Comment on CBS host shocked by poll showing 62% of registered voters support deporting all illegal immigrants

realcaseyrollins ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Use this as a chance to leave your echo chamber. Illegal immigration is deeply unpopular, just like banning abortion, or firearm regulation.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That is one area I diverge with the party. Abortion should be legal. Based on the voting, most republicans agree it should be legal. Based on polls, they don’t.

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    • realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      @wintermute_oregon @ryathal Banning abortion beyond the first trimester is popular IIRC

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      • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I view body autonomy as a right. Nothing is more sacred than choosing what’s best for you

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  • realcaseyrollins ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I'm not in an echo chamber, but I'm a right winger who listens to a lot of right wing media and presumed that anti-illegal immigration is a predominantly right wing view. I had no idea that had shifted at all, I should listen to more left wing media though.

    • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As a not-conservative, I’m ok with deporting those entering outside of proper channels.

      Having said that, I have seen for myself how difficult it can be to get through the legal system when you flee your country for your own safety or protection, as well as how overloaded the system is with these cases.

      It should be easier for those looking to escape their country in search of a better life and to contribute to the workforce to get here, or at least easier for them to get their day in court to defend themselves before being deported.

      We could do to improve this part of our system, and I fault nobody circumventing it out of desperation. It would be nice to have a little more compassion built in.

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      • realcaseyrollins ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Immigration is more complex than people make it out to be. I don't think deportations make sense when our border is so porous, the people we deport could just return.

        But the biggest problems with illegal immigrants are cartel affiliants and potential terrorism ties. I'd be okay with letting illegal immigrants stay so long as they are participating in a formal process to become citizens, and are not being violent or committing crimes.

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