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<\/a><\/p>\nThis weekend Trump solidified his position by releasing an utterly absurd immigration policy<\/a> that not only fails to solve any problems, but actually exacerbates them in most cases. Among the more ludicrous proposals are:<\/p>\n Mass deportation of an estimated eleven million undocumented residents.<\/strong> Ending birthright citizenship.<\/strong> Triple the number of Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement officers.<\/strong> Defund sanctuary cities.<\/strong> Requirement to hire American workers first (before granting visas for foreign workers).<\/strong> With all of the ridiculousness in this alleged immigration policy, it is interesting to note that it wasn’t yet ridiculous enough for Fox News. In an interview today (video below), Fox anchor Bill Hemmer asked his Fox Business Network colleague Lou Dobbs about Trump’s immigration plan. Dobb’s was wholly supportive and praised Trump for being “the only candidate who’s had the guts to say we’re going to deport them all.”<\/em> However, Dobbs, like Trump, could not explain how it would be possible to do that. He was then asked about Trump’s ludicrous assertion that birthright citizenship, and not jobs, “remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration.”<\/em> Dobb’s agreed and elaborated saying…<\/p>\n “I think he’s partly right. I would argue that also our welfare system that is sitting here being handed out without hesitation. ObamaCare is being provided without even a question about legal status. People are being allowed to vote by the millions in this country who are illegal because we’re not checking citizenship and we’ve got a government actively fighting voter identification which assures the integrity of our electoral system.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Dobbs’ attempt to enhance Trump’s already faulty set of proposals only makes it much worse. Either Dobbs is frightfully ignorant or he is deliberately lying. First of all, undocumented immigrants are not eligible for most types of welfare<\/a>, including food stamps and housing assistance. What’s more, they actually pay far more into the federal treasury than they will ever see come back from any source. They pay about ten billion dollars annually in state and local taxes. And over a decade they have contributed over 100 billion dollars to Social Security, which they are not eligible to receive.<\/p>\n Secondly, Dobbs assertion that undocumented residents are getting ObamaCare is simply false. The Affordable Care Act explicitly prohibits<\/a> undocumented immigrants from purchasing health insurance from the marketplace or from receiving any premium credits or other benefits.<\/p>\n Finally, Dobbs’ completely unsupported allegation that “millions”<\/em> of undocumented immigrants are being allowed to vote is just plain nuts. Not only are there not millions, the evidence of more than a handful is hard to come by. The American Immigration Council compiled research<\/a> that shows that “repeated investigations over the years have found no indication that systematic vote fraud by non-citizens is anything other than the product of overactive imaginations.”<\/em><\/p>\n Lou Dobbs offered up three theories that he felt compelled to add to Trump’s already bogus claim that birthright citizenship was the “biggest magnet for illegal immigration.”<\/em> And on all three counts he was wrong. Nevertheless, his disinformation was broadcast to Fox’s gullible audience without comment or correction or rebuttal. Anchor Hemmer simply smiled and nodded in agreement and plugged Dobbs’ show on FBN. And that’s another reason why Fox News viewers have been found to be more ignorant than viewers of any other news network.<\/p>\n News Corpse Presents: The ALL NEW 2nd volume of
\nThis would cost billions of dollars, take decades, ruin businesses, and rip apart families. Trump was asked by Chuck Todd about the family matter and he responded that he would keep them together by deporting all of them, including the ones who are U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n
\nTo accomplish this Trump would have to get a constitutional amendment passed to repeal the 14th Amendment, which takes years and the cooperation of a huge majority of Congress and state legislatures. Clearly Trump knows nothing about the subject because he later told Bill O’Reilly that the 150 year old constitutional law had not been tested and would not hold up in court.<\/p>\n
\nSmall government conservatives will probably be thrilled with the thought of hiring 10,000 more federal employees, plus the staff to support them and affiliated hiring at other agencies to handle the legal and administrative duties that would be required. And all to reduce illegal immigration which is already on the decline.<\/p>\n
\nBy this Trump means cutting off federal grants to any city which refuses to cooperate with federal law enforcement. So he thinks that giving the feds more power over the states will excite his right-wing base.<\/p>\n
\nSomebody should tell Trump that this is already required by current law. Although he probably knows because he is a notorious abuser of these regulations<\/a>. Reuters has reported that Trump\u2019s businesses \u201chave sought to import at least 1,100 foreign workers on temporary visas since 2000, according to U.S. Department of Labor data.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
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