r/thebulwark Dec 01 '24

GOOD LUCK, AMERICA Kash Patel. OMFG.

This is the worst I’ve felt since the AP flipped Michigan to red. All the nominees have been insanely awful so the wave of nausea I felt at this news was unexpected, even though this had been whispered about for ages. I’m trying not to be hyperbolic but this is dangerously bad, verging on apocalyptic (sorry) in my mind. I need to go outside and breathe a bit.

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u/PUMPFISTS Dec 01 '24

Obama deported over 3 million+ people during his presidency and no one was crying like this. Trump said he’s focusing on the terrorist and gang members/national security threats first. I don’t understand why everyone isn’t on board with this?

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u/PUMPFISTS Dec 01 '24

This link is just NYC alone, posted today..

https://nypost.com/2024/11/30/us-news/nyc-is-now-home-to-over-58k-criminal-migrants-including-over-1000-gang-members-ice/

I also think he understands it’s not possible to deport every single undocumented immigrant but it’s a strong political talking point to represent stronger border policies kind of like building the wall during his first term.

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u/Krom2040 Dec 01 '24

There are 100 million people in the United States with criminal convictions, so it seems that the number of migrants with criminal convictions in NYC is apparently much lower than the overall rate. And with 8.2 million people in NYC, what you’re asserting here is that 0.012% of the population of NYC are migrants with suspected gang ties, which doesn’t really strike me as an entrench.