Trump’s immigration policy in brief: Total racist shutdown
In December 2016, I profiled a group called the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) that I believed would become a big driver of Donald Trump’s immigration policies. There were extensive links between Trump’s transition team and FAIR, which promotes a nearly-overt white nationalist view on immigration. (FAIR would protest at that term, no doubt.)
By and large, my prediction has come true: Trump has indeed drawn heavily on FAIR’s blueprint for his administration’s immigration policies. Whatever he says about the topic, in practice he has embraced mass deportation, ended the DACA program and encouraged the Justice Department and ICE to harass “sanctuary” cities that prioritize public safety over trying to deport every undocumented immigrant within their borders.
In December 2016, I profiled a group called the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) that I believed would become a big driver of Donald Trump’s immigration policies. There were extensive links between Trump’s transition team and FAIR, which promotes a nearly-overt white nationalist view on immigration. (FAIR would protest at that term, no doubt.) By and large, my prediction has come true: Trump has indeed drawn heavily on FAIR’s blueprint for his administration’s immigration policies. Whatever he says about the topic, in practice he has embraced mass deportation, ended the DACA program and encouraged the Justice Department and ICE to harass “sanctuary” cities that prioritize public safety over trying to deport every undocumented immigrant within their borders. By and large, my prediction has come true: Trump has indeed drawn heavily on FAIR’s blueprint for his administration’s immigration policies. Whatever he says about the topic, in practice he has embraced mass deportation, ended the DACA program and encouraged the Justice Department and ICE to harass “sanctuary” cities that prioritize public safety over trying to deport every undocumented immigrant within their borders.