That particular Trump spokesman has had several days to clarify his message, but has not yet done it. At first listen, it sounds somewhat baffling. Why is he saying this would be a problem?
He should have phrased it better from the beginning. Maybe someone else in the Trump group can help this guy edit and sharpen his message. The media loves to feign ‘confusion’ when a conservative makes any sort of statement.
Yeah it could probably use some clarification...
I guess that is why I decided to post my epiphany for the day.
i actually fully understand the point, it’s actually a huge issue in South Central LA and I suspect many other places. The Mexican culture has a tendency toward the infiormal economy. In LA they actually ban a lot of this kind of thing, taco trucks, sidealk vendors, etc., because if you let them, they’ll put all of the legit establlishments out of business and you’re left with no tax base, no real sit down restaurants, just a bunch of taco trucks in parking lots.
No, he was making the point that Mexican culture is "dominant" meaning that one of its values is to become the dominant influence in an area. In other words, to impose its values on the areas where the culture moves into. Or put more bluntly, to resist assimilation, and cause the other cultures to assimilate Mexican cultural concepts.
The concept of cultures with "dominant" tendencies isn't new, in fact that's one of the reasons people from England colonized the world for centuries. Islamic Arab cultures also have "dominant" tendencies, as is apparent from their history and actions today.
While every individual acts on their own values, and attempts to extrapolate individual behavior based on broad historical trends, or societal values as determined by analysis of group behavior are unreliable, the values of immigrants certainly shape society.
The spokesman made a very valid, although perhaps subtle point. The immigration of large numbers of individuals with a particular set of values will result in a change in society, and if that group values its own cultural dominance, then the immigrant group will move society more towards its culture than assimilate into the existing culture.