The Time article says, “The capstone of this program, advisers say, would be a massive deportation operation that would target millions of people. Trump made similar pledges in his first term, but says he plans to be more aggressive in a second.
“People need to be deported,’ says Tom Homan, a top Trump adviser and former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ‘No one should be off the table,’ use the military to round up, put in camps, and deport more than 11 million undocumented immigrants.”
It brings back memories of the ban on Chinese immigrants, the relocation of Japanese Americans into camps, the St Louis ship shame and, of course, the Nazi final solution.
I hope this bothers you as much as it does me. Will it ever happen, I pray not, but even this type of thinking by people who want to be in charge of our republic is frightening.
Even if you don’t care about any of that, keep in mind that millions of these people have lived and worked, raised families, and paid taxes in the U.S. for decades. They perform important jobs we would find hard, if even possible, to fill, especially in agriculture and construction.
They are an economic necessity no matter their label.
So what, you say, they are here illegally. Yes they are, but we have a long tradition of pardoning criminals, felons and those who have damaged our country and fellow citizens. Here is but one small example.
It’s time to reject xenophobia and act in our country’s best interest, now and in the future as our population declines.
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Mr. Quinn: Again you are using your personal feelings to use your Quinn website to spread hatred of Trump and his followers. Please get off the high horse of your sweeping political commentary. please stick to economics.
You’re just an old man who won’t live long enough to see the consequences of literally millions of undocumented illegal immigrants flooding across our borders. Most of them are single young men without family members already in the states without job prospects and housing. This is really threatening!
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It is estimated there are 11 million or so illegal immigrants already here and have been for many years. Do they pose a threat or have they been used to the advantage of Americans? Nobody says not to fix our border process. That’s not what this is talking about.
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Brother Quinn, you must be trolling for more Never Trumpers by rerunning this post from the other day. I’ll bite and throw in a few comments. I’m tired of the Trump hysteria but I do have thoughts and questions on the big issues a presidential administration can address.
First, if Trump were elected Prez, he would be legally in the right to deport millions. You know that. Would he even try? I don’t know and you don’t know. The country has changed greatly in the past 30 or 40 years and the Hispanic population (as well as other groups) has grown and they would resist the idea, so mass deportation is a non starter.
Second, what is driving mass immigration now into the US and Europe and Great Britain? I can’t believe that untold millions just woke up this morning and said “Today is a good day to head to America and get a job in the chicken processing plant in Georgia or work repairing the hot roof there.” These jobs have been here for umpteen years. Why today is the wake up call for millions? Anyway, the population numbers are shifting greatly in my area. They have settled in and except for the drug dealing underclass and the admittedly low number of criminal elements there is no problems. How many can come here though amidst a housing shortage and government services rushing to keep up with schools, day care, health departments, social services all stretched. Xenophobia is not the issue. It is why here and now is there a great replacement of the native born population with immigrants. Please don’t give me we need the workers response. Japan is still there and they don’t take immigrants by the boatload. Third and finally, Milton Friedman said “You can have open borders lot you can have a welfare state, you can’t have both”. I believe that and you should too.
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The Friedman quote should read …borders or…
Typing on a phone gets me in trouble a lot.
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And the rhetoric as shown doesn’t bother you?
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I’m not impressed by rhetoric, I’m more impressed by actions. When a Trump advisor says the above, does that mean Trump believes the same thing? I don’t read that stuff and the only time I see it is when you repost it. Then you go on a rant about Japanese internees and the final solution. I think you and whoever said the original post are both over the top. That guy is probably pandering to that segment of supporters and you are pandering to the Never Trumpers. My concern is to what is happening now and what will be the outcome, not some rhetoric in an election cycle.
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good quote by Friedman
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Yes, it is stupid and it won’t happen but when you allow millions in who you know are breaking the law you get all kinds of crazy ideas–just see the accommodations made to the illegals in cities like Denver–where were folks when for three + years illegals in the millions were streaming across the border–the lefties could care less–would make make red states purple and work cheaply.
They could call folks racists and bigots until the tables were turned on them and then they sang a different tune. Just listen to the Mayor of NYC before and after his city was a target for illegals.
Where were these folks when President Dufus and his left wing ideologues canceled 90 policies to deal with illegals within the first 30-60 days in 2021? Do you really think there would be no consequences.?
When Democrats stood in front of the school house doors did you think of the consequences? When VA closed its schools to blacks would there be no consequences? When cities controlled by the loons on the left defunded the police do you think there would be no consequences? When my local Target has to lock up underwear because the lefty loons won’t lock up criminals there would be no consequences?
Folks like Quinn seemingly could give a damn about illegal immigration–in fact we were told they were good for us so sit down and shut up you bigots.
Europeans are going through the same turmoil and the results look the same–the rise of parties on the right–Italy/Germany/France are just three.
Actions have consequences–when you ignore the problem for reasons political you get a reaction for reasons political.
We have created a problem, a very big one, and how we solve is not deportation and that won’t happen. But I give little credibility to those who encouraged it and now, like a few years ago, are incensed about the reaction. Where the hell were you 3-years ago?
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“By the way, economically it’s just stupid!”
Agreed. Immigrants harvest our fruit, vegetables, and replace roofs on our homes. Honest but hard work second and later American generations refuse to do. Massive deportations of immigrants won’t curb inflation, it will accelerate it.
I’ve always enjoyed history and I learned that cult like fanatical political ideology doesn’t end well for the average person and resulted in millions of deaths. Don’t believe me? Educate yourself about what happened to supporters of Nazi Germany, Mussolini’s Italy, Imperial Japan, Stalin’s USSR, Mao’s Cultural Revolution (China) and more recently Pol Pot’s Cambodian Genocide.
Now America has a political cult…
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Maybe you should pay attention to England. They’re sending the immigrants to Africa for “processing”. You have such a hatred for Trump you are blind. If it’s so stupid economically then why are so many jobs still available? We have immigrants out the wazoo, so I forgot they’re all on the public dole.
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https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/commentaries/qa-the-uks-policy-to-send-asylum-seekers-to-rwanda/
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I think the fact I intensely dislike and fear Trump is a clear indication my eyes are wide open with 20/20 vision.
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Having spent thousands of dollars through the years so my spouse could legally enter the US and obtain citizenship, I am a bit biased on this subject. But I’d rather see “undocumented” people have a path to citizenship than see this alternative become a reality. They do contribute, they’re great people (for the most part; you can – and should – deport the criminals because, as former President Obama said, we are a nation of laws), and let’s make them “legal”.
And speaking as retired soldier, the mere thought of using the military as you described above is beyond despicable. If it ever did come to that, I will remind every person in the military that they are only obligated to obey lawful orders and that they have the obligation to refuse to obey unlawful ones.
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I agree with you completely. Retired military here also, and using the military for this is despicable. Trump is the most anti-military President we have ever had, and the most anti-American as well.
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Sorry, but the only thing comparable to Nazi Germany is the current protests, calling for death to America and death to the Jews. We are reliving the 1930s thanks to the Left!
Goodbye, Richard. I hope I am wrong.
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There are benefits and security risks to the mass relatively uncontrolled immigration along the southern border that has occurred. Many are coming for a better life and opportunities. Some are dedicated criminals involved in drug and sex and gun trafficking. Some will become productive citizens and some will prey upon society and its citizens. I am genuinely fearful for this country’s future.
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