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Sixty-One House Democrats Voted For Anti-Immigrant Bill
The Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act attempts to codify that which is already the law
Considering the level of misinformation we have seen over decades about immigration, it’s no wonder why Republicans are trying to pass legislation to deport people for crimes that are already deportable. It’s worth noting that all violent crimes are deportable offenses. That has been the law for decades. However, Republicans who’ve been steamrolling bigoted legislation through the House felt it important to send a message to their bloodthirsty base of xenophobes.
A few days ago, I published an article about Trump’s pre-inauguration rally and how the cause for concern is his expected Latinophobic rhetoric. Currently, his administration is already feeling the heat from its core white nationalist base over comments made by Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk regarding Indian immigrants and H-1B visas. Because of that backlash, Trump needs to put some red meat out there to appease and solidify that base.
That’s precisely what House Republicans are doing.
