So in my initial post, I mentioned possible impacts for my girlfriend (ex, to be fair, though still friends).
She’s an immigration attorney, specifically focusing on asylum seekers from Latin America. Most of her clients are women, kids, and indigenous folks.
She works for a nonprofit based in New Jersey.
She just texted me that hers was one of 200 nonprofit immigration law/advocacy orgs to get inquiries from Congress suggesting that they’re accused of “using taxpayer dollars to facilitate illegal activity.”
This is how the NY Post and other right-wing media are portraying it:
She’s in a panic that she and her colleagues may be targeted by the Admin and charged with crimes they didn’t commit, crimes against the state, etc.
And this is the intent of such a letter, right? To scare the shit out of anyone who assists immigrants in any way, to threaten jail or worse, to stifle all lawful activities and rights for immigrants.
The fact that this is distinctly in the realm of possibility is more evidence that we’re so very fucked as a country.
@Ramrouser , any thoughts?
I mean, I know you don’t give a shit about the impacts on other people…as long as you’re not impacted.
But can you at least countenance the idea that Trump’s policies and tactics run contrary to the law and actually do harm to our country, its people, and people in your community?