As sources say Trump could deport undocumented Chinese first, Asian American groups rush to prep
Source: NBC News
Nov. 15, 2024, 11:27 AM EST
Asian American organizations say they are scrambling, but not completely surprised, over President-elect Donald Trumps campaign promise of mass deportations.
Undocumented immigrants from China who are deemed to be of military age will be among the first groups targeted for deportation by the incoming Trump administration, sources close to the campaign previously told NBC News, citing the potential risk to national security.
While many community organizations have been making plans for months in anticipation of Trumps immigration promises, the potential to be targeted has left many groups prepping immigration materials across Asian languages and coordinating with other community nonprofits to help serve the potential spike in families impacted by deportations.
Asian Americans have long had the fastest-growing undocumented population, tripling over a 15-year period, from 2000 to 2015, and the number of Chinese nationals crossing into the U.S. has skyrocketed in recent years. Between fiscal years 2022 and 2024, the number of undocumented Chinese nationals crossing both the northern and southern borders has tripled from just more than 27,000 to more than 78,000.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/trump-deportations-chinese-nationals-campaign-promise-rcna180212
Mponti
(170 posts)What are the odds theyll be executed upon return
Learned about this law from an episode of American Experience. Amazed that it wasn't repealed until 1942.
Mponti
(170 posts)What are the odds theyll be executed upon return
Lovie777
(14,993 posts)Which group will be the first to be deported.
Latinos, Asians, Haitians, Africans, Ukrainians, the Middle Eastern Americans, other Europeans, Canadians, USA, etc.
Prairie Gates
(3,032 posts)like it's a game.
There's a good case to be made that most of the media don't view the people who are going to be deported as human beings, and certainly not humans with the same capacities for wonder and sorrow as they themselves have, obviously. Maybe a kind of proto-human, ya know? Our suburban high schools, SLACs, and Ivies have utterly failed society.
Dave Bowman
(3,596 posts)"First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left to speak out for me."
-Martin Niemöller
https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/first-they-came-by-pastor-martin-niemoller/
Henry203
(53 posts)Will they come and get me?
kansasobama
(1,493 posts)Last edited Sat Nov 16, 2024, 09:11 AM - Edit history (1)
And then screw Chinese and Indians. Just as he hired Rubio and then screw Latinos. Trump gives a shit about anyone. He shamed Harris's heritage, then Haley etc. Other than Proud Boys, he will screw everyone.
Jit423
(276 posts)Is Trump beginning with Asians first as a reward to Latinos who voted for him?
kansasobama
(1,493 posts)Except for himself.
JoseBalow
(5,138 posts)kansasobama
(1,493 posts)Not Ok.
JoseBalow
(5,138 posts)Immigration status notwithstanding
travelingthrulife
(679 posts)When does he investigate presumably illegal immigrant Melania?