites they lost touch with poorer people and look down their noses anyone whose thinking does not conform to acceptable standards. If you care about American culture- hmm maybe you are racist.

The problem isn’t the idea of enforcing immigration law: most people support targeted, humane, due‑process‑based enforcement. There weren't massive protests during prior deportation initiatives. The problem is pretending that what’s happening now resembles anything "orderly" or "professional." This administration has embraced indiscriminate raids, street sweeps, and tactics that routinely violate constitutional protections. Citizens and legal residents have been detained, court orders ignored, and entire neighborhoods treated as hostile territory. Supporting immigration law does not require endorsing state‑sanctioned chaos or cruelty.

The demographic anxiety about Silver Spring "becoming Spanish" is not a policy argument; it’s nostalgia dressed up as nationalism. Communities in America have always changed, Irish to Italian, Jewish to Greek, German to Polish and Spanish‑speaking Americans have been part of this country longer than most European immigrant groups. Calling a place "less American" because people speak Spanish is not a defense of law; it’s discomfort with cultural evolution, even though cultural evolution has been going on for as long as America has been a nation.

The claim that Democrats are the "party of rich elites" is completely upside-down and collapses under even minimal scrutiny. Republicans elected a billionaire real‑estate mogul whose campaign is being propped up by ultra‑wealthy donors, including tech oligarchs pouring hundreds of millions into the race. Republican leaders routinely dismiss the affordability crisis as a "hoax," while their policy agenda overwhelmingly benefits high‑income households and corporations. Meanwhile, Democrats consistently support policies aimed at working‑ and middle‑class families, such as wage increases, healthcare access, child‑tax credits, union protections, and affordable‑housing investments. You don’t have to agree with those policies (although most Americans do), but calling them "elite" while defending a billionaire‑centric movement is incoherent.

Finally, blaming immigrants for wage stagnation and strained public services ignores the real drivers: corporate consolidation, declining union power, outsourcing, and employer exploitation of undocumented labor. That's something you yourself acknowledge is driven largely by Republican‑aligned business interests. Immigrants, documented or undocumented, commit fewer crimes than native‑born citizens, and crime trends correlate with economic stress, not immigration levels. Wanting humane, lawful enforcement doesn’t make anyone anti‑American; demanding accountability from government agencies is part of caring about the country. The issue isn’t whether ICE should exist, it’s whether it should operate within the law, with professionalism, and without brutality. Frankly it's sad that we even have to face that as a question. It should be a no-brainer, but unfortunately we are dealing with horrifically bad leadership.

There were no massive protests during previous administration because no one paid for them and no one organized them during Obama deportations. I am an immigration lawyer and people were deported in most inhumane ways during that time.

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Anonymous wrote:As a legal immigrant I am totally supportive of the concept of ICE.

Too many folks have taken advantage of this country and come here illegally. I came here for a better life from Europe and have worked hard and benefited from the opportunities and legal protections of the US.

H don’t support illegal immigration and in general I think we need laws and penalties if you break those rules. We need to send all illegal immigrants home.

ICE has nothing to do with normal enforcement of immigration rules. ICE is about imposing a homicidal, fascist dictatorship on the United States.

Rounding up immigrants and putting them in death camps is just a way for ICE to develop the skills needed to put Democrats and people with liberal arts degrees in death camps.

If you like that, you’re foolish. Even if you actually posted you posted on behalf of ICE, because you work for ICE: Just the fact that you post on message boards means that, if this keeps up, you’ll go into the death camps pretty early.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a legal immigrant I am totally supportive of the concept of ICE.

Too many folks have taken advantage of this country and come here illegally. I came here for a better life from Europe and have worked hard and benefited from the opportunities and legal protections of the US.

I don’t support illegal immigration and in general I think we need laws and penalties if you break those rules. We need to send all illegal immigrants home.

I can’t understand people who opposes the concept of ICE. Don’t you care about your country? Already my area Silver Spring is becoming very Spanish and losing its American identity.

I do however have a problem with things happening now. I fear if ICE is too aggressive then the next Democratic administration will open the borders and defund ICE. We will see big increases in immigration- and continue to see wages stagnate and public services to be over run. I know most immigrants are peaceful but we will also some small increases in crime.

Trump knows many people want an immigration crack down and I support the concept. But we need targeted raids on known individuals and not street sweeps. It’s tragic anyone has gotten hurt.

It’s all so sad and I hope Trump tones things down soon. But we need ICE and we need them to be professional and effective- not a bunch of cowboys.

Long term it’s the Republican business owners who benefit most from illegal immigration- gives them cheap labor. Democrats need to side with Americans and not undercut the interests of poorer folks who are here legally.

As the Dems became a party for the rich elites they lost touch with poorer people and look down their noses anyone whose thinking does not conform to acceptable standards. If you care about American culture- hmm maybe you are racist.

The problem isn’t the idea of enforcing immigration law: most people support targeted, humane, due‑process‑based enforcement. There weren't massive protests during prior deportation initiatives. The problem is pretending that what’s happening now resembles anything "orderly" or "professional." This administration has embraced indiscriminate raids, street sweeps, and tactics that routinely violate constitutional protections. Citizens and legal residents have been detained, court orders ignored, and entire neighborhoods treated as hostile territory. Supporting immigration law does not require endorsing state‑sanctioned chaos or cruelty.

The demographic anxiety about Silver Spring "becoming Spanish" is not a policy argument; it’s nostalgia dressed up as nationalism. Communities in America have always changed, Irish to Italian, Jewish to Greek, German to Polish and Spanish‑speaking Americans have been part of this country longer than most European immigrant groups. Calling a place "less American" because people speak Spanish is not a defense of law; it’s discomfort with cultural evolution, even though cultural evolution has been going on for as long as America has been a nation.

The claim that Democrats are the "party of rich elites" is completely upside-down and collapses under even minimal scrutiny. Republicans elected a billionaire real‑estate mogul whose campaign is being propped up by ultra‑wealthy donors, including tech oligarchs pouring hundreds of millions into the race. Republican leaders routinely dismiss the affordability crisis as a "hoax," while their policy agenda overwhelmingly benefits high‑income households and corporations. Meanwhile, Democrats consistently support policies aimed at working‑ and middle‑class families, such as wage increases, healthcare access, child‑tax credits, union protections, and affordable‑housing investments. You don’t have to agree with those policies (although most Americans do), but calling them "elite" while defending a billionaire‑centric movement is incoherent.

Finally, blaming immigrants for wage stagnation and strained public services ignores the real drivers: corporate consolidation, declining union power, outsourcing, and employer exploitation of undocumented labor. That's something you yourself acknowledge is driven largely by Republican‑aligned business interests. Immigrants, documented or undocumented, commit fewer crimes than native‑born citizens, and crime trends correlate with economic stress, not immigration levels. Wanting humane, lawful enforcement doesn’t make anyone anti‑American; demanding accountability from government agencies is part of caring about the country. The issue isn’t whether ICE should exist, it’s whether it should operate within the law, with professionalism, and without brutality. Frankly it's sad that we even have to face that as a question. It should be a no-brainer, but unfortunately we are dealing with horrifically bad leadership.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did it ever occur to you that as a European immigrant, there are easier ways for you to legally immigrate here?

It is much harder for people from poor, brown countries to come here legally. You think that’s a coincidence? No, it’s been American policy for decades if not centuries to limit people who are not white from coming here legally.

Explain how it is harder for people from “brown countries” (your words) independent of economic means I’ll wait.

NP. The USA sets a quota of 7% cap per country for green card entry. The larger the country’s demand, the long et the wait. For instance, if you’re from Denmark, your ability to get a green card will be easy peasy because there’s not of Danes trying to immigrate to the US. However, if you’re from China or Honduras, you’ll have a much longer wait, as in decades to get a legal entry for a green card.

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Anonymous wrote:Did it ever occur to you that as a European immigrant, there are easier ways for you to legally immigrate here?

It is much harder for people from poor, brown countries to come here legally. You think that’s a coincidence? No, it’s been American policy for decades if not centuries to limit people who are not white from coming here legally.

Explain how it is harder for people from “brown countries” (your words) independent of economic means I’ll wait.

Anonymous wrote:I’m calling it. This is a troll post.

Already my area Silver Spring is becoming very Spanish and losing its American identity.

That’s just not a thing people say. That’s what a racist person pretending to be an immigrant would say. Except maybe Melanija Knavs[b] herself.

Anonymous wrote:Serious questions who is going to do
Farm work and Construction?
Legal immigrants from Europe?

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Anonymous wrote:This is a tough issue. I think we should make it easier for people to come here who are contributing to the economy and are able to support themselves. It's not sustainable to allow whoever wants to come and have them immediately be dependent on welfare, housing subsidies, etc. when so many actual citizens are struggling. Not sure what the answer is.

Illegal immigrants can't get SNAP, though their children can. I'm ok with feeding children. They didn't ask to come.

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Anonymous wrote:Did it ever occur to you that as a European immigrant, there are easier ways for you to legally immigrate here?

It is much harder for people from poor, brown countries to come here legally. You think that’s a coincidence? No, it’s been American policy for decades if not centuries to limit people who are not white from coming here legally.

Explain how it is harder for people from “brown countries” (your words) independent of economic means I’ll wait.

Anonymous wrote:As a legal immigrant I am totally supportive of the concept of ICE.

Too many folks have taken advantage of this country and come here illegally. I came here for a better life from Europe and have worked hard and benefited from the opportunities and legal protections of the US.

H don’t support illegal immigration and in general I think we need laws and penalties if you break those rules. We need to send all illegal immigrants home.

Anonymous wrote:Did it ever occur to you that as a European immigrant, there are easier ways for you to legally immigrate here?

It is much harder for people from poor, brown countries to come here legally. You think that’s a coincidence? No, it’s been American policy for decades if not centuries to limit people who are not white from coming here legally.