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> The spectrum of political opinion isn't 1D Immigration policy was the single largest policy issue of the Trump campaign. No, you can't play this game. No o
by ajross 2y ago
> The spectrum of political opinion isn't 1D
Immigration policy was the single largest policy issue of the Trump campaign. No, you can't play this game. No one is surprised that this is the policy. Everyone heard what he said about immigrants.
What I think you're trying to say is that some people fooled themselves that this was all a bit[1], and that he wouldn't actually do the things he was very clearly and very loudly saying he would do.
But he would, and he did, and now he has. And that's on you, not some fiction you told yourself about the candidate.
[1] Not the only such area. See the embarassing mess in Bill Ackman's twitter output over the past week.
- Aloisius 2y agoPeople on temporary student visas aren't immigrants and have nothing to do with immigration. What's next? Mass deportation of tourists?
- uoaei 2y agoMaybe you would need to explicate your definition of "immigrant" before continuing. All visas are "temporary" so that is a meaningless qualification in this context.
- Aloisius 2y ago> immigrant (noun) - a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. The US has two classes of visas: immigrant and nonimmigrant visas. Student visas are the latter along with things like tourist visas. People here simply to go to school on student visas are not immigrants.
- shadowgovt 2y agoIt's worth noting that this is another example of the "Trump would never do that" to "Okay, first of all, I don't agree with your definition of 'concentration camp'" pipeline.