pg wrote on 11/27/19 at 03:50:01:Abolishing ICE and advocating all immigrants have rights and a pathway to citizenship is close enough to me.
This is going to come as a shock to you, but everyone in our country has rights. It's true. I won't wait while you check.
ICE has existed since 2003; those that would see it gone don't advocate for open borders in its elimination, rather what they see as an ill-conceived agency with a horribly executed mission. Ocasio-Cortez specifically has made clear that she is not calling for the end of deportation. We can disagree with her assessment and advocacy for ending ICE-as-we-know-it, but claiming it equates to open borders is simply not true. Repeating and believing untrue things is antithetical to the democratic process- an educated electorate is essential.
A path to citizenship is not without condition- it's a path, after all -it's something we've always had. The path Ocasio-Cortez advocates is for the so-called Dreamers- folks who grew up in the US, know no other country, have no other lives.
If you believe these nuanced positions equat to open borders, you are believing a lie. I've made an effort you would not to educate you. Continuing to repeat this lie will only describe you, not Ocasio-Cortez or the policy she advocates. We'd all be better off were you to favor the truth.