DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost

Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by behnamoh on Saturday May 23, 2026 @02:59PM (#48250284)

I was one of them, and supported the idea of going after illegal immigrants. But now they're coming after me too, a faculty with a PhD, researching AI.

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Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by valleyer on Saturday May 23, 2026 @03:31PM (#48250593)

You really weren't paying close attention to their rhetoric, then.

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Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by friendlyasparag on Saturday May 23, 2026 @04:09PM (#48250984)

But you obviously knew what they really meant to accomplish, right? How could you not, being a faculty with a PhD. And yet you supported them anyways.

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Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by behnamoh on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @11:14PM (#48289126)

Because I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt.

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Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by muglug on Saturday May 23, 2026 @03:32PM (#48250602)

I’m also an immigrant.

When I heard the crowd roar every time Trump said “we’re going to kick them out” I knew exactly what the crowd was cheering. Trump never used those moments to say “but America is a nation of immigrants and we celebrate their contributions”. He wanted to rile up a crowd while maintaining a fig-leaf of “oh it’s only illegals who are evil”

You don’t have to have a PhD to understand the appeal and consequences of nativist populism — just the slightest understanding of history.

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Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by platevoltage on Saturday May 23, 2026 @08:07PM (#48252915)

I have a high school education and I saw this coming before he even ran for president. Were you around for the "Obama was born in Kenya" stuff?

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