While many are scared, some dismiss the dangers of mass deportations under Donald Trump.

Summary

Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign has reignited fears among undocumented migrants with promises of “mass deportations” and migrant communities are bracing for uncertainty and a new wave of nativism.

His administration plans to target those deemed public safety or national security threats, potentially reinstating workplace raids and using military resources.

Advocates warn that “collateral arrests” could sweep up migrants without criminal records.

Many, like “Dreamers” protected under DACA, fear family separations, while others, such as Carlos in NYC, hope Trump’s economic policies might benefit them.

“A lot of Latinos, those who can vote, did so because they think he [Trump] can improve the economy. That would be very good for us too,” said Carlos, an undocumented Mexican who lives in New York City.

  • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
    102·
    1 month ago

    Solidarity? Really? Where was the solidarity when the choice was an obvious fascist or literally anything else? Zero fuckin sympathy for the people that voted for the man who openly said he was gonna make their lives harder. The man who openly said he’s gonna deport as many people as he can. The man who’s openly been a steaming pile of shit since his first fuckin presidential run.

    They voted to fuck themselves over and I’m supposed to help them? Lay in the bed of shit you made and fuck right the fuck off.

    • VerticaGG@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      22·
      1 month ago

      Where was the solidarity when the choice was an obvious fascist or literally anything else?

      Im not being condescending here:

      In every city.

      It even happens to exist outside of cities!

      You can find mutual aid groups wherever you are. If you’re asking, you need to engage beyond the bare-minimum of electoralism.

      Here’s a short vid from like past 48? hours about finding yours:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcZjj0NGIaY

      Now go re-read and find me where I’m telling you to go cozy up to a maga-hat of any life-experience at all, and strike up solidarity with them.

      No. Quit with the doom obsession. It is a distraction so as to avoid doing something more meaningful about the root causes.

      To quote a friend: (speaking on such quislings)

      many people will unfortunately need to learn this the hard way it seems at the expense of those who take the time to see the writing on the wall those ignorant to their exploitation will seldom listen to those who try to tell them how horribly theyre being fucked “if it were really so bad id notice” theyll say “this isnt so bad” theyll say, standing on the peak of the mountain that is dunning-kruger unknowing all we can do is wait, and watch to find out what what it is that throws them into the valley of unfathomable uncertainty in the meantime we must work for each other, for those who do see how good things could be. maybe then, our greener grass will coax them into giving us a fair listen

      So, I repeat: Quit with this dopamine loop. You feel so strongly? Then go be about it.