"Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet"

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[hlthe2b]

1. I wake up feeling depressed as soon as I realize it is still the era of RW Trumpist cruelty...

even if I've slept well, it doesn't take long for those feelings to again wash over.

2021 can not come quickly enough. I always thought to wish ill on others was at a minimum "bad karma." I can't say, with respect to Trump and several of his henchmen that admonishment comes to mind much at all.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. 2017-2021; An American Anomaly

A programming error.

I find myself angry, not depressed, when I see American citizens openly supporting a person (using "person" loosely in this case) who has SHOWN himself to be a weak and ineffective leader against our adversaries, all because Faux News tells them to.

There's two houses, between my home and the marina where I keep my boat, that are flying TRUMP 2020 flags, yet not the American Flag. In Germany, up to 1933, this was their flag:



Once an ill Hindenburg named Hitler Chancellor, this piece-of-shit flag was fast-tracked as the new German National flag:


Before 1933, it was only the Nazi Party flag.

Anyhow, when I drive by the Trump flags, I beep and flip them off every time. They're swastikas to me...

[Raven]

2. and your western Europeans, preferably from Sweeden or Norway.

[treestar]

3. The public charge thing was always there

if you go to Ellis Island, there is a section of the museum on it.

But it was interpreted reasonably. The Dotard is straining it with the specific goal of cutting the number of legal immigrants.

If Miller has his way, it will be "don't send anybody, not even geniuses."

[procon]

5. That is neither logical or practical.

Trump is saying that regardless of how diligently an immigrant works, if they become ill or injured or old or need to provide care to a family member, and become unable to work then he will deport them.

It is an impossible situation intended to shut the door on all foreigners trying to immigrate to the U.S..

[lame54]

6. Weren't those in Mississippi standing on there own 2 feet?...

Or does being employed by another not count

Do you have to be self sufficient or be your own boss to qualify?

[Codeine]

7. We're going to spend decades

cleaning up the mess these assholes are making. They know this, and they enjoy it.

[librechik]

8. very few of the people in question apply for assistance anyway

So it is a complete farce.

[EX500rider]

10. BBC says:

"Who will be affected by the new rule?
Immigrants who are already permanent residents in the US are unlikely to be affected by the rule change.

It also does not apply to refugees and asylum applicants.

But applicants for visa extensions, green cards or US citizenship will be subject to the change.

Those who do not meet income standards or who are deemed likely to rely on benefits such as Medicaid (government-run healthcare) or housing vouchers in future may be blocked from entering the country.

Those already in the US could also have their applications rejected.

An estimated 22 million legal residents in the US are without citizenship, and many of these are likely to be affected."




https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49323324

[misanthrope]

9. This is nothing

Wait until you see what happens when climate change wreaks its full havoc on Central America and Mexico.

[LeftInTX]

11. My grandfather's uncle was turned away/deported for Likely To Be A Charge

I don't know what happened to him. He arrived from Argentina. (He was Armenian, not Argentinian)


He somehow managed to enter the country, then disappeared.

Who knows where he went.