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 @AmazedVetoDemocratNewsImmigrationDaily DiscussionDeportationAmericanCampaignImmigration Policy•••2yrs ago

Democrats need to warn Hispanics about Trump

While Latinos are generally more moderate on immigration policy than the average American, a considerable number appear to favor punitive measures. In a recent poll, 53 percent of Hispanic voters said they would support the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, with 50 percent supporting “large detention centers” for those awaiting possible deportation.

Trump’s plans to carry out the largest mass deportation campaign in history are no secret — he refers to them frequently in stump speeches. And the outlines of the plans have been amply documented. Trump is aiming to expel at least 15 million undocumented people from the country. (For a sense of scale, compare this figure to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which currently protects more than 500,000 “dreamers.”) These vulnerable millions know no other country but this one. If they are forced to leave everything they have behind overnight, their anguish will make the hideous stories of family separations we heard during the first Trump term pale in comparison.

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 @F0reignP0licyTonyDemocratfrom Minnesota  commented…2yrs2Y

Can anyone explain how we are supposed to believe Trump will lower prices when the things he is proposing - tariffs on ALL imported goods and mass deportation of agricultural workers - are virtually guaranteed to raise prices?

Am I missing something??

 @TrustingLibertarianRepublicanfrom Connecticut  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Those groups taking up room in homeless shelters in major cities across the US are not agricultural workers

 @F0reignP0licyTonyDemocratfrom Minnesota  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Has Trump pledged not to deport any illegal aliens working in food production? If so, I missed it.

 @TrustingLibertarianRepublicanfrom Connecticut  commented…2yrs2Y

So you are in support of using illegal immigrants for cheap work in food production?

 @ClamJasmineRepublican from Washington  disagreed…2yrs2Y

We are going to drill and then deport 20 million illegals competing for goods, services, and housing for starters.

 @F0reignP0licyTonyDemocratfrom Minnesota  disagreed…2yrs2Y

I'm not sure you understand how economies work. Deporting just 1M people would shrink the economy by 2%. Deporting 20M would crater the economy.

 @N0minati0nRonnieDemocrat from Minnesota  commented…2yrs2Y

Get ready for the price of your groceries to skyrocket

 @Gr4ssrootMantisRepublican from Ohio  commented…2yrs2Y

When you deport the illegals, they just come right back in. We need to turn off the magnets of citizenship and economics.

 @Pe0plesPartyFoxAmerican Solidarity from California  commented…2yrs2Y

Common sense not much to be argued here we’ve always been a country of legal immigration, and if people have legitimate asylum claims or rights to be here, they’ll be a adjudicated people that have no reason to be here will be quickly usher out.

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

Is it justifiable for a country to detain or deport people who have lived there most of their lives but don't have official documents?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

Do you believe mass deportations are a necessary action to maintain a country's security and order, or do they infringe on human rights?

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