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Wanderlust988

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22. We also bear some responsibility as GW Bush wanted to work with Dems on reform

Reply to angrychair (Reply #18)

Wed Jan 14, 2026, 11:21 AM

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And we turned him down. That was a terrible mistake in retrospect. Bush would've been much easier to deal with. We could've had a comprehensive immigration reform deal.

Even Ted Kennedy said his biggest mistake was not working with Nixon on universal healthcare. Politics is broken in this country.

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Don't Defund ICE [View all] angrychair Tuesday OP

I prefer "Defenestrate ICE" myself... regnaD kciN Tuesday #1

I agree, MarineCombatEngineer Tuesday #2

A lot of us have concerns about that term. spooky3 Tuesday #4

It's already emasculated. stage left Yesterday #9

The smart people in Portland have said this for years. Klarkashton Tuesday #3

DURec leftstreet Tuesday #5

Seconded... ABOLISH IT! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #7

I prefer SEND ICE TO HELL. usonian Tuesday #6

Have to get rid of the christofascist regime first. Otherwise... Thomas Hurt Tuesday #8

Reframe Everything they say stillspkg Yesterday #10

Defund meaning anything other than take their all money away Ms. Toad Yesterday #11

Ummm, "Crack the Ice" Intractable Yesterday #12

So who would handle enforcing immigration laws? n/t Wanderlust988 Yesterday #13

Who handled them before ICE was established in 2003? WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #15

INS which also was law enforcement too. n/t Wanderlust988 Yesterday #16

don't I know it WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #17

Any specific practical solutions/alternatives you propose? Torchlight Yesterday #21

Nobody in the interim angrychair Yesterday #18

That's ludicrous that no one is there to enforce immigration laws. It's not feasible and very stupid. Wanderlust988 Yesterday #19

a kinder, gentler deportation process, perhaps? WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #20

We also bear some responsibility as GW Bush wanted to work with Dems on reform Wanderlust988 Yesterday #22

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