Don’t Let Donald Trump Whitewash His REAL First Term Immigration Record – “A Cruel and Chaotic Failure”

Don’t Let Donald Trump Whitewash His REAL First Term Immigration Record – “A Cruel and Chaotic Failure”

 

See Details and Reminders About Trump’s First Term on Immigration and the Border Below: Access online version of release HERE

 

Washington – As Donald Trump makes vile, anti-immigrant lies the centerpiece of his closing argument, the relentless focus on xenophobic messages at his rallies and in his interviews also includes another sort of fiction. In addition to the falsehoods about immigrants, Trump is intent to make up an alternate version of his real first-term record when it comes to immigration and the border.

 

Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, said: 

 

“The real Trump immigration record is one of cruelty, chaos, and failure. He helped dismantle our immigration system, slashed legal immigration by 2/3, presided over the moral stain of family separation, and tried to end the DACA program for Dreamers. And even on his signature border and border wall applause lines, his real record was one of wastefulness and ineffectiveness. As he makes his closing argument all about immigration, don’t forget to recognize that his attempts to whitewash his own history are part of the litany of falsehoods.”

Reminders of Trump’s REAL First Term Immigration & Border Record

When he tries to claim the border was “secure” during Trump’s term and touts his border wall, remember the real record:

When Trump tries to whitewash other parts of his first term immigration record: 

  • Trump’s first term on immigration was a cruel and chaotic failure (see deep dive here).
  • He dismantled our immigration system – the asylum process, visa channels, the refugee program, among others – which has contributed to the broken system we see today.
  • His cruel and chaotic and counterproductive first-term policies included:

 

Follow Vanessa Cárdenas and America’s Voice on Twitter: @VCardenasDC and @AmericasVoice

 

America’s Voice – Harnessing the power of American voices and American

values to win common sense immigration reform 

 

www.americasvoice.org

(Visited 175 times, 1 visits today)

Comments are closed.

News From Around the Web

The Political Landscape