on illegal immigration. It comes down to one thing and one thing only...
While Obama downplayed his enforcement, Trump has embraced and made it a signature issue of his presidency.
Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, an advocacy organization, said the difference between Trump and previous presidents is in his language.
"No previous administration has referred to immigration as an infestation," he said, referring to a tweet by Trump on Tuesday.. "No president has ever spoken of immigrants and refugees in the awful way that President Trump has."
Steve Cortes, a Trump ally who served on his Hispanic Advisory Council during the 2016 campaign, said president is being unfairly criticized because the mainstream media views his policies as coming from someone they have been portraying as a "racist and anti-Latino bigot" since 2015.
Cortes acknowledges that Trump speaks in ways that some might misinterpret as racist because he speaks forcefully and not "lawyerly or in a measured way" people might be used to from politicians.
"The authenticity is big part of the attraction," he said. "He's blunt and bold but people will assign nefarious interpretation."
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While Obama downplayed his enforcement, Trump has embraced and made it a signature issue of his presidency.
Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, an advocacy organization, said the difference between Trump and previous presidents is in his language.
"No previous administration has referred to immigration as an infestation," he said, referring to a tweet by Trump on Tuesday.. "No president has ever spoken of immigrants and refugees in the awful way that President Trump has."
Steve Cortes, a Trump ally who served on his Hispanic Advisory Council during the 2016 campaign, said president is being unfairly criticized because the mainstream media views his policies as coming from someone they have been portraying as a "racist and anti-Latino bigot" since 2015.
Cortes acknowledges that Trump speaks in ways that some might misinterpret as racist because he speaks forcefully and not "lawyerly or in a measured way" people might be used to from politicians.
"The authenticity is big part of the attraction," he said. "He's blunt and bold but people will assign nefarious interpretation."
Read more here: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article213525764.html#storylink=cpy
