Immigrants who came to the Texas Panhandle to work legally have been told they must leave (1 Viewer)

[HenryChinaski]

Immigrants who came to the Texas Panhandle to work legally have been told they must leave

Confusion and fear are rippling through the immigrant communities of the Texas Panhandle, where newcomers have come for generations to work in its immense meatpacking plants.

apnews.com

History is going to view this as a dark period in American history.
Shameful.

The message was blunt.

“It’s time for you to leave the United States,” the Department of Homeland Security said in an early April email to some immigrants who had legal permission to live in the U.S. “Do not attempt to remain in the United States — the federal government will find you.”

This is what Trump had long promised

Immigration into the U.S., both legal and illegal, surged during the Biden administration, and Trump spun that into an apocalyptic vision that proved powerful with voters.

Jean is among roughly 2 million immigrants living legally in the U.S. on some sort of temporary status. Most have fled deeply troubled countries: Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan. Many are allowed to work in the U.S. and have jobs and pay taxes.

Jean is sympathetic in ways to the immigration crackdown.

“The White House, I respect what they say,” he said. “They are working to make America safer.”
“But I will say not all immigrants are gang members. Not all immigrants are like a criminal. Some of them, just like me and my wife, and other people, they are coming here just to have a better life.”

The administration told more than 500,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans and Haitians they would lose their legal status on April 24, though a judge has put that on hold. About 500,000 Haitians are scheduled to lose a different protected status in August.

The government directives and ensuing court battles have left many immigrants unsure of what to do.

“It’s all so confusing,” said Lesvia Mendoza, a 53-year-old special education teacher who came with her husband from Venezuela in 2024, moving in with her son who lives in Amarillo, the Panhandle’s largest city, and who is in the process of getting U.S. citizenship.

She doesn’t understand why the immigration crackdown affects people like her, who came legally and never received government assistance.

 

[Questerr]

Conservatives have been lying when they claim they are only against illegal immigration.

 

[ScrambledEggs]

Thats what they get for being brown

 

[Blue Dog]

This is ethnocentrism being peddled under the guise of “secure borders”.

 

[noonereal]

History is going to view this as a dark period in American history.

The Dark Age of American

I wonder if we will ever re-emerge ?

I don't think we will.

 

[Pound4abrown]

How many of the TrumpCo immigrants (and/or illegals) got this email?
Inquiring minds and all that.

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

Thats what they get for being brown

THEY won't say that part out loud but you have to know that many of THEM are so thankful of Trump for getting rid of all those brown people.

 

[stealthycat]

"Jean is among roughly 2 million immigrants living legally in the U.S. on some sort of temporary status"

the temporary status is over - that happens when you're not a citizen

a friend was married to a Brit ... she couldn't just go over and stay forever, they didn't allow her to do that.

 

[stealthycat]

THEY won't say that part out loud but you have to know that many of THEM are so thankful of Trump for getting rid of all those brown people.

liberal media lies says that

Democrat party has hate imbedded so deeply in its cult members, I don't think it'll ever be rooted out

 

[Jezcoe]

"Jean is among roughly 2 million immigrants living legally in the U.S. on some sort of temporary status"

the temporary status is over - that happens when you're not a citizen

a friend was married to a Brit ... she couldn't just go over and stay forever, they didn't allow her to do that.

What is the value in revoking their protected status?

What does the nation gain?

 

[Pound4abrown]

liberal media lies says that

Democrat party has hate imbedded so deeply in its cult members, I don't think it'll ever be rooted out

So aside from the whole Rubber/Glue thing, can you explain to me this whole Democratic cult thing?
Who is the leader?
What color is the leader's flag, or the leaders hat, and what fun nick-name did they all give themselves?

Thanks in advance.

 

[ElChupacabra]

Panhandle and Catcus TX are in the northern section of the state. For business owners concerned about the impacts, well, it was clear that Donnie Boy was going to be a sledgehammer. Bon chance!

 

[Mycroft]

Immigrants who came to the Texas Panhandle to work legally have been told they must leave

Confusion and fear are rippling through the immigrant communities of the Texas Panhandle, where newcomers have come for generations to work in its immense meatpacking plants.

apnews.com

History is going to view this as a dark period in American history.
Shameful.

Seems to me some people don't know what "temporary" means.

 

[radioman]

What is the value in revoking their protected status?

What does the nation gain?

"They're taking our jobs!"
"They're eating the cats and dogs!"
MAGA

 

[stealthycat]

What is the value in revoking their protected status?
What does the nation gain?

what does the nation lose ?

look, nobody disagrees with legal immigration. good guy I play sports with is legal immigrant (El Salvador), my GF"s good friend is legal immigrant (Peru) ... both of them voted Trump and both have huge problems with people flooding in illegally ... they did it the RIGHT way and seeing so many take shortcuts rubs them both the wrong way

look the numbers are real on the massive costs of illegally here people - from rapes, robberies, murder, human trafficking, kid porn, the massive monetary costs of health care for illegally here people, education to non-citizens ...... they caused so many hundreds of millions in auto damages by driving illegally several states have tried giving drivers license to help

all of that is from illegally here people


because its such a massive problem, you're not wrong in that some will get grouped in that really have a reasonable argument for staying in the USA - however they'll get wrapped in as well inevitably and you know who they can REALLY blame?

all the illegally here people

 

[Jezcoe]

what does the nation lose ?

look, nobody disagrees with legal immigration. good guy I play sports with is legal immigrant (El Salvador), my GF"s good friend is legal immigrant (Peru) ... both of them voted Trump and both have huge problems with people flooding in illegally ... they did it the RIGHT way and seeing so many take shortcuts rubs them both the wrong way

look the numbers are real on the massive costs of illegally here people - from rapes, robberies, murder, human trafficking, kid porn, the massive monetary costs of health care for illegally here people, education to non-citizens ...... they caused so many hundreds of millions in auto damages by driving illegally several states have tried giving drivers license to help

all of that is from illegally here people


because its such a massive problem, you're not wrong in that some will get grouped in that really have a reasonable argument for staying in the USA - however they'll get wrapped in as well inevitably and you know who they can REALLY blame?

all the illegally here people

Those who are here under Temporary Protected Status are not here illegally.

So… let’s try again.

What does the nation gain by revoking this status?

 

[stealthycat]

So aside from the whole Rubber/Glue thing, can you explain to me this whole Democratic cult thing?
Who is the leader?

was Biden, Joe-God ... he passed it to Queen Kamala-mama but she dropped the crown bigly

kinda without a king pin at the moment, no doubt there is a massive sucking vacuum from the void left I agree

What color is the leader's flag, or the leaders hat, and what fun nick-name did they all give themselves?
Thanks in advance.

flag is this, their fun nicknames are "orange" and "maggat" and other things I suppose

but make no mistake, these cultists will vote who they're told to vote for, they'll hate who they're told to hate and they'll believe what they're told to believe

and don't step outta line ....

 

[stealthycat]

Those who are here under Temporary Protected Status are not here illegally.

So… let’s try again.

What does the nation gain by revoking this status?

if I had to guess ? TPS was given to illegally here people by Biden

Trump is revoking the TPS, so the illegally here people are just illegally here

Biden/Democrats want that cheap slave labor, they want millions of poverty level people coming in, the drugs, the human trafficking, kid abuse and all that

Trump is ending this - and the USA and our citizens will be way better off long run when all people immigrating to the USA are doing it legally

 

[Jezcoe]

if I had to guess ? TPS was given to illegally here people by Biden

Why guess? Why not show how they were given status in an illegal manner.

Simply revoking the status doesn’t add value to the nation… what is gained by kicking out a bunch of people… including Cubans who have historically enjoyed protected status in the US?

 

[stealthycat]

Why guess? Why not show how they were given status in an illegal manner.

Simply revoking the status doesn’t add value to the nation… what is gained by kicking out a bunch of people… including Cubans who have historically enjoyed protected status in the US?

do you want me to talk with Putin one on one and hammer down Nentenyahu and forge trade agreements ?

you do understand elected officials are put there to do the will of the people - WE THE PEOPLE elected Trump and a bigly part of that was fixing the border security issues and all the illegally here people

I don't need details, I didn't need them with Biden either. I supported every one he deported, he just allowed in millions more than he sent out and the TPS were part of how he kept poverty people here to do the slave-ish labor Democrats want them for

 

[HenryChinaski]

do you want me to talk with Putin one on one and hammer down Nentenyahu and forge trade agreements ?

you do understand elected officials are put there to do the will of the people - WE THE PEOPLE elected Trump and a bigly part of that was fixing the border security issues and all the illegally here people

I don't need details, I didn't need them with Biden either. I supported every one he deported, he just allowed in millions more than he sent out and the TPS were part of how he kept poverty people here to do the slave-ish labor Democrats want them for

The individuals referenced in the OP are here legally working primarily in the meat packing industry and paying taxes. They're doing brutal work that you, myself and most Americans wont do. And money spent on resources removing these people from the country pales in comparison to what is going to be spent to replace their labor.
It's amazing, people never change. A century ago, right wingers and nativists were screaming about the evil foreigners working in meat packing and fighting for their removal. Yet few of those people would dare step foot in a slaughterhouse themselves.

 

[Ikari]

was Biden, Joe-God ... he passed it to Queen Kamala-mama but she dropped the crown bigly

kinda without a king pin at the moment, no doubt there is a massive sucking vacuum from the void left I agree



flag is this, their fun nicknames are "orange" and "maggat" and other things I suppose

but make no mistake, these cultists will vote who they're told to vote for, they'll hate who they're told to hate and they'll believe what they're told to believe

and don't step outta line ....


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Gotta love the confirmation of ever MAGA condemnation is actually a confession.

 

[Jezcoe]

do you want me to talk with Putin one on one and hammer down Nentenyahu and forge trade agreements ?

you do understand elected officials are put there to do the will of the people - WE THE PEOPLE elected Trump and a bigly part of that was fixing the border security issues and all the illegally here people

I don't need details, I didn't need them with Biden either. I supported every one he deported, he just allowed in millions more than he sent out and the TPS were part of how he kept poverty people here to do the slave-ish labor Democrats want them for

I think that the plot is getting lost here a little bit.

The people in question that we are talking about are here legally.

Now I get the impression that you are supportive of Trump revoking their legal status and kicking them out of the country

What value does the nation gain from that?

 

[Plasmaball]

The Dark Age of American

I wonder if we will ever re-emerge ?

I don't think we will.

To fix this you are gonna have to turn around and strip these people in office of their rights, jail them and call it a day.

 

[Bergslagstroll]

Trump have also proposed the idea that illegal immigrants can come back if their employees vouch for them. So it seems that Trump wants to have similar immigrants policies as the Gulf states there immigrants lack legal rights and are at the mercy of their employer.

"Trump said at the meeting with reporters present that “we have to take care of our farmers, the hotels and, you know, the various places where they tend to, where they tend to need people.”

"So a farmer will come in with a letter concerning certain people, saying they’re great, they’re working hard. We’re going to slow it down a little bit for them, and then we’re going to ultimately bring them back. They’ll go out. They’re going to come back as legal workers."

It was unclear what he meant by “slow it down a little bit for them.” The administration has been pouring resources into arresting, detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants to fulfill Trump’s campaign pledge to conduct a history-making mass deportation of immigrants from the United States."

Trump floats plan for undocumented farm and hotel workers to work legally in the U.S.

The president's comments suggested a vague plan that would allow the government to bring back "great" people who are "working hard" and who "go out ... in a nice way."

www.nbcnews.com