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Colbert doesn't care. Neither should we. (thelemmy.club)
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[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I think the republicans being obstinate and stonewalling at every conceivable avenue might have had an effect.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

No one in either camp came up with a comprehensive plan to formally set guidelines for immigration, targets, quotas, etc . It was a mess because no one dealt with it.

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I don't think you're giving Obama enough credit here

While he failed to get a comprehensive immigration reform law passed, he took important steps toward protecting DREAMERs and focusing enforcement priorities.

DACA provides protection from deportation and work authorization to certain undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. In the last few years, DACA has proven successful for the 740,000 individuals who benefitted from the initiative.

One of the first steps the Obama administration took toward changing enforcement priorities came with the elimination of large worksite raids, which had been widely used during the Bush administration. In contrast to large raids, Obama emphasized investigating and penalizing employers. Early changes were also made to the priorities of the Fugitive Operations Program, which had been apprehending “the easiest targets, not the most dangerous fugitives.”

Compared to the current administration being overtly racist (Calling all Mexican immigrants drug mules, saying that Haitians are eating cats and dogs), while upping ICE budgets so they can chase after people without any criminal history...

I'd say the choice is obvious.

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