Most Americans say undocumented immigrants should be able to stay legally under certain conditions
Most Americans say undocumented immigrants should be able to stay legally under certain conditions
www.pewresearch.org
Most Americans say undocumented immigrants should be able to stay legally under certain conditions
Americans hold complex views on what should happen to undocumented immigrants. As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to ramp up mass deportations, about three-quarters of U.S. adults say they are at least somewhat concerned about the number of immigrants entering the country illegally, and a majority support enforcing mass deportation.
I think most Americans are liars at this point. Sure they might say they don't want people rounded up into concentration camps, but they sure as fuck will vote for it when no one is looking.
When asked in the same poll, Americans do support deportations but also more support legalization of immigrants.
https://www.vox.com/policy/368889/immigration-border-polls-election-2024-trump-harris
https://news.gallup.com/poll/647123/sharply-americans-curb-immigration.aspx
Republicans have primed Americans into thinking illegal immigrants are criminals bringing in crime and drugs into the country. Which is completely fabricated and untrue. However, since Biden, Democrats have failed to counter message and instead adopted this right wing framing on immigration.
That's the entire reason we see this contradiction. A genuine counter message would be popular, as it was with the Dreamers messaging under Obama. A genuine counter message is essential, considering that Trump is going to start mass deportations day one, meaning concentration camps for millions of Americans.
And once camps are set up, it never stops with only one group of "undesirables". I fully expect transgender people to be next, then activists rebranded as terrorists, then political opponents.
That doesn't conflict with my statement at all. They don't actually care about what happens to other people, specifically immigrants in this case. What they say completely conflicts with their actions.
Most Americans are perfectly happy to endorse a domestic genocide if they think it will slightly improve their personal lives/wallets. Or they're just totally indifferent, which isn't much better in my opinion.
Considering he isnāt going to do anything to help the economy, I donāt know why they voted like that.