
It’s right there in the Declaration of Independence. One of America’s core values is purportedly equality. In other words, they want less brown people in their country.

They care about keeping the borders “safe”. Families decimated by unstable economies are forced to make the heartbreaking decision to split up and enter without papers.īut Donald Trump, his advisors and his voters don’t care about that. When you've already lost everything, you don't have much choice but to venture towards America. Remaining at home can be a death sentence. Gang violence in parts of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico can be so bad that risking an illegal border crossing into the US is the only option. They care about keeping the borders “safe”.’ Photograph: AFP/Getty Images ‘Donald Trump, his advisors and his voters don’t care about that. Most are decent human beings trying to give themselves a better shot at life.

Stoke fear among Fox News watchers and people who don't want to believe that most immigrants to the United States are not, in fact, rapists or murderers or criminals. The solution to this fear seems to be discriminate and exclude. What some might regard as a rich tapestry of human representation, others see as a threat to their power. There is a real and genuine fear of "the other" in this country.
