Democrats better frame this one right. Re: De Page as a Canadian who overstayed his

[Baitball Blogger]

Visa.

The way that I see it, the overzealous focus on brown-skinned immigrants left us vulnerable to those white colored visitors and workers who overstay their visas. I never believed that these people are any less likely to commit crimes than anyone else. But, we never hear about their infractions so we assume they're keeping their nose clean.

I always felt that allowing the Republicans to cite the immigration problem as a singular problem limited to Latin Americans was only going to feed their love for prejudice and discrimination.

More info on De Page here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142989720

[Walleye]

1. It is bizarre than a Canadian citizen would get upset to the point of murder over US politics

[Baitball Blogger]

2. What's bizarre is that he's a full-fledged MAGA.

That means he found cover among Republican circles. How many others are doing the same thing?

[progree]

3. "Generally, Canadians who are visiting for business or pleasure don't require a visa and ..."

According to federal records, DePape, a Canadian citizen, entered the country in early March at the San Ysidro port of entry, which is along the California-Mexico border, as a temporary visitor. Generally, Canadians who are visiting for business or pleasure don't require a visa and are allowed to stay in the US for six months

.... Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/03/politics/david-depape-paul-pelosi-attack/index.html

-- https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142989720

[Baitball Blogger]

4. I wonder if anything now will change for Canadians who have the same

political affiliations? Or any other individual who overstays whatever regulations they're breaking.

[progree]

5. I wonder too

[Jilly_in_VA]

6. Yeah, unbelievable

a WHITE "illegal" immigrant. You know Boston is full of them, or used to be--mostly Irish. And south FloriDUH has Russians. But do the MAGAts say anything about THEM? Nah. They're the "right color".