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Pegg M's avatar

Thank you for your cogent facts and figures. This situation makes my heart ache. DJT will destroy so many lives then leave a mess for the next president to fix.

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Diane McComb's avatar

If we even get the chance to elect another president😤

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Saralyn Fosnight's avatar

This is very helpful for learning the facts of the situation. Thank you for explaining it so well.

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Texan By Birth's avatar

Excluding these hard-working people from our system of monetary exchange - bank account, credit card, social security account - is cruel and unusual punishment, prohibited by the Constitution, AND without due process. Employers can’t legally pay them wages without a SSN for payroll tax!

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Eric Greene's avatar

Wait, isn’t his wife an immigrant? I think it’s going to take all the grass on his golf courses dying for him to go yippy.

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James Bertran Haugh, Ph.D.'s avatar

Dan, I find it curious that Trump is so determined to root out the criminals hiding in our country. THEY should be expelled from this country. Somehow, his 34 felony convictions hiding in the White House is cool.

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Diane McComb's avatar

The irony of this administration! We are a nation of immigrants! History verifies the vast majority of immigrants to the US are highly motivated, hard working, and contributors to our communities. They DO contribute to social security and pay taxes. But I'm preaching to the choir here. In addition to all the other lame, hair-brained things coming out of this inept administration, the lack of a functional immigration policy will continue to hold us back. Mass deportations will hasten our economic demise and lower our quality of life. There will be no one left to provide care to those of us who need it, no one to pick the crops, and no one to do the landscaping and home maintenance. and oh, by the way, fewer health care professionals, engineers and researchers. We are doomed...

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Douglas Preston's avatar

Immigrants built this country and their presence has always benefited us as a nation. The hatred campaign waged by this administration is based on politics, not facts as detailed here.

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Diane McComb's avatar

The only people breaking laws these days appear to be in the Trump Administration. Their blatant disregard for the law terrifies me.

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Dan Rodricks's avatar

More from the Post today: Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/12/trump-immigrants-dead-social-security/

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Lisa Simeone's avatar

The cruelty is the point.

The cruelty is the point.

The cruelty is the point.

It can't be stated often enough.

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