As I said above, I'm not afraid of being deported, but I am concerned about the lack of due process for people being deported. Due process is the core of our democracy and once it's removed for some people, it's removed for everyone. I have zero issue with deporting people that shouldn't be here, but they are owed their day in court to make their case. That is why I'm protesting.
They are being targeted for breaking into another country illegally. I'll never understand anyone who thinks it's OK to welcome anyone who's first act in the US is committing a federal crime by breaking in.
The US spent a lot of time assassinating democratically elected leaders is South American and Central America for decades, along with tons of psychological warfare and economic sanctions.
This, along with bullish economic policies to get them to capitulate to demands of US-homed multinationals (along with plenty of their own internal problems like everywhere else), has caused a problem that has now come home to roost.
It wasn't their fault, they were just born in the wrong country. If they can make it here to work and build a better life for themselves, great. Pay taxes. Get ID'd. Done.
