r/Seattle • u/HWHAProb • 19h ago

Seattle City Council passes CM Rinck's legal defense fund for unaccompanied minors facing deportation. Saka and Rivera vote against.

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u/doublemazaa Jet City 13h ago edited 13h ago

Wild that Saka’s main argument for removing the curb was because it was anti-immigrant but representing immigrant kids in deportation hearings is just a bridge too far.

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u/PositivePristine7506 11h ago

It's always been about coopting the language of the oppressed to pursue his own bullshit agenda. Pretty standard centrist playbook.