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Marine Corps veteran says he feels betrayed after his father was arrested by masked federal agents in Southern California (edition.cnn.com)

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Alejandro Barranco told CNN Monday that his father, Narciso Barranco, was detained by federal agents Saturday afternoon while working as a landscaper at an IHOP in Santa Ana, California. The 25-year-old Marine veteran said his father was born in Mexico and has lived in the US since the 90s. He is undocumented but has no criminal record, his son said.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Eh, nowhere in this article do I see anyone mention they’re a MAGA voter/supporter.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Our military, a definitely pro trump organization, is 100% volunteer. This guy volunteered and is now realizing the org he volunteered to join is eating his family.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It's a bit more nuanced than that. Many join up because it's family tradition, or more often, because it's the only option available to them to survive or try to get ahead that is not explicitly criminal. The US forces lower to mid income people into the military by withholding education and healthcare from the populace at large.

Additionally, a surprising number of military personnel align more with center-left than right-wing politics. Capturing this in surveys is very challenging, however, as there is significant fear of punishment for expressing anything that could be critical of the Executive branch, even anonymously.

[–] supernight52@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Additionally, a surprising number of military personnel align more with center-left than right-wing politics.

As someone that spent 7 years in the US military, I'm gonna say I doubt this very much. The vast majority of soldiers, seamen, airmen, and marines I interacted with during my time in voted for Trump's first term, and most were vocally praising him. Anecdotally, your observation holds no water. Do you have a source for that?

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 week ago

Anecdotally, your observation holds no water. Do you have a source for that?

To clarify: By "surprising number" I did not intend to mean "majority".

My sources are both anecdotal (definitely biased by having lived in W. WA as well as mainly knowing people who enlisted circa 2004 or were retired NCOs) as well as surveys. I was able to find a decent list of surveys for the last ~15 years here.

Basically, yes, right-wing does likely still outnumber center-left but, as of 5 years ago, it looks to be by a smaller margin.

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