Who cares what the UK legal definition is? That definition is pretty arbitrary, and could include a lot of things that the average person wouldn't consider "hat

Who cares what the UK legal definition is? That definition is pretty arbitrary, and could include a lot of things that the average person wouldn't consider "hateful". The UK in particular has notoriously strict limits on freedom of speech that are incredibly antithetical to the US. I don't really agree with the quote. But I think it's perfectly defensible. For starters, "illegal immigrant" isn't a race. Trump never said anything about hispanics in general, or people that were born in the US. I believe in context the quote didn't apply to legal immigrants either. It's really disturbing to me that this climate has become so polarized, that anyone that says something you disagree with is "hate speech". Whether or not illegal immigration actually increases crime, it's a perfectly debatable issue. I think it's probably not true, but I can certainly understand why people would be concerned about it. I wouldn't consider those people racists.