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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 12:19 AM Jan 2018

GUTIRREZ ON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS....whoever translated for him from Russian

Even though I disagreed with almost everything he said, for Trump, the speech was clear and well-delivered. Whoever translated it for him from Russian did a good job.

I am still hopeful, but I don’t see this Congress and this President coming to an agreement that prevents the deportation of the Dreamers. The White House agenda is to gut legal immigration in exchange for allowing some of the Dreamers to live here. For those of us who support legal immigration, and that’s most Democrats and many Republicans, it won’t fly. And the Dreamers themselves have said they do not want legal status if it comes at the expense of others who will suffer more as part of the bargain. The speech did nothing to bring the pro- and anti-immigrant sides closer together.

I was hoping for some sort of apology on Puerto Rico, but I heard nothing. Puerto Rico is a metaphor for how this President sees all Latinos and people of color: he does not see us as his equals and he does not see us as fellow human beings. If you look at how the President has treated Puerto Rico, you have to conclude that he just doesn’t care and probably thinks of Puerto Rico as just another shithole country.

I was born in 1953 in the U.S. when separate but equal was the law of the land. I am proud of the progress the United States has made as a nation on issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, and many other areas where we have advanced. I was hoping to get through my life without having to witness an outwardly, explicitly racist American President, but my luck ran out.

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GUTIRREZ ON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS....whoever translated for him from Russian (Original Post) lunasun Jan 2018 OP
Some intellectual dishonesty? Johndoe2150 Jan 2018 #1
 

Johndoe2150

(7 posts)
1. Some intellectual dishonesty?
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 12:57 AM
Jan 2018

I hope there is an agreement to immigration that is fair and will benefit everyone. Our immigration system has been broken with people kicking the cab down the road. Of course DACA should stand we will see how congress does on answering the will of the people.

To be fair though I’m more pissed off how the Puerto Rican utility union handled the hurricane recovery rather then the Federal Government. Let’s not be ignorant to history.

[link:https://www.utilitydive.com/news/puerto-rico-governor-calls-for-doj-probe-after-power-equipment-stockpile-fo/514715/|

The orange man still sucked though.

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