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Remember that Hitler never abolished the Constitution of the Weimar Republic. He just "permanently suspended" it.

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Sounds suspiciously like Kristalnacht.....

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LOS ANGELES TIMES REPORTED ON APRIL 1, 2014: Under Obama, almost two-thirds of all deportations in 2013 were people who'd been arrested near the border, and that under Obama, the chance that an illegal immigrant who'd settled in the U.S. would be deported was almost nonexistent. https://www.latimes.com/nat...[As of April 1, 2014] expulsions of people who are settled and working in the United States have fallen steadily since his [Obama's] first year in office, and are down more than 40% since 2009. On the other side of the ledger, the number of people deported at or near the border has gone up — primarily as a result of changing who gets counted in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency’s deportation statistics.

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Based on the number of illegal aliens deported thus far in fiscal year 2019, President Trump is deporting around 1,200 illegal aliens every day, and is on track to deport over 420,000 illegal aliens in FY 2019.

With four months still remaining, ICE has deported 282,242 illegal immigrants thus far in fiscal year 2019. https://www.nationalreview....

According to numbers provided by ICE, total deportations under Obama hit a high in 2012 with 409,849 removals, and a low in 2015 and 2016, when the numbers dipped below 250,000. In fiscal year 2017, under Trump, the number of removals was 226,119, before rising to 256,085 in fiscal year 2018 and 282,242 for fiscal year 2019 as of June. https://slate.com/news-and-...[NOTE: Fiscal Year 2019 ends on September 30, 2019].

[Obama's] High deportation figures are misleading. https://www.latimes.com/nat...

The number of immigrants who have applied for voluntary departure has soared since the election of Donald Trump, according to new Justice Department data obtained by The Marshall Project. In fiscal year 2018, the number of applications doubled from the previous fiscal year. Last year, voluntary departure applications reached a seven-year high of 29,818. https://www.politico.com/ma...

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BREAKING: ICE to announce recent comprehensive interior enforcement numbers today: 934 arrests made nationwide, almost 3,300 employers targeted for inspection of worksite immigration violations in all 50 states + Puerto Rico. - 23 Jul 2019 https://twitter.com/ICEgov/...

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My hand to dog, a quick glance at that and I thought it said “Boris Jonson is still a pure family.” I thought, “Pure family? Yeah, inbreeding would explain a lot going on with him....”

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They're not just trying. They're succeeding.

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We'll say well considered but mildly negative things. Less than stellar comments about possibly dubious actions. Maybe even say "meh" and such. How can anyone stand up to such abuse?!

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Someone else made that rather pointed observation last night.

It's almost as if there's no such thing as institutional memory

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They are boarding them in New York state too. I was on a bus to Buffalo (which is on the Canadian border) and was surprised when they boarded the bus in Rochester (74 miles away). They took off two Spanish-speaking people and who knows where they are now.

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Fundagelical leaders strive to insure the limitation of rights. Cannot be having folks running around with various and sundry incorrect beliefs!

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an acting secretary should not be able to make new laws

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They literally changed that to everywhere in the US with a rule that takes effect TODAY!

https://psmag.com/news/how-...

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Pence wants them to have barcodes printed on their foreheads...

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Are citizenship requirements so egregious that Jesus Christ himself couldn't pass them? 

Yes. Especially a brown-skinned cult leader from the west bank.

Basically it's easier to come in legally than to become legal if you came in illegally, even if you are a fully-integrated resident who has contributed to US society for years.

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