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Which Party Should Be Worried About the Politics of the LA Protests?

by 7402 on 6/12/25, 3:49 PM with 2 comments

• by incomingpain on 6/12/25, 4:41 PM

  Every US president cracks down on illegal immigrants. It's going to be like this for centuries to come. Obama the deporter-in-chief still has done more than trump. So "which party" is rather ridiculous when both parties support this.

  The republicans are loving all of this. Fence sitters are loving it. They hear democrats and journalists trying to defend criminals and are completely put off by the idea.

• by k310 on 6/12/25, 5:15 PM

  None of this addresses the root cause.

  Why do people come here? Because their countries have little opportunity or are repressive in some way. Raising global equality of opportunity, income, respect (i.e. minorities and women) would address the cause rather than the emotionally-charged (on purpose) symptom. So would an "onboarding" process rather than a demonizing process.

  Not so long ago, Italian immigrants were not considered "white", and others were reviled. Yet, they built this country. How Italians Became "White" (2019) [0]

  [0] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/12/opinion/colum...

  Should not be paywalled. Else: https://archive.is/TyY6O