
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, and with the looming prospect of Hurricane Irma, the following Storm Jose appears to be a little smaller in comparrison.
Less violent than its predecessor cyclones, Jose's sustained wind speeds are presently around 50 mph to Irma's 165 mph.
Picture: National Hurricane Center
We now have 3 named storms in the Atlantic. Hurricane Irma, Tropical Storms Jose and Tropical Storm Katia. https://t.co/9Bc9SMnLf7— LeoHirsbrunner (@LeoHirsbrunner) 1504687906
As such, people feel slightly more at ease joking about it at present. However, it is expected to become a hurricane within the next few days as it passes over the Atlantic.
The name of the storm has become a bit of a joke, and the target is obvious:
"...and tropical storm Jose is right behind Irma. But it's fine because there's no way Trump's letting Jose in." QOTD by my roommate.— Eugene Won (@Eugene Won) 1504663597
Found out that there's another storm in the Atlantic: Josè. We're good though because Trump probably won't let him in.— j e f f r e y l e w i s 🍾 (@j e f f r e y l e w i s 🍾) 1504667184
We are going to build a wall around Hurricane Irma and Tropical Storm Jose is going to pay for it!— Donald J. Trump ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ (@Donald J. Trump ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ) 1504624538
Don't worry about tropical storm Jose because Trump is deporting it...— Sam Lee (@Sam Lee) 1504659994
The joke holds special significance at present because of Trump's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The move was criticised by his predecessor Barack Obama as an overtly political decision, not a moral one:
It's a political decision, and a moral question.
Whatever concerns or complaints Americans may have about immigration in general, we shouldn't threaten the future of this group of young people who are here through no fault of their own, who pose no threat, who are not taking away anything from the rest of us.
The immigration order shields some children of undocumented immigrants from deportation - this is currently scheduled to cease in March 2018.
It's only in recent years that the Republican party has pandered to far-right policy changes in this vein.
VIDEO: George HW Bush and Ronald Reagan debating over who'd be more compassionate to undocumented immigrant children https://t.co/6Mdt9VPjvR— Matthijs Pontier 💜 Groenen Basis Piraten🌻🪂🏴☠️ (@Matthijs Pontier 💜 Groenen Basis Piraten🌻🪂🏴☠️) 1504534944