Sunday, November 8, 2020

TRUMP HAS BEEN THE MOST ANTI-MEXICAN PRESIDENT IN 175 YEARS




TRUMP HAS BEEN THE MOST ANTI-MEXICAN PRESIDENT IN 175 YEARS. 

Donald Trump has done more harm to Mexican-Americans than any President in recent history. Anyone who loves Mexico and the Mexican-American community should welcome the electoral defeat of Donald Trump and the transition to the Biden Administration. 

Slander of the Mexican people.

Let’s not forget that Donald Trump started his first campaign for President in 2015 by slandering Mexicans and Mexican immigrants.  “They are not our friend, believe me.  They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

Trump spoke about immigrants at the Southern border as “bad hombres” and “animals”.  He called the Mexican legal system corrupt.  When an Indiana judge ruled against his company, Trump said it was because he was “Mexican”.  He even baselessly stated that the “overwhelming” share of crimes in urban areas were committed by blacks and Hispanics. https://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/

Trump used his vow to build a wall between us and Mexico to incite his supporters at political rallies, scapegoating Mexico and Mexican immigrants for our problems.  He even taunted the Mexican government by saying it would pay for the wall, repeatedly working his followers into a fervor by asking them: “And who will pay for it?”.  “Mexico”, they gleefully responded.

In fact, over the last four years, Trump spent billions of American government funds on his “wall”, even though border security experts argued the wall was ineffective.  He even diverted money from the military and emergency relief to spend on his border fences. It’s clear he used this obsession with the wall to enflame many of his nativist supporters. 

Never before has a U.S. President so relentlessly targeted a U.S. ally for hostility and scapegoated its immigrants so maliciously for political gain.

Widespread racist attacks against Mex[CK1] ican-Americans and other Latinos.

Donald Trump’s rhetoric contributed to a wave of racist attacks in public on Mexicans and other Latinos not seen in decades.  People speaking Spanish in grocery stores – often U.S. citizens -- were told to “Go back where you came from.”  Many Latinos were physically assaulted, their homes vandalized in ethnic-based attacks.  There have been an increased number of complaints of mistreatment of Latinos by law enforcement over the last four years.  https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2018/10/25/more-latinos-have-serious-concerns-about-their-place-in-america-under-trump/

And Trump never called out these racist attacks for fear of disappointing the racists among his supporters. 

Trump’s war on Mexican immigration.

And for millions of Mexican immigrants here, Trump’s Administration has brought fear, anguish and broken dreams on a massive scale.  Every day for four years, I’ve seen the toll that his administration's policies have had on the Mexican immigrant population here.  He deputized Steven Miller, Jeff Sessions and William Barr to carry out a virtual war on Mexican immigration;  specifically:

·       Trump cancelled Obama’s program known as DAPA, which deprived status to 5 million mostly Mexican undocumented immigrants here

·       he repeatedly attempted to kill DACA, which would have cancelled status for  another 750,000 immigrants; he was only stopped from doing so by the courts;

·       The Trump Administration’s  expanded deportation to remove thousands of families previously given a reprieve by Democratic and Republican administrations;

·       His Department of Homeland Security jailed and prosecuted asylum seekers, and separated them from their children; many still have not been reunited;

·       Trump has promoted an end to family unity, supporting an increase in the 20+ years most Mexicans wait to immigrate through family members;  

·       Trump even made it harder for domestic violence victims or military veterans to immigrate. 

These actions of the Trump Administration – among many others-- have translated into more Mexican families separated from their loved ones or further deferring their dreams of obtaining status in America.  https://www.sonomacountygazette.com/sonoma-county-news/biden-vs-trump-how-they-differ-on-immigration-policy/

Even worse was what Trump said behind closed doors about immigrants crossing the borders.  Here’s what was reported by his aides:

“Privately, the president had often talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, prompting aides to seek a cost estimate. He wanted the wall electrified, with spikes on top that could pierce human flesh. After publicly suggesting that soldiers shoot migrants if they threw rocks, the president backed off when his staff told him that was illegal. But later in a meeting, aides recalled, he suggested that they shoot migrants in the legs to slow them down. That’s not allowed either, they told him.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/02/trumps-most-insulting-violent-language-is-often-reserved-immigrants/

COVID.

Lastly, Trump’s handling of the COVID epidemic has been a story of ineptitude, misrepresentations to the public, and reckless disregard for public health.  https://kpblawfirm.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-detailed-account-of-trumps.html

COVID has disproportionately affected the Hispanic community; approximately 45,000 have died, representing 20% of the deaths in the U.S. since the epidemic began. Trump has shown little or no empathy toward families who have suffered illness or death from COVID. 

Conclusion.

There hasn’t been a President so consistently anti-Mexican in word and deed, since James Polk – who took about half of Mexico’s territory after the Mexican-American War he incited.    

The election this week has apparently brought an end to Donald Trump’s Presidency after one term.  It’s a blessing for all those who care about democracy and good government in America.  But it’s particularly good news for the Mexican-American community.  Joe Biden will put a stop to the anti-Mexican and anti-immigrant rhetoric, implement more humane immigration policies and attempt to restore the historically friendly relationship with the Mexican nation and people.   


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