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Trump DHS releases photos of "acceptable immigrants" (Original Post) HAB911 Mar 2017 OP
I thought their names were Ivana and Melania crazycatlady Mar 2017 #1
Gee, no humor today? HAB911 Mar 2017 #2
White, Irish, and undocumented in America HAB911 Mar 2017 #3
whites get the pass Go card Astroman Mar 2017 #4
Rude Pundit Sez............... HAB911 Mar 2017 #6
Pretty much... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #5

HAB911

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3. White, Irish, and undocumented in America
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 09:35 AM
Mar 2017

New York (CNN)They're spared the glances. The "go back to your country" slurs facing so many undocumented migrants in the US. But they live in fear. They don't call the police when there's a break in. They think twice before they bring a sick child to the emergency room. Only, they're white - and they're Irish.

An estimated 50,000 undocumented Irish immigrants live in the United States -- they make up a small percentage of the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants living there, the majority of whom were born in Mexico.
"It is easier being illegal here when you're white," Shauna, an undocumented Irish immigrant, tells CNN. "It's not easy, of course, you have that paranoia but there isn't the racial element. It's a bit easier to stay under the radar."
But there's a growing sense of fear in the community since the election of President Donald Trump.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/16/us/white-irish-undocumented-trnd/index.html

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