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In reply to the discussion: "I always loved Trump, this is unfair": Republican mayor can't believe he's facing deportation after 50 years in US [View all]Ol Janx Spirit
(878 posts)Democrats have been fighting for YEARS to give people just like himself both protections and a pathway to citizenship, yet the "the candidates with an R beside their names" have fought tooth and nail to make sure they got neither.
Hey Joe, do you remember these at all--or did you just not care enough to educate yourself:
- 2013 Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744): Passed the Senate with bipartisan support, this "Gang of 8" bill proposed a 13-year path to citizenship, but was blocked by House Republicans who refused to take up the bill.
- 2010 DREAM Act: Failed in the Senate, this bill would have provided a path to citizenship for young, undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
- 2007 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill: A major compromise supported by President George W. Bush that failed to pass the Senate.
- 2021 U.S. Citizenship Act: Introduced in Congress, it aimed to create an earned, 8-year pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants but failed to gain necessary traction
And Joe, when you inevitably get some special carveout for being a life-long Republican suck-up, I hope you will think every damn day about the millions of people just like you that actually got deported and had THEIR lives wrecked.