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BumRushDaShow

(142,211 posts)
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:05 PM Friday

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 Trump’s 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 Trump’s 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

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As sources say Trump could deport undocumented Chinese first, Asian American groups rush to prep (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Friday OP
Chinese Exclusion Act 2.0. Mponti Friday #1
Yep Deminpenn Friday #10
Chinese Exclusion Act 2.0. Mponti Friday #2
Leaked to our famous media to leak to us.... Lovie777 Friday #3
Our media - mostly composed of white, upper-middle class people - talk about it Prairie Gates Friday #7
First they came for the Chinese... Dave Bowman Friday #4
My grandfather was illegal Henry203 Friday #5
Trump will soften the blow with Hurd and Kash Patel hiring kansasobama Friday #6
Do these include Indian Asians? Do these deportations include folks who overstayed their Visas? Jit423 Friday #8
Trump does not care about anyone kansasobama Saturday #11
Are you safe from deportation? JoseBalow Friday #9
Not Ok kansasobama Saturday #12
I'm afraid a lot of us are at risk JoseBalow Saturday #14
When does he deport illegal immigrant Elon Musk? travelingthrulife Saturday #13

Deminpenn

(16,303 posts)
10. Yep
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 08:28 PM
Friday

Learned about this law from an episode of American Experience. Amazed that it wasn't repealed until 1942.

Lovie777

(14,993 posts)
3. Leaked to our famous media to leak to us....
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:17 PM
Friday

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)
7. Our media - mostly composed of white, upper-middle class people - talk about it
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:53 PM
Friday

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)
4. First they came for the Chinese...
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:18 PM
Friday

"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/

kansasobama

(1,493 posts)
6. Trump will soften the blow with Hurd and Kash Patel hiring
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:47 PM
Friday

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)
8. Do these include Indian Asians? Do these deportations include folks who overstayed their Visas?
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 05:01 PM
Friday

Is Trump beginning with Asians first as a reward to Latinos who voted for him?

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