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Polybius

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4. I suspected this was happening

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:00 PM

Thursday

I used to work with sever undocumented coworkers, and still talk to a few. One told me his cousin paid someone big money to get snuck in, but was caught at the border twice. He said he have up; it's too hard to sneak in now.

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Under Trump, US Immigrant Population Shrinks for First Time in 60 Years [View all] BumRushDaShow Thursday OP

Oh, boy. Here we go. Republicans will read this headline and jerk off to it for hours. Karasu Thursday #1

No, they will become more angry and hateful JI7 Thursday #3

So the Magats see this as a good thing... ananda Thursday #2

I suspected this was happening Polybius Thursday #4

"...a very large share of this unauthorized immigrant population...actually had legal statuses..." J_William_Ryan Friday #5