One reason, it is said, why Kamala Harris lost the presidential election to Donald Trump is because she lost the Hispanic vote and she lost the Hispanic vote because Donald Trump focused very heavily on curbing illegal immigration and sending back illegal immigrants to where they came from. He said that no expense will be spared to deport illegal immigrants.
Kamala Harris didn't really tackle the topic of illegal immigration. And so she lost a significant percentage of the Hispanic vote which contributed to her failing in her attempt to become the next president.
I think it is a point worth making that illegal immigrants who become legal and settled, sometimes and perhaps a lot of the time, don't like further illegal immigration because they are competition for settled immigrants.
And, I suspect, once illegal immigrants become settled in their new country they start of think like the native race of people in that country who historically don't like illegal immigration for obvious reasons such as cultural conflict.
That's the point I want to make: illegal and uncontrolled immigration is disliked by both native citizens and newly arrived illegal immigrants and those that have attained citizenship.
Headline in The Times: "Hispanics ditched Democrats in droves over illegal immigration."
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Remember, Democrats HAD worked with Republicans on a bipartisan bill to tackle immigration, only Trump demanded Republicans reject the bill because he felt its passage would harm his election chances. He wanted to keep the anti-immigrant fever burning hot for the election, and, apparently his efforts were successful.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling these Hispanic citizens may be affected one way or another by Trump's plan. When Trump's plan for mass deportation camps comes to fruition, will Hispanic American citizens find themselves subjected to racial profiling? When anti-illegal immigrant zealots see someone who doesn't "look right", will they report them to the authorities merely for being Hispanic? Trust me, one may think the issue is merely about legal immigration status, but it is fueled in large part by something darker, and those dark forces very well may lead to true hardship for the Hispanic community at large.
Thanks for your excellent comment. Appreciated.
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