Jorge Ramos: Envisioning ‘Trumpland,’ what America would look like if Trump Were President

[Fred Sanders]

http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150826-jorge-ramos-envisioning-trumpland.ece


"Let’s imagine for a moment the kind of country that Donald Trump, the leading Republican presidential hopeful, wants America to become if he’s elected.

“Trumpland” would feature a 1,954-mile-long wall along the United States’ border with Mexico, to be constructed after the deportation of more than 11 million undocumented immigrants. Of course, Trump would ensure that the U.S.-born children of these immigrants lose their right to American citizenship, so they’d be deported as well. As Trump sees it, with the border wall up and the immigrants out, the U.S. could be a great nation again."

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It’s also worth pointing out that the nation’s borders are already pretty secure. The number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. dropped from 12.2 million in 2007 to 11.3 million in 2014, and more than 18,000 agents are patrolling the southern border. But almost 40 percent of undocumented immigrants who enter the U.S. arrive by plane and then simply overstay their visas. How would a wall stop them? In fact, in 2013 more undocumented immigrants from China entered the U.S. (147,000) than from Mexico (125,000), according to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal. What does Trump plan to do about that?

The bottom line is that Trump is wrong about most border issues, including his allegations that Mexican officials are sending criminals and rapists to the United States. The vast majority of undocumented immigrants are not criminals — in fact, studies have concluded that crime rates among immigrants are lower than those among U.S.-born residents. Period.

[dembotoz]

1. when i was in grade school a teacher made a big deal about how in totalitarian countries

you have to show your papers when out in public.

these were in cold war days with world war 2 a stronger concept then today

can you image the check points for Hispanic looking people in trumpland
sad thing is they would be run not by the cops but by the party

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Concentration Camps

Don't forget about the Concentration Camps that would be needed to house the undocumented workers before they could be shipped out of the country in cattle cars.

[LeftinOH]

3. Atlantic City is a pretty good example of Trump's America.

[yeoman6987]

4. I think the worst thing he would do is stop funding to

Sanctuary cities and that would be a disaster to America. He wouldn't care though.