If you're not going to discuss it, then it's irrelevant to this discussion.
No it's not. I see first hand what the negative side of illegal immigration brings to my city. Do you think I just loaded up some Republican entertainment website and copied and pasted that they are on food stamps, get free health insurance and housing? No. I've seen it first hand and see how they are more of priority than our own citizens.
Don't take this the wrong way man, but I think you might have drank some Kool-aid there. Most of the South Americans crossing the border barely speak English much less know anything about social welfare programs in the US. Go down to like any Home Depot and you'll find these people waiting around eager to work. A lot of Amazon fulfillment centers basically run entirely on labor from illegal aliens hired by shady contractors. These people come here wanting to work.
Sure, some of work, but sure as hell not around where I live, unless you count importing and distributing meth and heroin, or their side jobs of robbing local citizens and businesses. It's actually hard to get a steady job if you're an illegal immigrant, most reputable companies require verification that you're a citizen. You'll be stuck mowing lawns or waiting outside certain "hot spots" were you may or may not find someone that'll pick you up and pay you for manual labor that day.
I will admit though that I'm ignorant on the economics of this issue, so I'm open to having my mind changed about it. I'd assume that the burden these immigrants actually place on welfare programs in the US are insignificant compared to the massive amount of people who are legally in the country and on welfare. Again, I'm just assuming here and if you have any credible sources that show the impact of illegal aliens on welfare programs (and maybe other programs) I'd be very interested in seeing them.
Comparing the two shouldn't even be considered as we aren't supposed to be handing out freebies to people that are in our country illegally. Giving a single illegal immigrant more priority than a legal citizen (which, is what is happening now) is not right. Let alone placing thousands of them in front of our own citizens. We should not make them a priority, if anything, they should have to get in the back of the line, but that's too much if you ask me. If they didn't bother to obey our laws to begin with I say kick them out.
I don't think anyone is saying Trump is responsible for everything bad that happens. I've certainly never heard a Democrat refer to Trump as a God either
Glad to know you're aren't one of those easy to manipulate Trump haters that will change their entire belief structure on an issue if Trump simply mentions and agrees with it.
If you were around in the earlier days of Microsoft, you may have learned about the term called "FUD". This is an acronym for "fear, uncertainty, and doubt". It's a tactic Microsoft used a lot to attack their competition.
Wikipedia has a good article on it. This is the type of thing we see in the news all the time, not just from Trump and his administration, but from everyone. It's like a side effect of the click-bait industry. You just gotta keep an open mind and a healthy dose of skepticism about everything you hear,
especially when they seem extremely one-sided and/or obvious (
like those damned illegals stealing our jobs, begging for handouts, and blaming the white man, etc)
Fear is a great way to control the masses, but it's also dishonest and often abused. I often try to ask questions and do my own research, especially on local issues that effect me personally. I learned a long time ago, after being in the news and knowing others who have been in the news, that it's usually 90% made up bullshit based on 5% half truths that is based on 5% reality. I also know that Politicians in general, Democratic or Republican, base their entire career on lying to the public, but I didn't need Trump to tell me that the problem around me that I face every time I walk to the store is a problem. I hope, like under Obama, more detention facilities are constructed and millions are kicked out until we can get rid of the policies that make it so enticing for them to skip the legal process and cross our borders illegally.
Like I said, I have personal experience with most of the stuff I've been discussing. I'm sure not every single illegal immigrant mooches off the system. Take for example, the ones being manipulated by coyote's. They organize groups of people to come to the USA with promises that they will have a better life, often for personal profit as the Democratic policies encourage this type of behavior.
It's not that they are "trying to get in before Trump closes the border". It's because they want a better life, but are being manipulated and going about it the wrong way. Of course, there's also plenty of them that understand the illegal aspect of it, but also understand that the Democratic policies will allow them to mooch off the system. It isn't some "mad last rush" to the border.
If we weren't giving them free services after they illegally entered the country there would be little to no incentive for them to do it (unless, they are running drugs or planning on pimping out 6 year old girls). This is why I think the detention camps should be as about as rough as they can get.
This is what a lot of prisoners, who are people that broke the law and got caught eat in the local jail where I live. Also, overcrowding is really bad, you'll be sleeping on the concrete floors (opposed to the concrete slabs they have for beds).
I see no reason to give people who broke the law coming into the country and better conditions then the ones who are in the country who broke the law. Aren't the Democrats talking about treating them equally?