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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I tried tinyurl, but that doesn't seem to have done anything.
I don't think there's anything I can do.
Oh God! Natural light!No he really couldn't have because teenagers screwing each other is very different from teenagers screwing adults.
If not, here is it in two parts:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-government-just-put-out-the-blueprint-for-
president-trump's-immigration-crackdown/ar-AAnaMUB?li=AA5a8k&ocid=spartanntp
edited 21st Feb '17 8:52:59 AM by IFwanderer
1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KVSomething like this would be awful even if it was being managed by a competent administration. And this administration is not competent.
I predict that plenty of people who really shouldn't be allowed into the USA (at least not without proper vetting) are going to slip through anyway, and/or people who are more or less harmless and well meaning will be denied.
Disgusted, but not surprisedIf that's true, then that would be the smoking gun to make this EO illegal. Sending people who may or may not be here illegally to another country, without a fair trial, will definitely make some courts strike this down.
We're looking at another 24-48 Hour long EO that would then be frozen by a more Liberal Court Circuit.
Oy. While there are some places in the world with an AOC of 13 or less, they are reeeeally uncommon for a good reason (never mind social acceptability). The medicine is correct but everything else is oy.
I am not sure that I want to know what the new immigration policy will look like.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanI meant it in the sense of what could be possibly said about lowering the age of consent that isn't nambla lite arguments. Other than that, I just happened to think his position is basically a self-defense mechanism.
In some good news, Trump to leave "Dreamers" (Hispanic Illegals who were brought here as Children and are now Adults) alone
. At least that EO won't target them.
Too bad that one Dreamer was arrested before Trump decided to leave them alone.
EDIT: Also, cue hundreds of Alt-Right Trumpeteers that wanted to kick out Every Single Illegal Period saying they will never vote for Trump again. That's also a good thing.
edited 21st Feb '17 9:40:04 AM by DingoWalley1
Regarding the immigrants thing, I've also seen certain people (re: racists) say that their ancestors weren't refugees or immigrants, but settlers. Who worked hard, built the land, and never got a handout or committed genocide, no siree.
edited 21st Feb '17 10:39:38 AM by Rationalinsanity
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