

Deportation is not and can not be a punishment. The word you are looking for is exile. People who are here without permission do not deserve to be punished, and I had my way then deportation would be an offer and not forced. People should not be able to be illegal. If deportation is a punishment, then life for everyone becomes a lot scarier. I agree supporting facism should be punishable, but deportations are not something we should associate with punishment.





I asked my father for his thoughts on the situation, and he talked about how the Venezuelans could go back home to visit their families and that they were very excited. I sent him the Lemmy post from the Venezuelan that we all probably saw, and explained that there is a lot that is still unclear and how the US’s actions are very similar to the ones he’s seen throughout his life, especially post 9/11.
You make a great point, I do think we can see communities as a monoculture sometimes, or that they are at least portrayed like that in the media (undocumented=illegal criminal/gang member) which is just blatantly false.