Mass Deportation

Is it true that 11-25 million undocumented immigrants are all criminals? 

Let's take this question on face value as many of us do; the US has an immigration problem as do most Western countries, both sides can agree to that.

The higher (but receding) standard of living means that our countries are sought after by others, and that's a good thing. From a purely selfish point of view, it gives us access to the greatest minds around the globe since they want to be "here" and not "there". This is an incredibly valuable resource to exploit for a nation's benefit. 

The extent to which immigration is the root cause of our current economic and political climate is another question in itself and we will cover that in another post, however it is the underlying premise as to why so many people today are jumping on the deportation bandwagon that seeks to lump every single one of these individuals in the same basket. For now we will focus on the specifics of how or why we choose to solve this issue with a blunt and harmful object: mass deportation.  

Data

I think it's important to first define the concept of homogeneity and how it applies here. 

As of 2023 data, Australia has ~26 million people within their borders; this number is similar to what the Trump administration seeks to deport. As a small country, we seem to be roughly headed towards a common goal; which is ultimately good if the outcome is improvement of conditions for all, not just the few. Sounds silly, right? Why would we want to improve conditions for everyone? We'll pigeonhole that question for later. This article will be long enough as it is. 

When you think of Australia and that big clump of 26 million people; in your head, what do you see? Do you see every person in this country as the same archetype (the stereotypical male Aussie for example; bogan, thong-wearing, sunburned, beer-drinking, fat-bellied (or ripped himbo) numb nut, with violent over-the-top tendencies, draped in our national flag), or do you see a wide array of individual people with differing views, religious & family values, a variety of appearances, and fundamentally different beliefs, status/financial/social positions, and so on?

As fun as it is to throw everyone into the same pile as per this example (and believe you me, I do the same for my own entertainment), the reason you form or relate to a stereotype at all is that the loudest of a group are the ones who stand out above the rest. They make a name for themselves which then puts a "stain" on the rest of a people.

I hope you are seeing where I am going with this. 

Reason

Not everyone in a perceived group is the same, obviously, which I am sure you realise when you have a good-faith look at your favourite group of people. In fact, a group who share the same interest or view on a group-level are quite demonstrably far from the same on an individual level, just ask anybody. It is common sense; any rational and sane person will tell you this. Its just easier for us simpleminded humans (that's all of us) to throw every member of a group into a single category so that our tiny brains don't need to think too hard; there's a lot going on in the world and we need to choose our battles to be more efficient and make proper use of our dwindling amount of time on this earth, which is completely understandable. Not great when the outcome means that we oversimplify, but understandable given the position we find ourselves. 

Enter: deportation. The current immigration crisis is no different on the terms set out above. It is exactly the same.

The real number of deportations that is supposed to take place is unknown, Trump mentioned somewhere around 11 million, Vance around 25 million; all we know for sure is that it is looking to be about the size of a small country like Australia that will be deported. 

If you agree that Australians differ in their individuality, for consistency you must also agree that the number of people that are being deported here is unrealistic if the US government is targeting criminals and criminals alone. Unless you think the only people to make it across the border are criminals, which doesn't even deserve attention conceptually, that's too stupid to engage with. If you do think like this please for the love of God, use your brain and read something; stop taking everything your favorite podcaster is saying seriously. 

Most of the people who are in the States illegally (undocumented is the same thing for those wondering) are there because of a broken process; the courts can't keep up with the bureaucracy of the system that's in place, and the policies that have been designed and implemented over the decades have fostered entry into the US while these undocumented individuals wait for their due process, which can take more than 5 years and gives people plenty of time to take root, find a job, settle a family, become accustomed to the country, traditions, etc... time for them to become, an American. And at the end of the day might not even gain citizenship and get deported anyway. 

This is how a lot (majority) of undocumented immigrants have entered the States, especially recently over the last few administrations, but it's not the whole story; naturally. It's a result of a complicated political dance between two parties (and even with the Mexican government) spanning prolonged amounts of time to create tension over a preventable / solvable issue, dragged out to become politically advantageous never to solve. It gives politicians a reason to keep people divided which is always a benefit to powerful people who sit on the top echelons of a society; a distraction for the more prescient issues that need attention and that cause actual disparity in a country, attending to oligarchs and lobbyists rather than doing the job of the people. The very reason for the government's existence is to serve the common man and that is failing us thanks to greed. This decline is not unique to the States, it's a feature of entrenched power structures. 

Tracing back to the Aussie archetype, it is blatantly obvious that most people don't fall into this group of "the bogan" stereotype when considering actual Australian people, culture, and traditions, but the image stirs familiarity and simplicity, lending to its ease of propagation as a meme. Hell, even Aussies adopt this concept for its own sake; it's harmless fun (where appropriate). 

Stressing the System 

To create more division and to manipulate people to be more accepting of immigrants as the cause of the mess in the US (and abroad), is found in various politicians putting strain on social services that are created to help people in need. This includes but is not limited to; bussing loads of immigrants from the Mexican border into NYC to stress out a progressive 1970s policy that was enacted to help those living on the streets. If you aren't aware, it snows in New York... if you are on the street, you will die. It wasn't designed for taking in busses of people from different states, but is politically taken advantage of by corrupt and arguably evil politicians to sow division and break the system in ways that make people mad at the wrong thing. Riles people up, a perfect ingredient for manipulation.

There are many examples of this sort of power play, and it's important to be aware of it and see it for what it is; maneuvers that are solely meant to trigger emotional responses for political gain. It's to gain more power, obviously, they don't actually care about the problems like you might; they don't have to live with the consequences of their actions. 

Impact

Logically, deporting criminals doesn't even make sense if you want to impose justice for the crimes committed. Most of these people coming across the border are from countries that do not have the infrastructure to imprison their criminals; they might not even be considered criminal in their origin country. Deporting criminals does two things;

1) they get off scot-free for the crimes they committed (rapists are set free into the world)

2) they can enter the States illegally again and commit the same crime

If you really care about justice or want to be tough on crime, deporting criminals is the weakest thing you can do to enforce that and creates a positive feedback loop for more crime to surface as the aggregate. You can't even use the "but they're using tax-payer money if we do" argument, since US prisons are privatised. They are forced into slave labour for company profits. 

Another point of contention here is that no American wants to work in the field. How we got here is complex and is a result of bad policy decisions over the past decades with politicians appealing to large wealthy corporate interests. Working for peanuts is part of the reason why nobody wants to slave on a farm job; concentration of corporate structures (monopolisation of the agriculture industry from higher efficiencies of technological advances leading to less power in the farmer's hands and more in the industry leaders) is a primary factor in why this has broken down so badly. 

It's not because the brown guy took your job (roughly one million farm workers are undocumented immigrats), but because they fill the void where Americans are fed up - and those immigrants are willing to work for peanuts to put food on their family's table back at home (and on your table too in the grande scheme of things); which contributes to the disdain against immigrants that the nation feels because of course Americans still want nice things; the problem is they have been stripped of the promise that once made America a place that everyone wanted to be: opportunity for all.

Kicking 25 million immigrants out of the country isn't going to make life easier. It's going to make it more difficult and exacerbate the issue those hanging by a thread are facing.  It won't solve the problem of corruption in government where the root cause of your resentment should lie. 

Conclusion

Deporting upwards of 25 million people on the basis of their presupposed criminality therefore, is far too simplistic and damaging to a country. It hurts the innocent bulk of people who are on America's soil seeking a better life for them and their families (and in the process putting food on your table and treats on your shelves). 

This is one of the facets that made America great, a shared purpose of nation building: if you contribute to the development of the country you can call yourself an American (see: immigration act 1965), but the country has found itself on a knife's edge between greed and progress with a good half of the electorate buying the bullshit of the establishment. They don't care about you. They care about themselves. 

If you do think that mass deportation is the answer, then you need to check yourself and I suggest you do. We need more critical thinkers, not more party loyalists who are willing to bend the knee to established hierarchies (this includes Biden as well as Trump who is a billionaire, he is not an outsider nor is he different) in a whiplash fashion in response to problems that don't exist. There are plenty of problems without needing to create fake ones. Can we focus on those?

We have skipped over a tonne of important topics and concepts to get to this conclusion, so I will be following up with some clarifications in the future so that you become aware of what I am meaning by these words. But the main purpose of this article is to help you see reason for why a blanket deportation strategy is not the answer to the immigration crisis. But I suppose we will be finding out the hard way again if we are to follow the trajectory we are on: Heil Hitler.

REMEMBER: death flights are a thing that happened multiple times throughout history (e.g. Argentina ~1980s). 

 Shove them out the backdoor. Humans can be absolute cunts, don't cultivate that archaic and recessive nature.