silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-up1223arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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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-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·3 months agoThere’s a little bit of history though: the backlash to a similar measure in California resulted in the Republican party becoming a permanent minority in the state legislature.
There’s a little bit of history though: the backlash to a similar measure in California resulted in the Republican party becoming a permanent minority in the state legislature.