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Solving Illegal Immigration

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by thumbs, Jun 15, 2018.

  1. Amiga

    Amiga 10 years ago...
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    lol
     
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  3. Amiga

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    Republicans in Congress have decided that working for Trump is more important. It’s as simple as that. Trump over Country.
     
  4. tinman

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    Woke people love terrorists


    and they hate chicken


    and they don’t like their own race
     
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  5. NewRoxFan

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    Biden supported the bipartisan solution that not only increased ground enforcement, increased detention facilities, increased drug intervention and more judges that would have a much greater and faster solution to the problem than simply "sending in the guard". Unfortunately, trump and his maga supporters didn't want a solution.
     
  6. tinman

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    Biden just wants more terrorists in America


    woke people like terrorists cause they like hostage taking and suicide bombings and sharia law
    @AroundTheWorld
     
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  7. tinman

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    @ROXRAN
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    I know what the woke people here are thinking
    1. what are their pronouns
    2. Are they vegans
    3. If they were in New York or California they would be released on bail
    4. Free these Hamas guys now!

     
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  8. deb4rockets

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    What news do you hear that from? Right Wing MAGA propaganda? Come on man, you haven't heard Trump is telling his MAGA politicians to lie and refuse help?
     
  9. Amiga

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    Not surprising at threats and harassment from the far right and MAGA, enabled and led by Trump, Abbott, many Republican politicians, and far-right social media influencers.

    Threats to Catholic Charities staffers increase amid far-right anti-migrant campaign (religionnews.com)

    (RNS) — The man who left a recording on Appaswamy “Vino” Pajanor’s voicemail earlier this month spoke with an even keel, but his message was anything but calm. Over the course of roughly 40 seconds, the caller accused Pajanor, the head of Catholic Charities San Diego, of “facilitating illegal immigration,” “breaking the law” and being “not really Christian.”

    The man saved his most volatile remarks for last, calling Pajanor, an immigrant and U.S. citizen, “scum” and much worse before ending with “Go back to India, you piece of garbage,” according to a recording provided to Religion News Service.

    Over the past few months, Pajanor and staffers at Catholic Charities across the country, a decentralized, 113-year-old faith-based non-profit, have become the targets of right-leaning media personalities, conspiracy theorists and even members of Congress. The smear campaign is rooted in opposition to offering aid to immigrants, which critics frame as incentivizing illegal immigration, while sometimes accusing faith groups of breaking the law or working with drug cartels.

    The result has been a series of unsettling incidents that have transpired near or even inside Catholic Charities facilities in what officials say is a rapidly growing threat to their safety.

    “We have never seen this level,” Pajanor said, referring to the avalanche of vitriol he and his staff have received. “Some of our team members have been here for 20, 30 years, and they have said they have never seen such a thing happen.”

    Some local agencies of Catholic Charities assist migrants after they’ve been processed by Customs and Border Protection, providing resources such as food, clothing and short-term housing before asylum-seekers depart for other parts of the country ahead of a scheduled court date with immigration officials. The Catholic group is one of several faith-based organizations — including Lutheran and Jewish groups, among others — that have long partnered with the federal government to offer such services.

    “Catholic Charities agencies staff and volunteers all around the country choose to spend their time serving those most in need, like families whose homes were destroyed by a natural disaster, seniors who can’t afford their medicine, and hungry children in need of a nutritious meal,” Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, the national membership organization that advocates for local agencies, said in a statement.

    “Their work should earn respect and admiration, not demonization.”

    For Pajanor, whose group operates homeless shelters and 14 food pantries in the city, the recent avalanche of hate followed a visit by James O’Keefe, a far-right provocateur who was recently forced out of Project Veritas, the activist organization he founded, following complaints regarding his treatment of staff. O’Keefe appeared earlier this month with a film crew outside a hotel that was being used by Catholic Charities San Diego to house migrants who had been processed by CBP.

    In videos posted to social media, O’Keefe and his team can be seen questioning security guards outside the hotel. O’Keefe even posed as an exterminator to try to gain entry. On multiple occasions, O’Keefe suggests migrants in the hotel came into the country illegally and speculates, without offering evidence, that some were being trafficked.

    Pajanor reacted to the allegations with exasperation.

    “We are helping those individuals who are here legally,” he said. “Every one of them has a notice to appear in a court of law.”

    In his video report, O’Keefe included an image of a whiteboard containing the names and contact information of Catholic Charities and their staff.

    “Immediately after that post went viral online people started calling team members with threats,” Pajanor said, adding that his team has now increased security at facilities throughout the city — including ones that have nothing to do with migrants.

    San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy condemned O’Keefe’s actions in a statement to RNS. Describing the incident as an “assault” on Catholic Charities, McElroy accused O’Keefe and his team of “illegal entry,” of victimizing legal immigrants and of criticizing the Church for providing food and shelter, “as the Lord commands.” McElroy also condemned the publicizing of staff’s personal identities and data, “subjecting them to death threats and the destruction of their private lives.”

    “Christ weeps at the invocation of His name to justify such outrages,” according to McElroy’s emailed statement.

    Efforts to reach O’Keefe for comment were unsuccessful.

    Catholic Charities officials say the incident is just the latest in a string of attacks on their work.

    Similar videos were made by far-right figures at Catholic Charities facilities in Laredo, Texas, and in Southwestern Ohio, prompting a slew of threatening phone calls and leading the organizations to increase security, the directors of both facilities told RNS.

    On Oct. 28, 2023, Stew Peters, a far-right influencer who has expressed pro-Nazi views, said in a speech broadcast to his more than 500,000 followers on both Rumble and X that Catholic Charities helps “coach illegals on how to get admitted here.” He then called for shooting Catholic Charities workers, in addition to migrants.

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  10. basso

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    I'm sure that will be a winning message in November.
     
  11. basso

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    the only MAGA news I see is when you and @NewRoxFan post something.
     
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    I guess that will good news for you when you vote for trump again in November.
     
  13. deb4rockets

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    So what makes you say that?
     
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    I think the winning message will be people choosing not to vote for a psychopathic lying fraud and criminal to ever hold power again, and preventing him from to ripping Democracy to shreds, widening the gap of rich and poor, taking away healthcare benefits, messing with people's Medicare entitlements or Social Security, and ruling like an Autocrat/Dictator with full immunity to do as he pleases.
     
  15. basso

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    where else would I see it.
     
  16. deb4rockets

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    You make no sense. I can't tell if you want the border funding proposal or not.
     
  17. tinman

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  18. basso

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    we're talking about you and @NewRoxFan posting MAGA Agit Prop.
     
  19. NewRoxFan

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    Have to keep you supplied with your maga talking points....
     
  20. deb4rockets

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    I asked if you are for or against Biden's funding for the border that Republicans don't want to approve per Trump's orders.
     

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