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Immigrants are no longer welcome in Donald Trump’s America. Instead, the Republican presidential nominee posited that under his potential second administration, he would round up and mass-deport noncitizens based on their “serial numbers.”

Speaking with Full Measure’s Sharyl Attkisson, Trump argued that the United States—which was founded by and has historically been a nation of immigrants—shouldn’t be a “dumping ground” for newcomers.

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Attkisson then asked Trump how he even intends to carry out mass deportations. “A lot of the millions of people have had children who are American citizens, and don’t you think the first time there is an image on television of a family tearfully being told to board a bus that that whole program would end?” she asked.

Trump agreed and offered a solution: less media coverage.

“That’s right,” he said. “If you take a young woman with two beautiful children, and you put her on a bus, and it ends up on the front page of every newspaper. It makes it a lot harder."

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[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Serial number? Wonder what his Jewish supporters have to say about that.

[–] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Not to generalize, but any Jew who still plans to vote for this antisemitic piece of shit isn’t concerning themselves with reality or history. (Whoops I generalized.)

[–] SattaRIP@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That oughtta fix the economy! Definitely won't bite the USA in the ass.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 26 points 1 year ago

not like the entire country is built on a foundation of illegal immigrant labor. (as in, the labor arrangment is illegal and dramatically underpaid, not the immigrants. no person is illegal)

[–] Avg@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

As an immigrant who became a citizen, if he becomes president I'll volunteer.