Tom Homan, the architect of the Trump era family separation policy, also threatened to jail Denver Mayor Mike Johnston if he resists deportations in his city.
OK but I mean, I grew up in a Reaganite republican household. I’ve heard lots of crazy stuff for decades. Widespread deportation is a pretty new policy goal and a few people in the party seem obsessed with it. It’s like the wall, insofar as it’s a big dramatic thing that’s largely unworkable. However, it’s pretty fucking cruel.
So like where did this come from? Because I think if you talked to a Republican in 2012 and asked about mass-deporting people, it’d seem like a very fringe idea. 2004? They’d say “maybe people from terrorist countries”, which is at least based on some real stuff going on.
OK but I mean, I grew up in a Reaganite republican household. I’ve heard lots of crazy stuff for decades. Widespread deportation is a pretty new policy goal and a few people in the party seem obsessed with it. It’s like the wall, insofar as it’s a big dramatic thing that’s largely unworkable. However, it’s pretty fucking cruel.
So like where did this come from? Because I think if you talked to a Republican in 2012 and asked about mass-deporting people, it’d seem like a very fringe idea. 2004? They’d say “maybe people from terrorist countries”, which is at least based on some real stuff going on.
2000? They’d think you were making fun of them