underpants (132,610 posts)
I found out on Friday we have a "Dreamer" at work - gone in March
I apologize for the vagueness of this but due to anonymity it has to be.
At our staff meeting on Friday we found out that a young man who is there everyday will have to leave in March.
I was putting it together when someone asked:
"Does this have to do with DACA?"
And the answer was "Yes"
It not a matter of his status changing just that all the hiccups and games being played have delayed the processing of renewing either his green card or work visa. He can't be there after mid-March.
STOP THE TAPE!
If he has a green card/work visa he is not a DACA enrollee!
No idea what will become of him or his family. I just don't know.
There were a lot of dropped jaws around the room.
There are a lot of idiots in the room. The owner should fire every last one of you.
As someone said to me later "Real people, real consequences"
Real bullshit.
RandomAccess (1,888 posts)
2. Heartbreaking
What are we going to do??
You're going to spread even more bullshit and sanctimoniously feel proud of yourselves.
Ohiogal (938 posts)
5. Hearing stories like this
makes me feel like we live in a police state, and I'm sure Comrade Trump would love for it to be that way. He has already voiced support for handing out military surplus to local police departments and having soldiers patrol the buildings and grounds where our innocent little children attend school.
I'm so sorry about your co-worker. I hope and pray he is treated fairly, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/us/war-gear-flows-to-police-departments.htmlNote the date.
dsc (46,027 posts)
7. Every person in your office who voted for Trump (assuming any did)
should have their work spaces plastered with pictures of the employee who has to go and his or her family. Rub their noses in the mess they made.
What if the company hires a young African American kid fresh out of college to replace your purse puppy?
Juliusseizure (498 posts)
18. Trump Supporters are Cruel POS on this
To support the deportation of persons brought here involuntarily as children who are now adults, or who have been here 20-30 years and have American children, separating children from their parents, is cruel.
"Well they're illegal" says the fake Christian "pro-life" racist Trump supporter.
Well, you're causing babies to be basically orphaned because you're a racist POS.
The punishment should fit the "crime", and its more a violation than a crime since there's no intent to harm. DACA haven't even committed a crime; young children can't commit crimes.
Trump supporters may also have heard of the statute of limitations, since plenty of them are familiar with the criminal justice system. Depending on the crime, a prosecutor has a certain number of years to bring the case or he's prevented.
Why's that? One reason is prosecuting certain crimes that have remained dormant for a length of time becomes more cruel than appropriate punishment. That's the case here.
Any 5 year old with a conscience understands all of this.
This is the same group who demanded Japanese internment camps, and all manner of cruelty in American history.
I can't wait for you guys to get over this whole "they deserve to be in the US!" thing so you can go back to your usual, "the US was built on slavery!" thing.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210186942