silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThe Right-Wing Dream of ‘Self-Deportation’ | Some conservatives have a grim proposal to make undocumented immigrants leave: Exclude their children from schools.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkThe Right-Wing Dream of ‘Self-Deportation’ | Some conservatives have a grim proposal to make undocumented immigrants leave: Exclude their children from schools.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
This is exceptionally cruel, and condemns kids (many of whom are US citizens) to a lifetime of poverty. A similar measure in California passed a generation ago, was struck down by the courts, and helped usher in an era where the Republican party in the state is permanently in the minority.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·4 months agoChildren aren’t people to conservatives, just levers to manipulate their parents.
minus-squareRiskable@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoNo, no. To conservatives children are also a labor force.
Children aren’t people to conservatives, just levers to manipulate their parents.
No, no. To conservatives children are also a labor force.