Barbara Bailin chronicles the role of Anti-Semitism in the US State Dept using the “public charge provision” as the primary ground to refuse visas to Jewish immigrants. For more information on public charge, what it is, who it affects, see:https://twitter.com/mboteach/status/979739374215749632 …
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As their property was confiscated in Nazi Germany, fewer and fewer Jews could mean the income grounds for admission under "public charge". https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1261&context=cc_etds_theses … h/t @inclusionist
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Trump’s leaked rule uses a similar tact as early 1930s State Dept, i.e. if there is even remote “possibility” that an immigrant becomes a “public charge” (i.e. need some form of assistance), they could be denied a visa
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In 1937, the rule was softened a bit, but by 1939, these radical changes meant the annual German immigration quota was full just as Germany was invading Poland & ramping up its arrests of Jews & other minorities.
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One of the biggest concerns of Trump’s proposed public charge rule is that it gives enormous discretion to officials in determining who is a “public charge” (any immigrant under 250% of poverty, or $62,000 for a family of four could be caught up in it).https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2018/02/12/446413/trump-plans-new-limits-family-immigration-access-services/ …
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Similarly, during the 1930s, US State Dept’s interpretation changed radically from year to year at the discretion of officials, with many using “intuition and instinct.” To some extent, who got in and who was kept out (i.e. who lived & who died) was due to whim of an official.
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Fast forward to today. Given what we know about unconscious bias, imagine how this broad discretion applies to immigrants of color, LGBT immigrants, immigrants w/disabilities, etc…
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We are doomed to repeat history if we don't learn from it. As
@MarielenaNILC at NILC_org notes, the pending public charge rule needs to be understood in context of white supremacyPrikaži ovu nit -
So far, we’ve seen tactics toward US immigrants such as: Encouraging self-deportation by making people’s lives miserable, https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/9/14/16293906/trump-immigration-deportation … This is not a new tactic: https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005468 …pic.twitter.com/t8tyZJqaRd
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De-humanizing and stereotyping immigrants (Mexicans are rapists, etc…) http://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/ … In Nazi Germany, Jews were “rats” carrying diseaseshttps://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007819 …
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Fear and scapegoating (language around immigrants taking your jobs, questioning the loyalty of a U.S. judge w/Mexican heritage) Economic AntiSemitism was an important part of Nazi propaganda:https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007167 …
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It’s a playbook that sounds eerily familiar if you study Holocaust history. No, I’m not saying Trump is a Nazi or that we’re on the verge of a genocide. But I am urging us to learn from our history.
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Our history teaches us that when we demonize minorities, use fear to inspire militarization, strip people of status (think recinding DACA), it doesn't end well. This
#HolocaustRemembranceDay I'll be thinking of that history & pledging to fight for justice & inclusionPrikaži ovu nit
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