06-13-2017, 09:11 AM
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Originally posted by MarkD
From Paul W: Should deportation become the new standard of punishment...Got a DUI?..Off to Australia with you on the ships, just like the old days.
Actually I said that and you didn't get the context right. People here seem to think instant deportation is something an illegal alien deserves if they have ever done something wrong, even if they were punished for it once already. My statement was to take this logic to the next level to see if they felt this was really fair. If you MarkD (assuming you're a US citizen) got a DUI, would it then be fair to ship your criminal self off to Australia after all your years of working and building a life here?
And they and their supporters should not be lobbying for the right to enter illegally.
No one is making that argument.
Emphatic Yes [The media narrative...has been to blur the distinction between "immigrants" and "illegal immigrants".].
Not really. If anything the media has made a bigger deal about illegal immigrants in the past 20 years than ever before. To the point where people are arming themselves and patrolling boarders in their paranoia. As I referenced Bush Jr. and Obama have deported more people than the entire history of deportations. This is a recent phenomenon and the attention it has been getting might make it feel like there is sympathy, but the fact is America has always had their hands out to try and help immigrants. Recently however we've decided to demonize the poorest of them who have almost zero way to come here legally. And likewise there has always been a loud minority rallying against any type of immigrant (Irish, Jewish, Syrian, etc.) Did you watch that 1947 film I linked from the US War Department?
In the 105 years between 1892 and 1997, the U.S. deported 2.1 million people — meaning that under presidents Bush and Obama, the number of people deported by the U.S. in the course of a century was more than doubled in just 16 years of consecutive presidencies.