This is insanity..... America was built on

[Botany]

immigration excluding the Native Peoples that were already here when the French, the Spanish, the Germans, the Africans,
the Japanese, the Irish, the Poles, the Indians, the Koreans, the Dutch, the Scottish, the British, the Swiss, the ....
that came here and now I am seeing stories that this insanity is so big we are now going after a college Student who was here legally and just going on a trip between semesters.

Doesn't that Statue of Liberty have a plaque welcoming foreigners to America?

[bucolic_frolic]

1. You forgot the Italians, the English, the Welsh, the Swedes, the Scots ...

ethnic vivisection

[Botany]

5. Thank you

I forgot the Czechs, the Slavs the Hungarians, Chicanos, the Australians, the
Vietnamese, the Basque, the ...

[bucolic_frolic]

6. I know. They're gonna deport us all. /nt

[Botany]

7. My town Columbus, OH had a big Hungarian

along with a German population. It used to
be that in some older sections of town a lot of the homes almost always had horse
radish someplace on their property.

BTW fresh horse radish washed, peeled, and ground outside then mixed with some
sour cream is the bomb. Diversity is a strength.

[Irish_Dem]

2. The soul of this nation is about immigration: New beginnings, freedom, opportunity, melting pot.

The melting pot gave the US its energy, innovation, multiple perspectives, rich and varied society and culture.

Trump is killing the very essence of our country.

[multigraincracker]

3. Bigotry hanging on.

[haele]

4. Yeah, but they came over here "legally".

See. Anyone who came over during a Democratic Administration came over illegally, and it doesn't matter if they have been following the rules getting their green cards or they have a legitimate Visa, or are a Naturalized Citizen for years - there's a new Sheriff in town, and the laws are different because we're at war.
If they have so much as a outstanding parking ticket, overstayed a visa, had to postpone a court date or were short on their annual residency time because of normally legitimate issues - they're a dangerous criminal that needs to be deported right now, with prejudice.

There's a visceral hatred there, rather like immigrants are just game pieces that must be used to destroy an evil enemy. Brown immigrants, people who speak funny? - aren't real people.

They will serve their own children and hearts to their Devil if the Devil promises defeat to Liberals and Democrats.

[yellow dahlia]

8. Insanity - yes.

But doesn't it often feel like our dictionary words aren't enough? They somehow don't meet the moment.

Fucking insanity!