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Redleg

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Wed Jan 15, 2025, 04:17 PM Jan 15

My prediction about Trump's deportation plan [View all]

I believe that Trump will primarily target for deportation those undocumented workers in blue states such as California. He will stage a few large and highly publicized "round-ups" of such workers in blue states while doing much less in red states. The MAGAts will have the impression that Trump is doing these mass round-ups and deportations and will not notice that he is strategically choosing where to focus the efforts. Thus Trump will get credit for deportations while doing little harm to the red state industries that employee undocumented immigrants.

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Sensible speculation. cachukis Jan 15 #1
Sensible. Counteract by targetting largest red state undoc employer & sue for equal application of law/regs. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 15 #2
But how will Greg Abbot react to that? Baitball Blogger Jan 15 #3
abbott wants the illegals just like all the rest rampartd Jan 15 #5
MAGAs are not going to be happy. Baitball Blogger Jan 15 #7
magas will see what they are shown rampartd Jan 15 #10
I have noticed that they are not especially obervant ThoughtCriminal Jan 16 #21
He will eventually be among those that go. Just not in the first few waves. GreenWave Jan 15 #13
He wants to give the red states slave labor, and Bluethroughu Jan 15 #4
I bet you're exactly right. Scrivener7 Jan 15 #6
he'll pick certain industries, too. mopinko Jan 15 #8
Will you be stopped if you look Latino? My guess is yes. Is it legal? Does that matter? twodogsbarking Jan 15 #9
Well, if you ask youself, "What would a complete dick do?" William Seger Jan 15 #11
I am thinking they will deport those that had asylum claims denied, since they are already on a deportation list. MichMan Jan 15 #12
My prediction... jmowreader Jan 15 #14
Many, if not most of CA's undocumenteds live and work in the central valley paleotn Jan 15 #15
I have to agree. eom Exp Jan 15 #17
I understand that fact but it won't prevent Trump from staging some deportations anyway Redleg Jan 16 #22
I think California will not allow these federal agents in to deport people kimbutgar Jan 15 #16
Newsom and other blue govenors have said they are not going to break the law. Which means they'll have PortTack Jan 15 #19
That's a reasonable assumption but he has 2 fanatics in charge. Stephen Miller & Thomas Homan will deport across US. scarletlib Jan 15 #18
I think it's going to come down to what Putin wants. Frank D. Lincoln Jan 15 #20
Quite likely. Also, the sheer logistics required to "keep his promises" on deportation numbers, Jack Valentino Jan 16 #23
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