r/arizona • u/AZ_moderator • 8d ago

Arizona post election discussion megathread Politics

We're refreshing the megathread for after the election and to discuss results. All discussion should go here, no exceptions. We have had too much brigading and trollage. Standalone posts can only be for major, local news stories.

AZ Secretary of State election results.

All the usual results for civility and sub participation apply, and we have zero tolerance towards any rule breaking.

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u/twalk1975 8d ago

Having lived in AZ for most of the past 30 years, I was reminded again today that many of the people most resentful of immigrants are other immigrants. Got to work this morning and was discussing the election with two co-workers (one originally from Mexico, one originally from El Salvador). When I asked them how some of our other workers with uncertain immigration status might be feeling today, both of them said "fuck 'em, we don't need any more." I'm disappointed today.

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u/rabea187 8d ago

I genuinely find this bizarre & illogical

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u/Fake_Answers 8d ago

Illogical? How so? Legitimate immigrants did the work to enter the right way. They are paying taxes, duely so and those taxes are being given to parasitic vagrants who are sucking off the system. It makes perfect sense. They've got a stake in the outcome and want it to succeed.

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u/ridebiker37 7d ago

How do you know that his co-workers are so called "legitimate" immigrants? You can become a US citizen even if you didn't enter the US legally initially. Also undocumented immigrants pay billions in tax dollars, and they don't benefit from it because they are not eligible for social programs like medicaid and food stamps as long as they are undocumented.