• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      It’s really not that wild, many legal immigrants want to pull the ladder up behind them.

      Source: am married to an immigrant and work with several. All of them seem to like Trump’s immigration policies for some reason…

      • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        I honestly can’t wrap my head around this. If I emigrated elsewhere to flee this shit-show, I would absolutely help other people cross whatever borders I did.

        • Dragonstaff@leminal.spaceEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Conservatives think that some people are just better than others and, surprise surprise, they’re near the top of the “natural hierarchy”.

          “I’m an immigrant, but I’m not like those other immigrants because I don’t [Republican stereotype of immigrants]”