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Activists in swing Michigan county are alarmed by Hispanic voters backing Trump despite his anti-immigrant rhetoric

Dan Soza has seen the harsh realities of Donald Trump's immigration policies up close and so he is alarmed that many Latino voters in Saginaw, Michigan, do not take seriously the former US president's threats of mass deportations.

As a child welfare officer in Saginaw, Soza places young unaccompanied refugees in foster families and watched the Trump administration's separation of children from their parents at the Mexican border in 2018 with alarm. He said the cruelty of that policy, and the former president's threats against refugees legally in the US, should serve as a warning that Trump might do what he says.

"A lot of people who are Latino or Hispanic -- whether it be in Saginaw, Michigan, or in the country -- when they hear him say those things, they don't think he's talking about them," said Soza.

"What really worries me is that people don't remember their history. This has happened before. We've seen mass deportations before and when it happened American citizens were deported."


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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fuck these ladder snatching pricks. These "I got mine so fuck you" mother fuckers. Every single one of them.

Most Americans today are 4th generation at best. Fuck you if you were halfway decent cared about your dumbass ancestry.com results more then helping the billionaire capitalist fucking pig that made them available to you, the maybe you'd see that these FUCKS raped your ancestors and gaslit you into believing if you pay your taxes you can be one of them. Latinos, you'll always be brown.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I think the problem is they came from a place where ladder snatching was the default. Their ancestors just a couple generations ago and probably their relatives at home are still dealing with the same levels of open corruption that we're just seeing here. They were taught and raised to snatch the ladders up. They're ready to play the game for all it's worth because they've been taught They need to play the game and how to play the game.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yup and Cubans do this especially in South Florida. The funniest part is when all the cheap labor started to leave the state and all the old condo buildings they had their grandparents in are being kicked out due to special assessments. They now want the government to step in and prevent those special assessments or get them reduced so they can stay on fixed income.

I would have more empathy if only they had it for others that were not them. Part of the reason why Obama got rid of wet foot dry foot policy for them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Man, it's been like that in Miami for decades. A super weird dynamic of old guard Cubans clinging to an incredibly outdated view of world politics, and their younger, deeply Capitalist generations who are consumed with enriching themselves.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

This is not any more weird than literally anyone supporting him. They're all voting aggressively against their own self-interests.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago

They act like it's somehow makes no sense for Latinos to support Trump, but let's be honest: it makes no sense for anyone to support Trump.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

como se dice "leopards eating faces"?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

¡Nunca pensé que los leopardos me comerían la cara!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is 'cara' face?

Does it take the gender of the person it belongs to or is it always feminine?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Cara is always feminine. Caro for example means expensive.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago

It saddens me thinking about how stupid our country is.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I would be surprised if Catholicism wasn't playing a big part in that as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Catholics aren't nearly as right wing, on the whole, as protestants. At least in the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Unless you’re referring to Evangelicals, I’d disagree entirely.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The article actually says the Catholicism in Latinos is decreasing but Evangelical Christianity is rising. If that's the case then Evangelical Christianity seems to be more of the cause

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Well, I mean, you did specify Catholicism. Yes, they are both hateful, garbage ideologies... But I think it's still important to make the distinction, particularly when talking about voter demographics.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Potato potato

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

If you ignore history, you are doomed to repeat it:.

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me

by Martin Niemöller, a German Lutheran pastor and theologian born in Lippstadt, Germany, in 1892.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Forget "they don't think he's talking about them." They actually really care about the border. Are they brain dead? Trump killed a bipartisan deal over the border for the sake of politics and they are rewarding this behavior. That's just plain stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you to Dan Soza. It's always good to know there are people that care so deeply about protecting the vulnerable. The fact there are so many sane individuals out there, like Soza and fellow lemmings in this thread, pushing back against the delusion brings a comfort to my soul.

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