Somewhat ironically many of those most vocal about supporting all this are immigrants.

Those that jumped through all the hoops above bar, paid their dues in a messed up system where they bit their upper lip and got through it, and have been extremely frustrated at others trying to game the system.

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behnamoh 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I was one of them, and supported the idea of going after illegal immigrants. But now they're coming after me too, a faculty with a PhD, researching AI.

	▲	valleyer an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You really weren't paying close attention to their rhetoric, then.
	▲	friendlyasparag 29 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		But you obviously knew what they really meant to accomplish, right? How could you not, being a faculty with a PhD. And yet you supported them anyways.
	▲	muglug an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I’m also an immigrant. When I heard the crowd roar every time Trump said “we’re going to kick them out” I knew exactly what the crowd was cheering. Trump never used those moments to say “but America is a nation of immigrants and we celebrate their contributions”. He wanted to rile up a crowd while maintaining a fig-leaf of “oh it’s only illegals who are evil” You don’t have to have a PhD to understand the appeal and consequences of nativist populism — just the slightest understanding of history.