Almost two-thirds of respondents said US used to be a great place for immigrants but no longer is

Donald Trump’s aggressive and wide-reaching immigration-enforcement agenda has convinced increasing numbers of adults that the US is no longer a welcoming country for outsiders, a new poll has found.

About six in 10 respondents to the Associated Press-NORC poll, conducted last month, say the country used to be a great place for immigrants, but no longer is.

Another one-third said they or somebody they knew personally had been affected by the Trump administration’s crackdown in the previous 12 months, rising to about 60% of Hispanic adults.

  • thlibos@thelemmy.club
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    This is what nearly 40 years of unopposed and uncontested hate radio and cable news lies has wrought. The bottom 30% of US citizenry with no “real” education, a 3rd grade reading level, and amygdalas the size of a basketballs are unable to control how they react to change or difference. These dullards fantasize they are the majority and ever since their Orange Jesus got elected think they don’t have to hide their hatred and bigotry and can do it openly and gleefully once again.

    After the Civil War, the North really should have executed every Confederate male over age 10 and relocated those remaining to states outside of the (former) Confederacy and ceded all those territories to any/all freed slaves.