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[Suliso]

You go for the easiest targets. Mexican farm workers maybe or Haitians. Also anyone whatsoever with a criminal record. I bet one could get to one million like this.

[Owendonovan]

A@@holes.

House Republicans Target McBride With Capitol Bathroom Bill
G.O.P. lawmakers whose leaders have pressed to roll back transgender rights around the country moved to bar Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, from women’s rooms on Capitol Hill.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/us/p ... -bill.html

[ti-amie]

Don't forget that while they're holding people in these "camps" the people could be put to work without being paid for said work (cough)slavery(cough).

[dryrunguy]

You go for the easiest targets. Mexican farm workers maybe or Haitians. Also anyone whatsoever with a criminal record. I bet one could get to one million like this.

Actually, wouldn't the easiest targets be volunteers? There have to be a decent number of people who fall into the "I wish I had never done this" or "I'm tired of living in constant fear" categories.

I suspect there would be some level of legal protections for legal immigrants like Haitians. I don't know how easily those protections can be removed.

Farmworkers should be off the list. They are far too critical to U.S. food production, and they have a powerful lobby in terms of their employers who would never be able to find a sufficient number of U.S. citizens to do what migrant farmworkers do at the same level of dismal compensation and dangerous working conditions. Not to mention what that could do to already exorbitant food prices in the U.S.

And why would anyone want to deport workers who are employed and contributing to the U.S. tax base? Even if it's not a huge amount? It's a significant amount when you put all of these employed people together. It would be counterproductive.

[Owendonovan]

You go for the easiest targets. Mexican farm workers maybe or Haitians. Also anyone whatsoever with a criminal record. I bet one could get to one million like this.

Actually, wouldn't the easiest targets be volunteers? There have to be a decent number of people who fall into the "I wish I had never done this" or "I'm tired of living in constant fear" categories.

I suspect there would be some level of legal protections for legal immigrants like Haitians. I don't know how easily those protections can be removed.

Farmworkers should be off the list. They are far too critical to U.S. food production, and they have a powerful lobby in terms of their employers who would never be able to find a sufficient number of U.S. citizens to do what migrant farmworkers do at the same level of dismal compensation and dangerous working conditions. Not to mention what that could do to already exorbitant food prices in the U.S.

And why would anyone want to deport workers who are employed and contributing to the U.S. tax base? Even if it's not a huge amount? It's a significant amount when you put all of these employed people together. It would be counterproductive.

They're not white folks.

[Suliso]

I was thinking more in terms who's easiest to find. You're probably right about Haitians. Would volunteers even count? Not sure how I'd approach it if this was my life goal.

[ti-amie]

Also, lets not forget all those people in the "for profit" prisons...

[ti-amie]

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1. There’s an argument I want to discuss. It goes something like this: Donald Trump’s policies are going to alienate some of the people who voted for him.











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[ponchi101]

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@johnastoehr
1. There’s an argument I want to discuss. It goes something like this: Donald Trump’s policies are going to alienate some of the people who voted for him.



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Why would he believe it would be "political suicide"? He just won re-election, BY TELLING PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO.
He is so insane that this victory will simply make him believe, more than ever, that he was robbed in 2020.

And why do you have to go through the fascism? Because sometimes, in order to win, you need to lose first.
So, yes. Go through 4 years of fascism and then decide how much you like it. And then you can start rebuilding.
If he decides to leave the presidency because, with the SCOTUS being what it is, get ready for almost every state to be gerrymandered to the gills.

[ti-amie]

Those who supported him thought that the leopards would not eat their faces.

[ti-amie]

He would be the first pimp to become AG. Maybe he'll appoint Diddy as his second in command.

[Owendonovan]

I liked it better when these people were banished to rehab instead of cabinet level positions.