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‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2025
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A lot of countries charge you for the deportation. They will even hold you in jail until you pay it back.
Every country does it so that makes it okay /s
Even with this take, it's still dishonest. Something like this is still a pretty motivating: "we could hold you for months more or you could self deport now". And if you're making people sign forms saying one thing and then do another, then it's further undermining trust in the government agencies and the rule of law. Although I suspect some groups confuse harshness with law & justice
Undermining trust in the government agencies and rule of law for who? Illegal aliens? They should not trust those agencies or rule of law. They should leave immediately. We shouldn't be paying them anything except a bullet in their backside.
They pay more taxes than you and get no benefits from the government
You seem to have a lot of faith that conditional application of laws and contracts will only affect certain groups, those groups won't change, and that it won't extend to you.
Funny you mention the bullet since there are people that served and took bullets for the US military only to be deported. (Sae Joon Park randomly was an Uber driver of mine a few years ago and was really good to chat with)
You seem like a pretty terrible excuse for a human. I hope you find yourself lost in this, or just screaming into a void until a lonely old age
Shooting illegal migrants is one hell of a take, especially from an American.
Better a 9mm to the back of the head over more rapists, pedophiles, and drug kingpins being let into the country. Fuck them.
Lemme just gun you down, Americans have committed so much crime around the world that I can't be sure you're not one of them child murderers.