The Trump administration has moved to classify more than 6,000 living immigrants as dead. Two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday that the immigrants' Social Security numbers are being canceled, which will effectively wipe out their ability to work or receive ben
  • @ceenote@lemmy.world
    36•23 days ago

    Non-citizens pay into social security without receiving any benefits. There is no positive to doing this.

    • @dan1101@lemm.ee
      13•23 days ago

      I think these are naturalized citizens. The federal government is attacking it’s own citizens. I’m not sure how long we collectively put up with this.

      • SeaJ
        10•23 days ago

        These are documented immigrants but they are not citizens.

        • ihatebirds
          -6•23 days ago

          I want to support the movement, but every time I go a protest I’m surrounded by tankies

          EDIT: Thanks for the downvote tankies, but it’s true. There’s always a ton of them wearing red shirts and Palestine pins

          EDIT 2: Obvious brigading is obvious ⬇

          • @Pandemanium@lemm.ee
            6•23 days ago

            I guess you missed the post where everyone was complaining the protests are only filled with centrist libs? How many actual tankies exist in the US, do you think? Maybe all of them live in your city.