Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

But if their parents were illegals initially and eventually became US citizens WHAT THEN????????? Does Trump envisage a cut off point?

How possible is it/was it for an illegal alien to become a citizen?

Interesting read about the media and sycophancy:

https://www.salon.com/2025/07/05/for-the-love-of-god-please-stop-interviewing-lindsey-graham/

Lol, good luck with that! Keep him out of mischief for a bit. And stretch Trump's vocabulary of insults.

The only positive I could see is that it might dilute the right-wing vote, assuming that there are fair elections in the first place, which is looking less likely.

I looked at a video about Alligator Alcatraz and the responses in the comments were almost all pro-Trump, being very enthusiastic about the project and making very racist and negative comments about immigrants and their round-up.

Some were just ignorant and violent, but some were saying 'this is just a temporary place, they will not be there long' and 'their cases will be heard at immigration courts within the camp' and 'its all new FEMA stuff, if its good enough for people who have been made homeless by disasters, its good enough for them'. Which on the face of it is reasonable enough.

None of them addressed the fact that, going on ICE figures, over 75% of the people arrested by ICE had no criminal background, other than traffic or immigration offences. Or that farming, hospitality etc are going to be badly affected by the lack of employees to do the jobs that Americans don't want. Or that people who are not illegal immigrants - born on American soil, or having legal permits to be in the country, or are legitimately pursuing permission to stay - are also being rounded up.

Some of those replies could have been bots, but Trump and others of the leadership are actively promoting this negative attitude. Its creating a very raw, ignorant, boorish element of the population, the kind of people who are entertained by the AA merchandise. While maybe not as aggressive, the same attitude can be found here and in other countries where immigration is happening.

Politico has an article about deportations https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/29/mass-deportation-immigration-history-00195729

And this newspaper report from 1855 shows this is not a new situation, putting the lie to the Statue of Liberty quote even then.

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"