Most of my coworkers are\u00a0Latinos – most of those are\u00a0El Salvadoran. \u00a0So when we went out for lunch one day, it was only a matter of time before they found out I was leaning towards Trump.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, it got awkward at first. \u00a0First came the comments about his disparaging attacks on Latinos. \u00a0Then his comments about Muslims. \u00a0But\u00a0after I wasn’t knuckling other to either one, since I honestly think both charges are bullshit, the silence led one of them to make\u00a0an illuminating comment:<\/p>\n
“Of course we need to have laws.”<\/p>\n
We need to have laws. \u00a0Indeed. \u00a0That’s the crux of the Trump candidacy, and it’s the crux of the European electoral tumult.<\/p>\n
I’ve been in politics a long time – since my naive days of Jerry Brown’s 1992 presidential campaign. \u00a0I can say that the primaries are a brainstorming session\u00a0for both parties – they let any comers shoot off any strange and unformed ideas they have, and see what sticks with the voters. \u00a0It’s only towards the end of the primaries, heading into the convention, that they decide it’s time to close down the session and rally around a candidate they feel represents them.<\/p>\n
Only sometimes it doesn’t quite work as planned. \u00a0Like this year. \u00a0This year has been a real popular backlash against ruling class policy – that of abolishing all immigration law, and allowing anybody on earth to move anywhere they want. \u00a0 We may have our “illegal immigrant” problem here at home (I’ll get to that in a bit). \u00a0But it’s nothing compared to the brilliant EU loophole of allowing “refugee” status to people in any one country and then letting them in through that back door into any other country in Europe.<\/p>\n
As Douglas Murray puts it “‘imagine there’s no countries’? \u00a0We don’t have to imagine it, we’re seeing the real consequences of getting rid of borders, and that’s people blowing themselves up in the heart of Paris.”<\/p>\n
It’s no stretch to say this is deliberate policy. \u00a0And part of that policy is to smear anyone who criticises the scrapping of immigration law and borders as a bigot. \u00a0This is happening both in European and American governments, both Democrat and Republican parties.<\/p>\n
And that’s why when Trump comes in and says things like “build that wall” or “seal the borders” it’s a signal that he supports something THEY CANNOT ALLOW TO HAPPEN.<\/p>\n
The remarks themselves aren’t even worth scrutinizing that much. \u00a0In a brainstorming session, one wants provocative remarks like this, because they spur thought, reaction, debate. \u00a0Nevermind if they’re unworkable or offensive, we have plenty of time to take those comments, see the direction they’re going in, and hammer them out into workable policy.<\/p>\n
Like the “ban all Muslims” remark. \u00a0Nevermind that they twisted what he said. \u00a0Nevermind that there’s no way to ban based on religion. \u00a0But there are bans based on country of origin. \u00a0It’s not that hard to go from one to the other, and we did it to Iran after their hijackings.<\/p>\n
But back to the American issue of immigration. \u00a0If I make one point, it’s this. \u00a0It’s okay to demand immigration be made legal. \u00a0It’s okay to make sure those immigrating here legally can do so more easily than those who don’t. \u00a0It’s okay to demand that those who pose a terrorism risk aren’t allowed in. \u00a0The more voters who make these demands are made to feel like bigots, the more they will rally and solidify behind a man like Trump.<\/p>\n
It’s in everyone’s interests that everyone in this country is here legally. \u00a0The fact is, someone who is here working illegally is someone who is working with no rights. \u00a0Are there issues with this? \u00a0Of course. \u00a0That’s a whole separate article.<\/p>\n
But nobody’s saying “kick out all the Mexicans” or “Mexicans are criminals”. \u00a0Those are just slanders. \u00a0Trump’s main remark, time and again, is that we can’t just ignore our own laws and let people pour over without any record.<\/p>\n
That’s a great starting point. \u00a0If we’re short on workers, nobody has a problem with liberalizing immigration law. \u00a0As my coworkers told me, and I suspected, poor Latin Americans\u00a0can’t immigrate legally to USA. \u00a0Only the rich can. \u00a0Well, that’s a problem. \u00a0And we can change that. \u00a0With laws. \u00a0Not by ignoring laws and ridiculing those that have a problem with it.<\/p>\n
It’s no secret that America’s a nation of immigrants. \u00a0My coworkers\u00a0relay to me their parents’ stories of escaping violence and poverty to seek a better life in America, and honestly, it doesn’t sound too different from anybody else’s story. \u00a0That’s why nobody’s doing themselves any favors by claiming the Trump campaign anti-immigrant. \u00a0Because those who’ve been paying attention to Trump’s remarks realize it’s a “pro-law” campaign.<\/p>\n
Because America is a nation of immigrants, but it’s also a nation of laws. \u00a0And one doesn’t trump the other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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