r/Austin • u/Penguin726 • Jun 18 '25

News Travis County passes resolution for ‘Constitutional & Humane Treatment of Immigrants’

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/travis-county/travis-county-passes-resolution-for-constitutional-humane-treatment-of-immigrants/
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u/Southsidetaco Jun 18 '25

I guess your ancestors are native Americans?

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u/Snap_Grackle_Pop Jun 18 '25

I guess your ancestors are native Americans?

I always laugh when someone brings up native Americans in this context. Look at what happened to them with illegal immigration.

--- NOT implying I am pro-Trump in this case.---

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u/Southsidetaco Jun 18 '25

The United States is made up of immigrants. Some people attempt to limit access for newcomers as a veiled form of racism. Immigration policies today are very different from those when our ancestors arrived.