By Nida Khan
It’s the
same tired playbook. Donald Trump makes some sort of outlandish
statement (facts be damned), the press covers it endlessly and then
everyone says ‘oh this is all just politics and rhetoric to galvanize
his supporters’. The latest installment: Trump’s attacks on the migrant
caravan, supposed changes to the asylum-seeking process, the reported
deployment of 15,000 troops to the border and promises to undo
birthright citizenship. While the political punditry class generally
dismisses this as all about the midterms and mere politics, the reality
is much more sinister with dire consequences for those who have the
least voice in the entire dynamic: refugees, migrants, immigrants and
people of color at large. For them, this is anything but mere political
talking points; it’s literally a matter of survival.
On
Thursday, Trump delivered remarks from the White House on immigration
and asylum prior to heading to yet another rally. In addition to his
continued demonization of migrants and the caravan, Trump said his
Administration is finalizing a plan where those seeking asylum would be
held in tent cities for as long as it takes to process their claim, even
for years if necessary. He indicated that this plan would only allow
asylum seekers to apply at designated points of entry at the
border — and oh — stated that he authorized the military to treat anyone
who throws rocks at soldiers/officers as if they were using a firearm.
In other words, the President of the United States just said it’s ok to
shoot any migrant or asylum-seeker throwing a rock. “If they want to
throw rocks at our military, our military fights back,” he said. “We’re
going to consider, and I told them, consider it a rifle.”
This is where we are, this is what has now been normalized and yes, this was all forewarned.
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Source: Medium
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