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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I see what you mean on the racism point, but the argument is cast in a deliberately tribal way. We are Americans, they're not like us, so we're against them, get rid of them. Whether it's racist or just xenophobic- and there are surely elements of both to varying degrees depending on which particular Trump supporters you happen to talk to about it - it's clearly based on manipulatable flaws in human psychology / the way people think and operate in groups. It's stoking the mob.
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Trump has stated many times he supports legal immigration. What people don't understand is when someone goes through the process of immigrating to another country it takes resources, both money and time to complete the process. Do you think the people that go through this process support their peers who ignore the laws and sneak across the boarder to live in a country as an illegal immigrant? No they don't. They believe exactly what Trump and his supporters believe. If you want to live in a foreign country - no problem, just go through the legal process. And if your in a country illegally then you will be deported. No racism, discrimination or xenophobia about any of this. Just the fact that the USA has laws and if they are not being practiced then what's the point of having legal immigration? You might as well just open the door to your house and let everyone in and take whatever they want!