In honor of baby Jesus & his family of refugees/immigrants, here are a 20 quick points to remember the next time a loved one at the holiday party tries to make you fear the "illegals."
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7. Trump is an illegal. $25 million for education fraud alone. And I don't really need to say this, but more to come.
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8. Politicians don't try to punish people who give jobs to undocumented workers (driving down supply of jobs) bc fear of Central American & Mexican immigrants & asylum seekers gets massive votes & campaign donations. It's a racket.
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9. From slavery to Chinese railroad workers to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory to today's overseas sweatshops, exploited labor by marginalized peoples has always propped up the US economy. Without 'illegals' you'd pay $40 for a salad. And I know, salads don't apply to Trump.
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10. Trump hires undocumented workers. Going back to the 80s w/undocumented polish construction workers. The same people who exploit undocumented labor also exploit fear of the undocumented. You're being suckered by very rich hypocrites.
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11. No national Democratic politicians have called for any legislation or policies that could ever lead to "Open Borders." This is important. Any politician or media figure who uses the term "open borders" is lying. The Bible calls that "bearing false witness."
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12. They are never going to build a wall across thousands of miles of desert, rivers and forests, private and commercial property - while forcing Americans to give up their land under eminent domain law. Wall fans are arguing for big govt to seize private American property.
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13. The wall will not stop undocumented immigration. Ladders and shovels are things that will still exist. As will America's giant "Help Wanted" sign.
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14. People who support stealing migrant children are legally still allowed to call themselves Christian. They are not.
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15. America has crumbling roads, bridges, a deliberately underfunded public school system, neglected infrastructure and an underfunded VA. A guy who's hired undocumented workers wants $5billion to keep undocumented workers from coming here for work. It's all a scam.
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16. Trump promised his supporters that Mexico would pay for the wall. He promised you,
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17. The majority of Americans still oppose the wall. They know it's expensive, bigoted, stupid and won't work. The majority of Americans don't hate America.
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18. Undocumented immigration has dropped to a 12-year low. There is no 'crisis' and you have been lied to:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/undocumented-immigrants-in-united-states-drop-lowest-in-12-years-2018-11-28/ …
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19. Trump did not pay federal taxes for years and committed tax fraud to avoid paying the taxes that you paid, which he now seeks to misuse. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/10/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html …https://www.vox.com/2018/10/3/17932216/donald-trumps-tax-returns …
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20. Fear of "illegals" is a scam designed to get alarmed FOX news viewers to vote for an agenda centered on more tax cuts for very rich people, who don't need more tax cuts.
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Bonus #21. If you don't like our drug war refugees from Central American drug war violence seeking asylum in America then stop supporting the drug war.
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Bonus #22. It's Jesus' birthday so here's his take. From Matthew 25, which modern RW evangelicals seriously need to read: "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,"
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I have a chest cold. Spitting on the sidewalk is illegal but from time to time I do have to spit out a few lung cookies. I guess that makes me illegal too!
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I have chronic bronchitis & have the same issue, but I prefer the more scientific term "lung cheese."
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Yes, if you drive 56 in a 55 zone you are indeed a criminal engaging in illegal behavior. Same as if you buy a dime bag if weed even here in California because if federal law. And I LIKE this word because it HIGHLIGHTS the injustice of THE LAWS. That in 1936, let's say, the ONLY
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way an African American could have access to the majority of high income jobs was to be low melanin enough to ILLEGALLY pass for White illustrates how fucked up THE LAW was, not how fucked up the passers were. That in the 1970s the only way a gay person could serve in the
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military was to CRIMINALLY lie and say he or she was straight shows how fucked up military rules were, NOT how fucked up THE LAW is. Very few U.S. citizens think poorly of the CRIMINAL Saudi Arabian woman who (before last year) drove a car. The fact that the women were indeed
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criminals highlighted how backwards Saudi laws were. Let's NOT soften the language. Let's HIGHLIGHT that the U.S. is a hypocritical empire that refuses to decriminalize drugs (unless BIG PHARMA is the pusher), thus enriching Latin American drug cartels, who in turn terrorize
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Latin American and Central American everyday ppl, who in turn flee their countries for what they hope is safety in the U.S., only to be called ILLEGALS. I am ALL for keeping that word as it highlights a series of policy decisons that show the U.S. to be in the wrong.
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