Trump & Harris Each Vow Border Crackdowns as Immigrant Communities Demand Positive Change

[Uncle Joe]

Immigration has become one of the central issues of the 2024 race, with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump vowing to expand the draconian policies of his first term and deport 10 million immigrants from the country amid what he calls an "invasion." Democrats, meanwhile, are touting their own border crackdown at the Democratic National Convention this week in Chicago. President Joe Biden celebrated his executive action to block many asylum seekers at the southern U.S. border, and Vice President Kamala Harris promises to hire thousands more border agents if she is elected. We host a roundtable discussion in Chicago with Oscar Chacón, executive director of Alianza Americas, an immigrant rights group; Maria Hinojosa, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, founder of Futuro Media and host of the Latino USA podcast; and Marisa Franco, director and co-founder of Mijente, a national digital organizing hub for Latinx and Chicanx communities.

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[murielm99]

1. How many more of these

democracy now things do we have to see in one day? Spammy.

[Oopsie Daisy]

2. It's amazing to me that "Democracy Not!" appears here on this website AT ALL! They are *

* one of the most prolific and predictable anti-Democratic party organizations I've ever seen. They lie and shit on our party and our party's leadership as well as our Democratic elected officials and candidates. They are a great source of material for smears and attacks that are used by the GOP.

And, yes, you're right... when their videos indiscriminately fill-up the entire forum and the entire column of "featured" (new) videos... it's definitely spammy. It's a distraction and it makes DU ... well... let's just say that it sucks.

They are clearly NO friends of Democrats and I'd put them in the same category as other orgs that want to vandalize, harm and destroy the Democratic party, and kneecap our candidates, and weaken our elected officials. Namely: Justice Democrats and Our Revolution.

[murielm99]

3. Those of us who feel this way need to

make our feelings known to TPTB. Especially if we are established and star members.

[Oopsie Daisy]

5. It will take me many years and years (at my current rate) to catch up to your 31K+.

I'd hope that the comments and protestations would be easily seen by, and known to, TPTB. I mean... it's right there... plain as day... hard to overlook.

[murielm99]

4. I accidentally alerted on you.

I am sorry!

[Oopsie Daisy]

6. Okay, fine... well be that way... I'll just alert on you too! (LOL!) 🤣😂🤪

No worries. We're only human.