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Amid immigration setbacks, one Trump strategy seems to be working: Fear
Washington Post ^ | April 30, 2017

Posted on 04/30/2017 5:42:09 PM PDT by SMGFan

In many ways, President Trump’s attempts to implement his hard-line immigration policies have not gone very well in his first three months. His travel ban aimed at some Muslim-majority countries has been blocked by the courts, his U.S.-Mexico border wall has gone nowhere in Congress, and he has retreated, at least for now, on his vow to target illegal immigrants brought here as children.

But one strategy that seems to be working well is fear. The number of migrants, legal and illegal, crossing into the United States has dropped markedly since Trump took office, while recent declines in the number of deportations have been reversed.

Many experts on both sides of the immigration debate attribute at least part of this shift to the use of sharp, unwelcoming rhetoric by Trump and his aides, as well as the administration’s showy use of enforcement raids and public spotlighting of crimes committed by immigrants. The tactics were aimed at sending a political message to those in the country illegally or those thinking about trying to come.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; barfalert; deportation; fakenews; immigration; trump; washingtoncompost
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Shuuush!..youre right!...but the phrase “Marxist Stream Media” hasnt reached its peak of understanding yet....but it will over time...


41 posted on 04/30/2017 7:01:57 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: SMGFan
Hoboken wasn't built in a day.
42 posted on 04/30/2017 7:04:19 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: SMGFan
WINNING!!!

43 posted on 04/30/2017 7:43:46 PM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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To: wastedyears

Pravda West as it’s known to Vietnam/Cold Warrior Dad.


44 posted on 04/30/2017 10:14:55 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Personal Responsibility
Re: “My father asked me if there was a way for Trump to bring lawsuit against his own legislation in a favorable district? Do it before the liberals have a chance to take it to the 9th?”

That's very unlikely.

The legal doctrine of “estoppel” does not allow a litigant to assert something that completely contradicts his previous statements or actions.

45 posted on 04/30/2017 11:14:45 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: SMGFan

What really chaps the WaaaaaaaPo’s ass is that it’s fear of the law by those who would break it.....


46 posted on 05/01/2017 4:11:47 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Personal Responsibility

I think his only recourse with those policies they have called unconstitutional is to go to the Supreme Court.


47 posted on 05/01/2017 10:37:12 AM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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To: GnuThere

Agreed. However, terror is even better!


48 posted on 05/10/2017 10:10:42 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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