John Kelly: Undocumented Immigrants 'Don't Integrate Well; They Don't Have Skills'

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-kelly-undocumented-immigrants-dont-integrate-well-they-dont-have-skills?ref=home

John Kelly: Undocumented Immigrants ‘Don’t Integrate Well; They Don’t Have Skills’

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has defended the Trump administration’s harsh policies against undocumented immigrants by claiming most of those seeking to illegally cross the U.S. border are “rural people” with limited skills. In an interview with NPR due to air on Friday’s Morning Edition, Kelly said the “vast majority” of undocumented immigrants are “not bad people” or criminals who belong to the MS-13 street gang, a narrative often pushed by President Trump himself. But they are also “not people that would easily assimilate into the United States into our modern society,” according to Kelly, the former Homeland Security secretary. “They’re overwhelmingly rural people. In the countries they come from, fourth-, fifth-, sixth-grade educations are kind of the norm. They don’t speak English; obviously that’s a big thing... They don’t integrate well; they don’t have skills,” he was quoted as saying. His comments come three days after the Trump administration vowed to separate families caught illegally crossing the U.S. border as part of a strict new “zero-tolerance” policy.

[get the red out]

1. John Kelly is one piece of work

He definitely belongs in this shit-hole administration.

People aren't born with skills, they acquire them, like so many immigrants do when given the chance.

[winstars]

2. Hey Asshole Kelly, ya think your Irish ancestors that came to America were fucking doctors? Idiot!!!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. He is racist and wrong.

[COLGATE4]

4. John Kelly's expertise on Immigration viewed historically:

"They’re overwhelmingly rural people. In the countries they come from, fourth-, fifth-, sixth-grade educations are kind of the norm. They don’t integrate well; they don’t have skills. NO IRISH NEED APPLY.

[Bettie]

5. You know, when he came in

so many people said "He's a respected general, he'll be a voice of reason".

Turns out he's just another red-hat wearing lunatic.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. Buried in that statement is slap directly at a big part of Trump's base: "rural people"

He essentially says rural people are undesirable.

Which is not that far from deplorable.

Go Johnny, go.

Heck of a job, Johnny.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Really? What an ass.