These days, I’m seeing a tsunani of social media posts about how the Trump administration is deporting illegals without due process. No it’s not! Yes it is! Stop it! You started it! No you did!
STOP!
Look, I don’t have a dog in this race. On the one hand, I have absolutely nothing against immigrants. I’m in a cheap, well-build house and enjoy cheap, healthy food largely thanks to illegal immigrants, and I admire the moxy of those who come here illegally to strive for a better life. I also know the main reason they do is that businesses are eager to hire them for their cheap labor, and that it’s more than a little disingenuous to come down like a load of bricks on immigrants while letting their employers off scott free.
I also know that illegal immigrants, contrary to Trump conservative rhetoric, pay into our public coffers vastly more than they take, and are about 5 times less likely to commit crimes than citizens. But I also know that immigration law is messed up, and has been for a long time, and is currently imposing a real and undue burden on certain communities. Fair enough.