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[–] 114 points 5 months ago (21 children)

So they're importing a bunch of racists from South Africa. Who will vote for fascist Rs. Isn't that what they accuse Ds of doing?

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  • [–] 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I'm more interested in how many of these people are winding up working for ICE.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    How long does it take to go through the refugee process to become a citizen? They can’t vote until then, right?

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    I mean now we're just in fantasy land. No one has offered the option to buy citizenship like that. Trump offered to let people buy green cards or whatever fancy name he gave them (still a green card).

    After that it takes at minimum 5 years. No indication that is being sped up in any way for anyone. It's not even possible to speed it up under current law, not that the administration wouldn't try. But in this case they've given no indication of doing so.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    The green card thing was really just a pathetic attempt to collect revenue since taxes have been slashed to untenable levels. Wealthy people wouldn't even want citizenship. They vote with money, not with ballots.

    Not that these Boers are really rich or anything and there's not enough of them to effect voting even if they could. This is virtue signalling to white supremacists. In fact I'd bet a lot of them will leave soon or end up homeless. They're being brought in without any plans or preparation and no job opportunities waiting for them. Their usefulness to the Trump admin is merely as a photo prop and then they're on their own.

    But oh well sucks to suck. Hope you all end up homeless back in South Africa too because a black family moved into your house while you were gone.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    Using the max number from the article of 17,500 people, that's not enough to make any real difference. Maybe if they went through a major effort to settle them in one or two close congressional districts.

    Also they can't vote for at least 5 years after they arrive assuming they all rush to get their citizenship.

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