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Mass Deportation Isn’t Policy — It’s Punishment for Not Being White
A punishment for being brown, Black, Indigenous, poor — and above all, not white.
“The cruelty isn’t a flaw in the system. It’s the point of the system.”
Every time the United States rounds up immigrants in pre-dawn raids…
Every time children are torn from their parents at the border…
Every time an asylum seeker is shackled denied a translator, or dies in detention…
The pundits say: “It’s a broken system.”
But the truth is harsher — and far more deliberate:
Mass deportation in the U.S. isn’t a misguided policy. It’s a punishment.
A punishment for being brown, Black, Indigenous, poor — and above all, not white.
The Myth of “Lawful” Deportation
The right loves to insist: “We’re just enforcing the law.”
But let’s pull back the curtain:
- Immigration “violations” are overwhelmingly civil, not criminal.
- There is no mass mechanism for legal entry for most people fleeing violence or poverty.
- Many undocumented immigrants were brought here…