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  This title feels designed to enrage the far right.
context: There is a new Congresswoman in Colorado, Yadira Caraveo, with a similar background, the first Latina elected to Congress in the state. She is the daughter of migrant workers, and she went on to become a pediatrician and is a great health care advocate. It’s great that they will both have a voice in Congress. >
  
  That, to me as an outsider, embodies that vision of the American Dream >
  
  I think the new "American Dream" is Mexico being a nicer place to live. >
  
  Are you joking?  Research the drug problem in Mexico.  Why are people leaving? >
  
  Because the US experts black market firearms to the drug cartels in central and south America, which drives immigration north to the US, created cheap labor, she gives pro gun parties a great driver to sell more guns "legally" while providing easy to grasp fear points to blame on the opposing party. Go back 20 years and you'll find they never ever mention open borders or caravans while a Republican is president or up for reelection. >
  
  I know the USA has a history of interference in other countries.  However you can’t blame all violence on the USA. >
  
  No one is blaming all violence on USA. But they share a huge responsibility for the cartel violence in specific >
  
  Latin America would be a paradise of the USA stopped interfering. >
  
  ehh I wouldn't say that they just would not be so poor ( and therefore a lot less violence) >
  
  Where did all the money go?  Did the USA steal it all?  Gold and everything?  I heard that Argentina used to be better financially. >
  
  i live in california and have known, worked with, and generally observed many legal and illegal immigrants.  (for a short time i dated an illegal from mongolia)
  former guy said "they're sending their worst..... murderers, rapists, drug addicts....."
  nothing could be further from my experience.  we're getting their best
  these are people who leave their homes, culture, language, and family, and come to the US to work
  and they work hard.  they're picking vegetables, constructing homes, mowing lawns, baby sitting, working in slaughterhouses.... doing a lot of jobs americans simply refuse to do
  you want a hard worker?  hire an immigrant >
  
  Please use undocumented vs illegal. Calling someone “an illegal” sounds demeaning vs saying someone is undocumented. 
  Source: was an undocumented immigrant until recently
  Edit: I agree with everything else though! My parents are some of the hardest workers I know and they came to this country to give us a better life. We truly are living the American dream >
  
  I’m sympathetic.  But if I was in Guatemala without a passport, what would they call me?  (And I’ve been to Guatemala “legally”.) >
  
  Purely as a matter of language, it would also be dehumanizing if they called you "an illegal" in that case. >
  
  I won’t call someone an ILLEGAL but every country has immigration laws. >
  
  Ok, I'm not disputing that every country has immigration laws, I was just responding to the specific point in your comment before last that seemed in its entirety to be defending the use of "illegal" as a noun to describe people. >
  
  I was asking you a question which you chose to ignore.  That is your right.  I’m not saying that YOU are FROM Guatemala.  I’m asking what do we call it when someone does something that is not legal. >
  
  Nice, George Santos should add this story to his resume too. >
  
  He is her dad. >
  
  On this day we are ALL George Santos. >
  
  It's been 3 hours, why has nobody asked me to 'speak for myself' so I can finish the bit? :( >
  
  Speak for yourself..?
  Am I doing this right?👉👈 >
  
  On this day, I am ALL George Santos. ^(thank you!) >
  
  You’re very welcome! 🤣 I have absolutely no idea what I’ve done tbh, but just wanted to help a person in need!   Your little :(  made me go all 🥺 so I had to try!  
  Btw I know who Santos is, but not the meme..?  I feel so left out..! >
  
  That's gotta be a big burr in the ass of a lot of righty Congressmembers. >
  
  
  and they don't even know it.
  
  Oh they know it.  It's why we're in the middle of a slow coup. >
  
  It’s why they are trying their hardness to prevent the “wrong” people from voting >
  
  
  the “wrong” people
  
  Anybody not right >
  
  You mean anybody not white..... Or "Christian". >
  
  White cis male Christian right wing wealthy land owners. In other words Confederates. >
  
  Her name is Congresswoman-elect Delia Rameriz of Illinois. Her parents came here from Guatemala. >
  
  Which Mexican country is that one? /s >
  
  She's living the Dreamers title. We love to hear these kind of stories. I hope she's impactful with her first generation immigrant background. >
  
  The US border and immigration policy is cruel. >
  
  If you enter any country without proper documentation, you can't be surprised if you get deported. That's the risk you take. >
  
  So? Irrelevant to my point. >
  
  How is it cruel to hold someone accountable when they break the law?    
  We lock up mothers and fathers in the US all the time. >
  
  And that’s cruel too. Glad you can see the connection. We treat our immigration system as an arm of our incarceral system. >
  
  So don't enforce laws if it hurts feelings? >
  
  Can I ask what you are doing to work to overturn the laws that you recognize are cruel, as our laws against immigration and in favor of mass incarceration are?  Do you write your congresscritter?  Attend protests?  Vote for politicians who will change them?  Anything?  
  Or is it that you support these laws? >
  
  I never said they were cruel. >
  
  Fuck yeah. We need more people like her in office. >
  
  It’s not all that impressive when you consider that Ted Cruz, who wasn’t even created on Earth, is a sitting senator. >
  
  You mean the Fully Human Ted Cruz? >
  
  I can hear the popping of a million enraged Republican blood vessels in the distance… >
  
  Republican nightmare fuel >
  
  Intelligent
  BIPOC
  Not male
  Dedicated
  Passionate
  Not yet corrupt
  Has Integrity
  Yup; RNC anti body >
  
  The ability to assimilate immigrants and make full use of their talents and drive is America's greatest competitive advantage.  It's too bad so many native born Americans can't see/comprehend this. >
  
  The American dream isn’t dead, it’s just suppressed behind layers of red tape. >
  
  This is exactly the reason people are risking their lives to come here. >
  
  Imagine that, migrants succeeding in the United States.  Maybe we need more of that, eh? >
  
  “No, not like that” - Republicans >
  
  Republicans do not have a platform.  They have a collection of bumper stickers. >
  
  They have a platform, but if those things were written down together in a single document, most people read it and see something very bad for the future in progress. 
  Just look at what they voted for at Texas GOP annual convention. That's the one where they voted for both secession from the US and changing federal laws, that Biden wasn't president, kicked out the Log Cabin Republicans, and want to teach schoolchildren that a fetus has full human rights and deserves protection (but the already born kids won't have that). >
  
  In the minds of the xenophobes and racists this is actually proof of why we shouldn't allow these babies to become citizens. They call this type of success "taking over" as opposed to "serving". >
  
  “We want immigrants to assimilate.”
  “No, not like that.” >
  
  Yes exactly. >
  
  This must be one of those “anchor babies” the right used to scream so much about. They seem fine to me, dunno what all the fuss was about >
  
  I'm one of them except I grew up overseas as my parents went back. I returned to the US in my 20s and then brought my parents and siblings over. I studied my ass off and got a master's and ran massive infrastructure projects in the private and public sector. My siblings became a doctor and the other one a photographer in Hollywood. My parents brought a little cash from overseas and started a business. We never took any handouts or government benefits and I am very religious about reporting everything I make to the IRS because it's the right thing to do. I'd say we did well despite having grown up in what most people call a shithole country. >
  
  I am ecstatic to see a first generation American in congress. It means so much.
  Including people with different backgrounds, ideals, and perspectives are how we grow as a nation. Her inclusion - along with many others, past, present, and future - is how we begin to push back on the right wing insanity which dominates the political narrative.
  Now let's get Puerto Rico statehood. All the pretty little excuses are wearing thin. We know they just don't want to give up the petty symmetry of '50' for a bunch of unimportant brown people, but like it or not they're Americans and they should be allowed the same representation as every other American. >
  
  D.C as well! >
  
  "She took mer jerb" said rural south redneck. >
  
  Yes, Kletus, Ahmed, the Neurosurgeon took your job! >
  
  I love this story but I also hate it.  I love it because that's how it SHOULD be, but I hate how it's going to be used.  The truth is that the ladder to slowly climb up (and it IS a hard climb, which is why this is even news) is starting to disintegrate and crumble, making it even harder to climb.  You need social and economic support.  Think of it as building platforms for climbers to get a food and water break: free basic healthcare, dental care, welfare, solid education system, etc.  But all of this is constantly under attack by HUGE corporatists who want a poor uneducated workforce that won't/can't demand more from the government.  It's why minimum wage is an absolute shocking human rights defying joke in some places and hasn't changed in decades.  I hope she's willing and able to send even a tiny percentage (hell, even a small rounding error of the military budget) downwards to help those also trying to make the climb.
  Not every who tries makes it.  Some slip a few rungs from the top and plummet hard.  That's not justice when you're supposed to have a society! >
  
  I'm expecting "she's not a real American because the 14th amendment doesn't actually mean what it says" any minute now. 🙄 >
  
  Birthright citizenship is actually product of a Supreme Court decision. 14A didn't always grant citizenship to children of non-citizens born on US soil. That decision was made I believe sometime in The Progressive Era. >
  
  Damn, Santos’ makeup game is on POINT! >
  
  They never talk about the poor coming here legally to get a doctorate. Always some Illegal person with an excuse just to suck America dry. >
  
  Shoot.  I should feel inspired, but mostly I feel like I haven't done nearly enough with my life. >
  
  To bigoted right wingers, she is a flesh-and-blood demonstration of “the problem with liberals catering to illegals.“ 
  As far as they’re concerned, she should have never existed, or if she did, she shouldn’t have existed here. >
  
  Republican Congressman 1: They took our job! 
  RC2: They took ur jerb!
  RC3: Da terk ger jubs! >
  
  Now that’s an American success story! >
  
  The most classic American Dream story and I bet conservatives HATE IT. >
  
  Wow, this is great! We need more folks like this who can give some boots on the ground input about immigration in the US. >
  
  I wish people could come to my country legally and not have to go through something like that. >
  
  They can, and millions of people do it every year. >
  
  Nothing in the world makes me happier than this. >
  
  Congratulations to the newly inaugurated Congresswoman. She seems like a very intelligent and capable person.
  However, what is the point? That we should allow unregulated immigration from Mexico because a small percentage will have bright futures like this person?
  One example proves nothing.
  Edit: One could use a similar argument to justify outlawing abortion. I do not agree with either of these approaches. >
  
  Exactly! >
  
  That’s truly a wonderful thing. Now we need to recognize how many work for slave wages and live in poverty which in turn leads to all kinds of terrible things in society >
  
  And now her mom is getting deported. >
  
  Alright! What a great story! This makes me so proud to love in America. Love these kinds of stories!