@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoThe Right-Wing Dream of ‘Self-Deportation’ | Some conservatives have a grim proposal to make undocumented immigrants leave: Exclude their children from schools.www.nytimes.commessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1223file-text
arrow-up1223external-linkThe Right-Wing Dream of ‘Self-Deportation’ | Some conservatives have a grim proposal to make undocumented immigrants leave: Exclude their children from schools.www.nytimes.com@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
This is exceptionally cruel, and condemns kids (many of whom are US citizens) to a lifetime of poverty. A similar measure in California passed a generation ago, was struck down by the courts, and helped usher in an era where the Republican party in the state is permanently in the minority.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•4 months agoChildren aren’t people to conservatives, just levers to manipulate their parents.
minus-squareRiskablelinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoNo, no. To conservatives children are also a labor force.
Children aren’t people to conservatives, just levers to manipulate their parents.
No, no. To conservatives children are also a labor force.