People who apply for asylum at the border should be detained until their cases are judged. If they come with families, we should build safe, sanitary, humane family detention centers, and keep building them as long as we need them. We should also dramatically increase the number of immigration judges, to speed the process.
"Parole" into the United States has effectively become Open Borders, and so naturally the Open Borders folks, starting with the "immigrant rights" groups, are all for it. Showing up at the border with a minor in tow should NOT serve as a license to immigrate illegally into the United States, and people who apply for asylum without qualifying for it under relevant international treaties -- that is, without a legitimate fear of government persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion -- are prima facie illegal immigrants if allowed to enter the country on parole, and should be deported.
This is the practice of every other civilized country that I know of, and no place for a display of "American Exceptionalism".
Thank you. It's going to be interesting to see just how this all comes to be. My heart goes out to families that are waiting and are fearful of their future.
Am pretty sure that most Republicans - who carried “Mass Deportation Now” signs at their convention - know (or hope) what is coming and are very ok with the ensuing chaos
I actually really love the title "Huddled Masses", it hits! My people came to the US just over a hundred years ago from Poland, coming through Ellis Island, and I loved hearing all the stories of coming to America and trying to build a life here.......I am the descendant of huddled masses, as are many of us here, and its a title that really hits....
When the products of the Great Valley of California and the meat producing plants of the Midwest/Great Plains spiral in price, we'll see how long DJT continues his indiscriminate mass deportations.
What I want from the media is objective and factual reporting of what is happening.
I don't want advocacy journalism or cell phone social media "journalism" designed to overwhelm reason with emotion and create multiple narratives of events. I want to see fewer journalists covering the raids of work places and more covering the detention centers and the courtrooms where the detained are processed. Also detailed interviews with everyone who is erroneously detained due to racial/ethnic profiling.
I am also curious as to how many (if any) of the 750,000 Europeans, Israelis, East Asians who are here after overstaying their visas and never came near the border are tracked, detained and deported.
"The bourgeoise has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation."
"The modern state is but a committee for managing the affairs of the bourgeoise."
"The bourgeoise has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honored and revered. It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the scientist, into its paid wage-laborers."
These quotes are from the first five pages of The Communist Manifesto. It's an excellent book and every American should read it today. Americans have been told to avoid Marx on purpose. Marx has the answer to our problems.
There will be content.....video of brown people being frogged marched. Does Stephen Miller get his way and apply it broadly or just as an instrument of terror and determent and entertainment for MAGA? We'll see.
do you think the media, based on their failure to make The Donald's crimes and ambitions, lacks the cajones to say anything.
For the most part, the media in this country and tv have been under the control of the oligarchs since Reagan deregulated these news sources in the 80s. This led to monopolization of these infonews outlets, led to the rise of right wing antiamerican content, and the crowning of Rush Limbaugh by The Donald with the Medal of Freedom.
Do you realize that our government, courts and media are all owned by imperial capitalists? Their mission is to destroy the regulatory world so they can run rampant, continue to stuff their pockets with greenbacks, destroy our country and then move on to the next country They will then rape and pillage them under the guise of ant-communism like they have done since the 50s.
Who are the real terrorists? MAGApublicans, The Donald and the oligarch puppeteers who make MAGA and The Donald dance to and implement their musical score.
Thank you, Adrian, for bringing this important perspective to us.
Those of us who only hear about all the 'hand-outs' to immigrants who are here illegally, need to see the true impact of those who are just here to work and feed their families:
Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal,
state, and local taxes in 2022.
In California, undocumented immigrants contributed $8.5 billion in
There are administrative and legislative paths that can largely achieve the same goals in a more orderly fashion, but that mitigates the tough guy bullshit, which is most of the point, I suppose.
People who apply for asylum at the border should be detained until their cases are judged. If they come with families, we should build safe, sanitary, humane family detention centers, and keep building them as long as we need them. We should also dramatically increase the number of immigration judges, to speed the process.
"Parole" into the United States has effectively become Open Borders, and so naturally the Open Borders folks, starting with the "immigrant rights" groups, are all for it. Showing up at the border with a minor in tow should NOT serve as a license to immigrate illegally into the United States, and people who apply for asylum without qualifying for it under relevant international treaties -- that is, without a legitimate fear of government persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion -- are prima facie illegal immigrants if allowed to enter the country on parole, and should be deported.
This is the practice of every other civilized country that I know of, and no place for a display of "American Exceptionalism".
Thank you. It's going to be interesting to see just how this all comes to be. My heart goes out to families that are waiting and are fearful of their future.
Am pretty sure that most Republicans - who carried “Mass Deportation Now” signs at their convention - know (or hope) what is coming and are very ok with the ensuing chaos
Timothy Snyder gave the best description of what deportation will look like and it expands on what Adrian Carrasquillo is saying here, "Deportation Nation," https://snyder.substack.com/p/deportation-nation-audio
Unknown fact: The alternate title for Huddled Masses was Deportation Nation. Thanks for flagging, will read!
I actually really love the title "Huddled Masses", it hits! My people came to the US just over a hundred years ago from Poland, coming through Ellis Island, and I loved hearing all the stories of coming to America and trying to build a life here.......I am the descendant of huddled masses, as are many of us here, and its a title that really hits....
When the products of the Great Valley of California and the meat producing plants of the Midwest/Great Plains spiral in price, we'll see how long DJT continues his indiscriminate mass deportations.
Been thinking the same thing about anyone paying for elder care.
What I want from the media is objective and factual reporting of what is happening.
I don't want advocacy journalism or cell phone social media "journalism" designed to overwhelm reason with emotion and create multiple narratives of events. I want to see fewer journalists covering the raids of work places and more covering the detention centers and the courtrooms where the detained are processed. Also detailed interviews with everyone who is erroneously detained due to racial/ethnic profiling.
I am also curious as to how many (if any) of the 750,000 Europeans, Israelis, East Asians who are here after overstaying their visas and never came near the border are tracked, detained and deported.
"The bourgeoise has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation."
"The modern state is but a committee for managing the affairs of the bourgeoise."
"The bourgeoise has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honored and revered. It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the scientist, into its paid wage-laborers."
These quotes are from the first five pages of The Communist Manifesto. It's an excellent book and every American should read it today. Americans have been told to avoid Marx on purpose. Marx has the answer to our problems.
Please get Paola Ramos on a podcast. She has terrific insights.
There will be content.....video of brown people being frogged marched. Does Stephen Miller get his way and apply it broadly or just as an instrument of terror and determent and entertainment for MAGA? We'll see.
Very glad to have someone dedicated to this beat at the Bulwark!
Thank you, Sally!
do you think the media, based on their failure to make The Donald's crimes and ambitions, lacks the cajones to say anything.
For the most part, the media in this country and tv have been under the control of the oligarchs since Reagan deregulated these news sources in the 80s. This led to monopolization of these infonews outlets, led to the rise of right wing antiamerican content, and the crowning of Rush Limbaugh by The Donald with the Medal of Freedom.
Do you realize that our government, courts and media are all owned by imperial capitalists? Their mission is to destroy the regulatory world so they can run rampant, continue to stuff their pockets with greenbacks, destroy our country and then move on to the next country They will then rape and pillage them under the guise of ant-communism like they have done since the 50s.
Who are the real terrorists? MAGApublicans, The Donald and the oligarch puppeteers who make MAGA and The Donald dance to and implement their musical score.
Thank you for this column about immigration issues. I will quote from it to inform friends unaware or ignorant of the impact of "mass deportations".
Thank you Rain!
I remember the stories of children going to school that day only to find their parents had been swept up in the meat packing plant raids.
That happened when I was in middle school, the local meat packing plant was raided in southeast Kansas while the kids are at school.........
Thank you, Adrian, for bringing this important perspective to us.
Those of us who only hear about all the 'hand-outs' to immigrants who are here illegally, need to see the true impact of those who are just here to work and feed their families:
Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal,
state, and local taxes in 2022.
In California, undocumented immigrants contributed $8.5 billion in
state and local taxes in 2022.
Welcome, Adrian!
There are administrative and legislative paths that can largely achieve the same goals in a more orderly fashion, but that mitigates the tough guy bullshit, which is most of the point, I suppose.