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riversedge

(70,087 posts)
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 08:45 PM Feb 2017

Miller made it clear that Trump will not just prioritize felonies but also misdemeanors in deportati

I had not realized that Trump was going after misdemeanors also!!





http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-adviser-stephen-miller-district-judge-can-t-make-immigration-n719911



Full Miller Interview: 'There's No Such Thing as Judicial Supremacy' 12:24



............Miller made it clear that Trump administration immigration policy will not just prioritize felonies but also misdemeanors in deportations.

"What would you say to a family member who lost someone they loved because an illegal immigrant who'd been deported two times and had a misdemeanor conviction was allowed to come back into the country a third time because that wasn't deemed a priority and they lost someone they loved?" he asked. "Would you say, 'Well, I'm sorry. It didn't meet our priority scale.' We're going to focus on public safety and saving American lives and we will not apologize for that." .....................

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Miller made it clear that Trump will not just prioritize felonies but also misdemeanors in deportati (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2017 OP
The standard changes daily... FarPoint Feb 2017 #1
He can't stop people from coming in so he is taking a new approach Generic Brad Feb 2017 #2
That's probably it: Ilsa Feb 2017 #4
He was implying that those with lesser nonviolent crimes are potentially murderers wishstar Feb 2017 #3
Miller is a racist, no other explanation for his hatred of non-white immigrants is needed. Fred Sanders Feb 2017 #5
In other words he lied again. kacekwl Feb 2017 #6
Latinos who voted for trump must be happy campers these days nt msongs Feb 2017 #7

Generic Brad

(14,272 posts)
2. He can't stop people from coming in so he is taking a new approach
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 08:52 PM
Feb 2017

He is simply kicking them out without due process.

This has nothing to do with safety. This is all about him bullying our Mexican neighbors into paying for his stupid fence and tossing out people from nations that won't give him sweetheart land deals for building Trump hotels.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
4. That's probably it:
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 08:56 PM
Feb 2017

The deal will be relaxing immigration in return for Mexico paying for all or part of that damn wall.

wishstar

(5,268 posts)
3. He was implying that those with lesser nonviolent crimes are potentially murderers
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 08:54 PM
Feb 2017

In the Chuck Todd interview on Meet the Press, Miller kept ranting about the drug dealers and murderers and violent criminals as the justification for cracking down on those without any felonies or violent criminal records, implying that they are potentially violent criminals too. Miller has long history of vehement opposition to immigration.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
5. Miller is a racist, no other explanation for his hatred of non-white immigrants is needed.
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 09:00 PM
Feb 2017

Sowing fear in America so that the fear can be exploited is as old as politics itself, but America has never seen this level of fear mongering ever, or the world since the 1930's by a major power.

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