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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by nikdaheratik on Saturday January 28, 2017 @06:03PM (#13510094)
I refuse to believe that most of the people voted for Trump because of his immigration policy, especially since all of the policy details he provided were vague at best. It was about jobs and hating the Clintons and the Dems more than anything, but immigration wasn't the core issue of the election.
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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by CydeWeys on Saturday January 28, 2017 @06:25PM (#13510266)
Cracking down on illegal immigration was definitely a major plank in his platform. I think the wall is stupid and a waste of money but, at the end of the day, it is in service of existing immigration laws, so it's not abhorrent to the same degree as the Muslim ban, which uses executive power to capriciously deny entry to people who were previously legal immigrants, visitors, and tourists.
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