Bernie Sanders: Trump administration 'heartless' toward immigrants

[Uncle Joe]

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"“I think it is heartless. I think the entire Trump views on immigration is heartless,” Sanders said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Last week, chief of staff John Kelly told NPR that “the laws are the laws” and that the technique of separating families who cross the border illegally is one that “no one hopes will be used extensively or for very long.” Kelly also said during the interview that undocumented immigrants coming to the U.S. “don't integrate well” and “don’t have skills.”

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Sanders said that in the latest polls he has seen, nearly 80 percent of Americans believe the 1.8 million people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program should be provided legal status. Though Sanders did not specify which poll he was talking about, a Harvard CAPS-Harris survey in late February found that 76 percent of voters say DACA recipients, also known as “Dreamers,” should be given a pathway to U.S. citizenship.

“The American people believe that we should move forward to comprehensive immigration reform, and Trump is moving in exactly the wrong direction and we see the cruelty of his immigration policies when you talk about the United States government separating children from their parents,” Sanders said.



https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/13/sanders-trump-immigration-heartless-584240

[elocs]

1. Well Bernie, tell us something we don't know already and then tell us over and over and over again.

When you preach to the choir, the choir all shouts, "AMEN!, Preach it brother!"
But then the choir isn't Trump supporters and never will be. The Trumpsters never will believe it and will call all of it fake news, but then there are those who can be convinced that will just weary of the never ending cries of how bad Trump is and will start to tune it out.
Democrats are not going to defeat Trump by constantly whining about how bad he is but by presenting themselves as a better alternative with better ideas.

[dalton99a]

2. Only toward nonwhite immigrants

Norwegians are welcome

[NCTraveler]

3. Welcome aboard.

Those of us who worked our asses off for Clinton were well aware of this. You should have joined us, Sanders.