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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

immigration

America has been a "melting pot" of people from all races and nations practically since it was founded. Indeed, many of our Founding Fathers were not born in the new World. Immigrants have helped build this nation from the beginning (think slavery), and it is disgusting and sad to see today's GOP forcibly and brutally ejecting (and occasionally killing) immigrants from our shores. Under Obama and Biden, millions of immigrants were also removed from this country, but it was done in an orderly fashion, without trashing due process and personal freedom. There is no real need for present-day ICE to dress up as heavily armed thugs, with masks and tear gas at the ready. But this is Trump's style: cruelty. Right out of the tyrant's playbook.


A serious question for this New Breed of Americans who believe chaos and cruelty are “necessary” for immigration enforcement and who revel and celebrate at the sight of all of the unnecessary violence:
How did President Obama deport millions of people without the country tearing itself apart?
Simple. He followed the law.
There was due process. There were court hearings. Habeas corpus rights were respected. People were not snatched up, beaten down and secretly shipped to foreign detention camps with no regard for their rights or humanity as is happening now.
Law enforcement was not turned into a political theater designed to intimidate and terrorize entire communities.
Immigration enforcement happened—at scale—without nonstop rhetoric, manufactured outrage, or treating human beings as disposable enemies.
This isn’t about defending Obama or attacking Trump. It’s about recognizing a basic truth:
Our nation can enforce immigration law without abandoning the rule of law, human rights, or basic decency. People don't have to be brutally attacked, beaten down, dragged away into concentration camps and thoroughly robbed of their humanity.
If it was done before—more quietly, more effectively, and more lawfully—then the current chaos isn’t “necessary.”
It’s a conscious choice.


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