silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThe Right-Wing Dream of ‘Self-Deportation’ | Some conservatives have a grim proposal to make undocumented immigrants leave: Exclude their children from schools.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkThe Right-Wing Dream of ‘Self-Deportation’ | Some conservatives have a grim proposal to make undocumented immigrants leave: Exclude their children from schools.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
This is exceptionally cruel, and condemns kids (many of whom are US citizens) to a lifetime of poverty. A similar measure in California passed a generation ago, was struck down by the courts, and helped usher in an era where the Republican party in the state is permanently in the minority.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoDenial is absolutely a consistent way to view things, yes.
Denial is absolutely a consistent way to view things, yes.