A WIRED investigation reveals that the US Department of Homeland Security has deployed at least 30 YouTube ads since April 1 to threaten irregular migrants with deportation and a ban on reentry.
I genuinely don’t understand the obsession with immigrants, why has it reached a new fever pitch? Who is benefiting from all of the isolationism and hate?
They are an easy target since people don’t come in contact with them to often. And if there’s a “separate” community in your country, that community is a great target for all the blame arising from current problems in society (poverty etc.).
Apparently irregular means undocumented?
I genuinely don’t understand the obsession with immigrants, why has it reached a new fever pitch? Who is benefiting from all of the isolationism and hate?
Targeting immigrants is a way for racists to engage in racism without being labeled racists
They are an easy target since people don’t come in contact with them to often. And if there’s a “separate” community in your country, that community is a great target for all the blame arising from current problems in society (poverty etc.).
Yes, the powerful are looking for a scapegoat and found it in immigrants and trans people