Comment by texasgambler58 on 03/02/2025 at 22:25 UTC

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Flying the flag of the country that you DON'T want to go back to is an interesting strategy. Probably not going to get support from most Americans.

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Comment by sequencedStimuli at 03/02/2025 at 22:34 UTC

29 upvotes, 4 direct replies

Not all Americans are nativist or isolationist, and many understand immigrants having pride for where their families come from. But you’re right “most” may be reactionary/small-minded nationalists spooked by foreign flags.

Comment by cajonero at 03/02/2025 at 22:38 UTC

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The flag is a stand-in for the immigrant culture and way of life. I personally like the ones that are diagonally stitched with the US flag, but if you don’t have one of those, waving the flag of the country you came from as a way to say “We’re here and we matter” is a perfectly valid statement that can’t really be accomplished by waving only the American flag.

Comment by Mynameisdiehard at 04/02/2025 at 00:13 UTC

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See here's the problem. You assume because people wave American flags because they are "proud" of being from America means that everyone is having a flag of another country means they are born in that country? I have an Ireland flag because part of my heritage is Irish, but I'm not FROM that country. I'm proud of my HERITAGE being from the place that the flag represents. If their heritage is predominantly Mexican, they SHOULD be proud of that! These people may not have much American heritage to be proud of. 1 or 2 generations is nothing compared to dozens or hundreds in another country.

Tldr: The issue is with the way you perceive the MEANING of them waving the flag of their heritage, not with them actually waving it. Your bias that your own perspective can be the only correct one is the problem

Comment by yarmulke at 04/02/2025 at 00:35 UTC

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Better not see you flying an Irish flag next month, or a German flag in September/October then.

Comment by Montecroux at 03/02/2025 at 23:09 UTC

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How else are you supposed to signal your heritage that's being disproportionately targeted for deportation?

Comment by SweetTeaMoonshine at 04/02/2025 at 05:25 UTC

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It doesn’t matter if Hispanics don’t get support from Americans. I’m American and honestly it’s going to cost a lot of taxpayer dollars. We’re looking at 500 billion dollars to deport every illegal immigrant. Not including Chinese or African or other nationalities which are around 3 million of them or so. Now Hispanic immigrants generate about 95 billion dollars in taxes. Only about 50 billion dollars go to welfare programs. So the U.S generates like 40 billion profit. Now we’re going to face labor shortage because I know our citizens don’t want to go into farming, construction, and cleaning services. It might take us about 20 years to fill the gap of labor. In total will lose 5 trillion this coming decade. Also Elon musk is stealing 6 trillion dollars from the treasury. So yeah.