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On a day the Trump White House celebrates #HispanicHeritageMonth SoS @SecPompeo announces Trump will cap refugee admissions at 30,000.
That's the lowest it's ever been. Why?
nytimes.com/2018/09/17/us/…
That's the lowest it's ever been. Why?
nytimes.com/2018/09/17/us/…
Because of too many asylum seekers from south of the border. But, Pompeo reminds us, this has nothing to do with how we feel about welcoming refugees. It's just about public expense.
Hot off the press #Trumpaganda from the Ministry of Truth.
Hot off the press #Trumpaganda from the Ministry of Truth.
(To clarify: a refugee is one who obtains that status outside the US and is then allowed to enter. An asylum seeker comes into the US through other means, and obtains refugee status if they win their claim. The cap is on refugees resettling here, not on asylum seekers.)
Let's break down his quote:
"This year’s refugee ceiling reflects the substantial increase in the number of individuals seeking asylum in our country, contributing to a massive backlog of outstanding asylum cases and greater public expense,” said Pompeo.
"This year’s refugee ceiling reflects the substantial increase in the number of individuals seeking asylum in our country, contributing to a massive backlog of outstanding asylum cases and greater public expense,” said Pompeo.
They start out by seeing refugees as an "expense," and blame them for causing a backlog.
Never mind this administration has been hell bent on undocumenting as many as possible, jamming the immigration courts with new cases, and reprogramming the law into a deportation machine.
Never mind this administration has been hell bent on undocumenting as many as possible, jamming the immigration courts with new cases, and reprogramming the law into a deportation machine.
They cry national security, but refugees are among the most securely vetted entrants into the US.
But dig a little deeper: the assumption is "we" are being attacked by refugees and asylum seekers from every angle. So "we" had to do something to manage the "crisis."
But dig a little deeper: the assumption is "we" are being attacked by refugees and asylum seekers from every angle. So "we" had to do something to manage the "crisis."
This dehumanizing, white nationalist language has Stephen Miller all over it (as the NYT piece notes.)
Framing and language matters. Decades of this dehumanizing language made Miller's policy proposal a cakewalk to execute.
Framing and language matters. Decades of this dehumanizing language made Miller's policy proposal a cakewalk to execute.
John Tanton, the architect of the anti-immigrant movement, based his ideas on population (and then immigration) control on fear of hordes.
splinternews.com/the-eugenicist…
(This is why I'm suing to unseal the #TantonPapers - because #SunlightDisinfects)
splinternews.com/the-eugenicist…
(This is why I'm suing to unseal the #TantonPapers - because #SunlightDisinfects)
Steve Bannon echoes it when he references the vile novel "Camp of the Saints."
observer.com/2018/05/the-in…
observer.com/2018/05/the-in…
This was never about economics, ladies and gentlemen. It was about ethnicity.
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Pledge with me to fight back this November. Vote for candidates who know that our compassion is our strength, and our cruelty is our weakness.
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