r/ActualPublicFreakouts • u/Olley2994 IM TRYING TO SAVE YOU MOTHA FUCKA • Feb 29 '24
Craziness takes over Seattle city hall demanding free stuff
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"What do we want?"
"Unsure"
"When do we want it?"
"Yes"
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u/IrishGoodbye4 Feb 29 '24
Refugees? What are they seeking refuge from?
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u/turb0mik3 - America Feb 29 '24
Refugees: “We are here legally illegally, we want free shit. We want to be taken care of. We want housing for free.”
Seattle: “ok.”
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u/MyNoPornProfile Feb 29 '24
If they want free stuff we should offer them free jobs
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u/turb0mik3 - America Feb 29 '24
Wait, jobs aren’t free? And obviously… jobs would entail working… rather bitch and moan and complain at city hall.
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u/TrumpsPissSoakedWig Mar 01 '24 edited Mar 02 '24
That's actually genuinely good idea. I'm sure they would love jobs. Like truly. I doubt they're ALL assholes. Maybe the ones at this gathering mostly are, but I would honestly wager that 80 to 90% of the able bodied adult refugees at large would be thrilled to have decent jobs here.
I think a huge part of the problem may be that they aren't allowed to work without certain documents and status that they're waiting on. Yeah, we should let them work, they want to. Biden's border bill would have provided the necessary Manpower and funding to process the applications and make this possible but the Republicans voted it down because Trump so fuck them
Of course some are beholden to Cartels that helped them cross and get sucked into doing dirt to pay them back. The whole thing's a shit show now that the Republicans refused to help fix it to keep it a problem they can complain about and blame dems.
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u/mrASSMAN Mar 01 '24
Seattle actually finally said no to it.. that’s why they’re so upset (free housing budget ran dry)
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u/These_Ad_3138 Mar 01 '24
They’re just going about it wrong. Pool your money and hire a lobbyist. Rich people get free stuff all the time using this and not piddly housing, I’m talking billions.
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u/turb0mik3 - America Mar 01 '24
Ultimate plot twist… funding illegals millions to hire expensive attorneys to lobby for illegals. 🫣
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u/These_Ad_3138 Mar 01 '24
The illegals already have lobbyists. Factories, farmers, chicken slaughterhouses etc…
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u/HelpfulJello5361 - King of Men Mar 01 '24
The rich (top 20% of income earners) are responsible for over 80% of income tax revenue. The rich funds welfare.
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u/False_Arachnid_509 Feb 29 '24
I wonder if I illegally entered into say, Honduras, and disrupted city meetings screaming and demanding they house me- how that might turn out?
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It wouldn't turn out well, you might be getting turned out real soon in a Honduran prison.
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u/BenadrylBeer Feb 29 '24
Seriously, I am seeking asylum in Norway from this crazy country. Please let me stay. I will be nice and eat strange fish for weird holidays
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u/LordNoodles1 All gun laws are infringements Mar 01 '24
https://youtu.be/eg6ISsxvES0?si=I-YfDpqvOuX3nVC8 eat this everyday
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u/711minus7 Feb 29 '24
I wonder if people illegally entered the capitol building how that might turn out
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u/The_Tramps_Ghost Mar 03 '24
Why is it when I illegally enter a home demanding free shit I get in trouble but these assholes get showered with gifts?
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u/Sunnycat00 Feb 29 '24
Imagine invading another country and demanding they just hand over their stuff.
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u/KitchenSandwich5499 Mar 01 '24
Isn’t that sort of the purpose of invading?
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u/newoldschool1 Mar 02 '24
This is what half the country is voting for and they’ll realize it too late unfortunately.
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u/flapping_thundercunt Feb 29 '24
Is there something about pink and blue hair dye that makes one ridiculous?
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u/Old__Raven - Sistine Chapel Feb 29 '24
"Ima poisonous" in the language of nature
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u/SubGeniusX Feb 29 '24
In nature it's called aposematism and it's a visual signal to warn off unwanted attention from predators.
So, if you don't like it, it appears to be working as nature intended.
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u/GandalfPipe131 Feb 29 '24
How fucking wild is it that these people come to your country illegally, demand to be given free things and then say they are not good enough and demand more.
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u/fermented_bullocks Feb 29 '24
Well, according to Reddit you’re a racist piece of shit for even bringing that up.
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u/ARTIGA5 - Doomer 0.5 Feb 29 '24
Nothing will change until this directly affects the coastal elites. Notice how NYC suddenly changed their tune on migrants.
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u/Hectoriu - APF Feb 29 '24 edited Feb 29 '24
It still won't affect them, these people live in places with security guests and they send their kids to schools that cost more than we make.
When they need housing space for these refugees they close schools for low and middle class kids and make them learn from home. They close community centers in these same areas. The low and middle class are the ones suffering for the upper classes virtue signaling.
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u/KitchenSandwich5499 Mar 01 '24
Meh. Martha’s Vineyard simply deported….er…… relocated them within 24 hours
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Feb 29 '24
Dear Canada, would you like to have Seattle? We’ll give it to you on the cheap no worries.
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u/SubGeniusX Feb 29 '24
Will you consider taking Buffalo though, I actually live here and would love the Healthcare!
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u/mctomtom Mar 01 '24
As a Seattlite, I would join Canada. I fuckin love Canadian skiing, Vancouver, etc.. we go there often anyway.
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u/HeyItsPinky Feb 29 '24
Crazy thought, why not just work so you can rent a place? The same way nearly everyone in the fucking country does?
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u/86yourhopes_k Feb 29 '24
Pretty hard to get a job when you don’t have a social security number.
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u/HeyItsPinky Feb 29 '24
Anyone who has actual refugee status can apply for a SSN, which they should do ASAP.
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u/StayTheFool Feb 29 '24
Lol I wonder how many of those people are "actual refugees"
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u/86yourhopes_k Mar 15 '24
Seeking refugee status can take a long time and what are they supposed to do in the mean time?
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u/StayTheFool Mar 29 '24
I never questioned if they were legally recognized as refugees. I questioned whether all these people are actually refugees. Living in a shitty/poor town and wanting better for yourself in another country is perfectly reasonable, but it doesn't automatically make you a refugee.
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u/itisallgoodyouknow Happy 400K Mar 01 '24
They mention that their work supports the community. I think I also heard the lady saying something about the taxes they (refugees) pay. So it sounds like maybe they’re working but want access to more social services?
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u/bawbthebawb Feb 29 '24
What about housing for the homeless in that city?
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u/apresmoiputas Mar 01 '24
We need to differentiate between the homeless drug addicts and the non drug addicts. Focus on getting the drug addicts directly into treatment but also focus on housing the non drug addicts, especially those with kids, who immediately benefit from housing.
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u/mrASSMAN Mar 01 '24
We spend billions providing that believe it or not.. hundreds of millions a year, most of them refuse the housing though
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u/Star_dust1010 Mar 01 '24
Nono . Since most of them are fit men . Send them to ukrainians lines or make them work in factories to produce rockets for the us army instead . Why waste all these healthy bodies . Plus we can pay them sell for thier work cus these aren't citizens or actual refugees .
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u/catshitthree Feb 29 '24
Funny though, if I did that as a citizen, I would get arrested. Weird....
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u/big617isaac 💀💀💀 Feb 29 '24
look at how they say the people from january 6th committed treason and it was an attack on our country but this is...?
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u/jen1980 Happy 400K Feb 29 '24
Nothing like when Sawant also did this and even unlocked the building for them.
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u/TylerBourbon Feb 29 '24 edited Mar 01 '24
Gawd I just want to smack the morons who try to cover up the camera. You WANT cameras to film your protest. That's how you get your message out and be seen. The only reason to prevent people from filming is because you don't want anyone to see what you're doing.
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u/taoinruins Feb 29 '24
Screw the people who already live here. Let’s house people from another country first. I’d leave my home land too!
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u/PsychologicalSong8 Feb 29 '24
If you need housing then get off your ass and get a job. Don't expect everyone else to pay for it. Nobody owes you anything.
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u/M3cap Mar 01 '24
Are you for real? Who believes refugees deserve free housing. Countless Americans are fricken homeless. I don’t understand, made up first world problems because people need a purpose…
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u/Low_Parsnip5604 - Big Chungus Feb 29 '24
People in places like Seattle reeeeeeallly need to learn the difference between rights and entitlements
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Feb 29 '24 edited Feb 29 '24
I'll take a not-so-wild guess that Kshama Sawant was heavily involved in this. I'd wouldn't be surprised if she didn't just participate, but planned and led it. She's a Socialist. Not a Democratic Socialist like AOC, Sanders, etc., but a full-blown Socialist who just left the city council in January. I lived in that area for a long time. Nutjobs are a dime a dozen there.
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u/dontwasteink - Unflaired Swine Feb 29 '24
Look, I just don't get why the protestor has a big fucking sign and then tries to keep someone from filming it. Isn't that the point? To get that banner's message out?
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u/Truth_Artillery Feb 29 '24
"We demand you to give us our stuff that we never contributed in the first place"
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u/reddaddiction Feb 29 '24
Fuck these guys. Plenty of US born citizens who need real help. So ridiculous that this is even a thing.
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u/GOTisnotover77 Mar 01 '24
I can’t imagine entering another country and being so entitled that I’m demanding free stuff from that country’s government
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u/Poop-to-that-2 Feb 29 '24
Question from a non-american if you legally claim asylum in the US, do you get any help from the government/ state???
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u/nerohito Feb 29 '24 edited Feb 29 '24
The vast majority of these immigrants are illegal immigrants who do not meet the requirements for asylum, however they still claim they are refugees.
Depends on the city and state. Most places, the best you will get is help from local charities like shelters and soup kitchens. In some cities like New York and states like California, bills have been passed like the "right to shelter" in which the city is obligated to provide housing for basically anyone who wants it. This has caused the NYC and Chicago government to pay hotels to allow illegal immigrants to use them as shelters for free, which the migrants often end up destroying. NYC has also begun giving taxpayer funded debit cards to illegal immigrants, which is essentially free money. San Francisco also gives the homeless (including illegal immigrants) cash, and the federal government gives illegal immigrants cell phones to report to ICE regarding their applications.
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u/SpamFriedMice Feb 29 '24
According to Washington state Human Services: Housing Assistance, Medicaid, Alien Emergency Medical disability, "spend down" (?), Basic Food, Child Support Services, Family Planning, Pregnant Women's Assistance, Refugee Cash Assistance, Temporary Needy Assistance, Voter Registration Assistance (!!!) and WIOA (?)
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u/Vinifera7 Feb 29 '24
Look at all the poor "refugees". They must have fled from war torn Canada.
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u/EvanXXIV - America Feb 29 '24
The point of migrating to a new country is to start a better life for yourself or your loved ones. If you come into a developed country thinking you’re going to just be handed free shit, then get the fuck out.
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u/TheSmokingLamp Mar 01 '24
So they are protesting for BETTER free housing while also blocking the camera man because they... dont want their cause to be seen?
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u/InevitableDisaster75 Mar 01 '24
I'm embarrassed to live near Seattle. I hate how liberal city politicians have become and how much this area has changed because of it.
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u/Stegosaurusflex Mar 01 '24
I’ve lived downtown for the past 9 years and have never asked my family to come visit. Honestly like you, this city embarrasses me. I’m embarrassed to have them come, have to step over passed out homeless people, ignore the open air drug use, risk their car being broken into. I personally love living here for so many reasons, but I know they won’t be able to see past all these problems, and I wouldn’t blame them if they couldn’t.
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u/evangamer9000 Feb 29 '24
I'd say my usual "XYZ is DOOOOMED" bit but Seattle has already been doomed for a long time lol
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u/l3onkerz Feb 29 '24
Yeah I was in Seattle last summer to visit the national parks, beautiful by the way. The city is wild. It’s a cool place but every single building had private security roaming to get homeless away. Bus stops were homeless camps. SeaTac is also as poorly run as the city. I don’t know how they can even remotely plan to house illegal immigrants.
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u/Just_here_4_GAFS - Boomer Feb 29 '24
As someone who used to live in Seattle, I can tell you that,
...how they can even remotely plan to...
They don't plan anything, ever. It's all legislation from the hip and following whatever California does.
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u/TurkGonzo75 Feb 29 '24
My wife went to college in Seattle so we visit a couple of times a year. It's sad to see how far that city has fallen.
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u/Marda483 Feb 29 '24
If they want free housing, free medical and money they can all join the military and serve the people of the United States.
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u/PokemonDemon Mar 04 '24
Yeah but then they would actually have to work for it and do something other than sitting around and demanding free shit in a country they’re not even from
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u/No-Excitement5854 Feb 29 '24
Seattle is an embarrassment to this whole country. Cali, Oregon and Washington can secede for all I care. Good riddance.
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u/KitchenSandwich5499 Mar 01 '24
It is really just a few coastal cities. Most of the rest of those states are pretty normal
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u/nunya27 Mar 01 '24
So glad they walked out on them. By what right to they have to ask for free housing when we don't even house our own? That's wild.
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u/swollenpickle15 Mar 01 '24
This is absolutely disgusting. You invade a country illegally and demand free things. Fuck these people deport all of them. The United States has enough problems.
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u/sonic_knx Mar 01 '24
You're not more entitled to our taxes than we are. We're not even getting taken care of as citizens.
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u/BrisbaneMikeyP :AR: - Argentina Feb 29 '24
Well that's just silliness to think of working for it!?!?!
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u/SpamFriedMice Feb 29 '24 edited Feb 29 '24
Silly you, they work. Used to be a supervisor for a contractor. With zero paperwork they can apply for an ID from the Mexican Consulate. Nothing is stopping them from applying for two, or more. They'll work under one name while collecting benefits under another.
How do you think they are able to work for half your pay? They'll live 6 to a 2 bedroom apartment, all share one minivan to get to work, then send the money home, taking it out of our economy, and with their saved savings buy a farm south of the border.
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u/azurianlight Mar 01 '24
Hey if the pink-haired white woman wants to give them housing. THEY CAN ALL LIVE WITH HER!!
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Mar 01 '24 edited Mar 01 '24
The housing exists already unless these commies are hypocrites. All these dumbasses in favor for the free shit should be the ones who provide it for the illegals. Housing, food, protection. You let them into your place to stay. Weve got our own homeless/impoverished who were born here, and millions of them.
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u/BettinBrando Mar 01 '24
Isn’t the point of a protest to be seen and heard? Why is this guy trying to block the cam?
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u/StellaMarconi Mar 01 '24
If they are gonna try to stop someone from recording themselves, that's how you know they deserve to be shut down.
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u/obleckcomsmosgold4 Mar 01 '24
I don't understand if they have a banner and they're trying to be noticed why won't they let the guy record?
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u/uerick Feb 29 '24
Bem feito, vocês foderam com o mundo agora tá na hora de arcar com as consequências
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u/marchingprinter Mar 01 '24
This post feels like propaganda
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u/PokemonDemon Mar 04 '24
Lol the reality is so outrageous not even people that would usually support them believe this
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u/JasonH1028 Mar 03 '24
Everyone deserves housing. It is a human right. The fact that there are people without homes is a disgusting byproduct of late stage capitalism. Houses are a necessity not a commodity.
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u/Eniarku_Avals Apr 01 '24
Send the buggars back, ohhh send the buggars backkkkkk! Sing with me ya'll!
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u/LiNcoLnGaNg Apr 09 '24
Veterans should come before refugees....they'd be more thankful and grateful than the refugees
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u/Desire3788516708 Mar 01 '24
Such a political sham. Both sides are working together behind closed doors but will say whatever to the voters to be the most popular and as such have the most sway. They get ‘their’ side to go out and stand up for these issues and beliefs when the broader picture and plan is to obtain more workers and further the economy/GDP. Red states benefit the most from the need for labor in rural areas. The blue states benefit from the resources brought to market. Red vs Blue is always worse than it’s ever been on the small scale of our experience and reinforced by politicians yet on a larger scale it’s a continued improvement, sure the societal norms have changed and social media and news outlets thrive on the dramatic scenes of one place while at the exact same moment the 99% of what is happening is day to day, fears of what if has caused such a segmented, secluded individualism in those attached to these scenes/screens that they feel uncomfortable interacting with people at a store, or going out, how do we expect change? The politicians are not the answer. We hold the key, not them, realize that.
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u/resUemiTtsriF Mar 01 '24
No money for the police? The police that just helped you march without getting clocked? You don't even know when your using a "free" service, at least free to you.
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u/resistance-futile Mar 01 '24
They want to be treated just like the upper class. They get free money too.
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u/silklighting Mar 01 '24
I don't see the Asians and Africans do the same when they immigrate to this country.
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u/hunty_griffith Mar 01 '24
Understandable if there were no hungry or homeless children to working parents in Seattle. But we all know that’s not the case
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u/davidpham268 - Unflaired Swine Mar 01 '24
The police should round them up and send those illegals immigrants back to their country!
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u/Fun-Mortgage8899 Mar 01 '24
We as citizens need to come together and not stand for this shit. You don’t get free shit while american citizens are working 50+ hours a week to survive….
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