@SenatorDurbin History is earned. You win the day, and then you win the day after, and you do the same thing every day until you're dead
-- Dick Durbin drama actor (House of card's) 😀
the last 20+ years of progress in bills and drama. @TheDemocrats@GOP@POTUS#Immigration
I will concede that @JDVance is a great politician.
He didn't jump in when his *friend* @VivekGRamaswamy was being dragged through the mud by the woke MAGA right --> Doing so would have alienated the base.
He didn't jump in when there was a deluge of hate against *Indians* on X over the holidays --> Doing so would have alienated the base.
He *did* jump in when people were against some vile remarks made by the 25 year old @DOGE kid --> Because *not* doing so would have alienated his base.
The timeline goes like this:
@sriramk is appointed to Whitehouse. Woke MAGA right starts with misinformation and twisting his tweets, for example portraying that he wants unlimited immigration (especially from India), when Sriram had only advocated for per-country cap removal, and not increase in immigration or H1B.
The discourse quickly evolves into constant disparaging of Indians, denigrating the culture, practices and everything in between. Words like "pajeets", "street shitters", "rapists" are casually thrown around interspersed with "cheap labor", "job stealers" and other colorful words.
X becomes a cesspool of hatred against Indians, not just from random anonymous sockpuppet accounts, but also from several large *verified* accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers. Pics/videos of Indians in the US (e.g from Costco) are posted to make "some" points.
25 year DOGE kid is found to have views like "normalize Indian hate", "I was a racist before it was cool to do so", "eugenic immigration policy" and so on. VP of the United States jumps in to support the rehiring of the kid, no questions asked. No consequences at all.
But, ofcourse, its the Indian community that is over reacting.
The impact of EO would be huge.
Story I received today 👇
I don't know if this feels like a pricking case of betrayal in many levels just for me or if this applies to a lot of others.
I've been brought up to believe in merit, the value of hard work and dedication and doing what's right by the law.
I completed my masters in this country from a reputed institute and I major in cyber security.
I also have an approved petition in the National Interest waiver and exceptional ability category (EB2-NIW ) but because of my country of birth I'm stuck in backlogs.
My husband works for one of the companies that Elon founded and is also an accomplished engineer with skills in advanced manufacturing.
He doesn't have a US citizenship like me and we are both on work visas.
We are both expecting our first kid in the next two months and as we have built a whole life together here for over 8+ years,
after having worked extremely hard, it feels like a last stab to watch birthright citizenship also being taken away from our yet to be born child.
I know this might seem like a rant but I'm sure there are human stories like mine that makes this new EO extremely unfair.
My request to you is: can you help amplify stories like ours?
I would like to keep names out of this until we figure out the situation going forward. However I'm sure I'm not the only one.
We are both legal immigrants who are very much within the "jurisdictional authority" of the US.
We studied here.
We have built our lives here.
We are not 'birth tourists'.
We pay our taxes.
We pay for an education system that even we don't see benefitting our own kid in the years to come.
We are in perpetual fear and uncertainty.
There is an unjust and unforgiving lack of political will to do right by the folks abiding by the law even if we are a silent minority.
I hope this gets amplified and I hope you'd help in doing that. Thank you very much for reading and I appreciate your time.
@elonmusk - what are you even doing?
Ignorance is unacceptable, but we can overcome it through knowledge by paying attention to what the esteemed Senator Mike Lee has explained. I urge you to visit the website on our profile and listen to his compelling speech on the Senate floor. As recently pointed out on @X, misinformation spreads far too quickly compared to the truth. You must seek out the facts. We can educate you.
@SenatorDurbin This is rich coming from @SenatorDurbin who has insisted on keeping "Seperate but equal" discrimination in immigration.
He opposed bills to end discrimination like S386 and the EAGLE act. Immigrants remember.
@ShriThanedar Maintaining visa bulletin dates current is essential as it allows everyone with an approved I-140 to file I-485, EAD and AP, hence promoting easier AP travel and protecting kids from ageing out.
#GreenCardBacklog#MakeVBCurrent
Samvatsari underscores the power of forgiveness and unity. Let us set aside differences and may compassion and togetherness be our guiding lights always.
Michhami Dukkadam!
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