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Framing anti-illegal immigration as "anti-immigrant" and "anti-mexican" is classic Democrat double-speak.

The idea of not wanting new citizens to enter the work force when our current citizens cannot find work is labeled as xenophobic.

Any ideas on why this double-speak is being promoted is labeled as a conspiracy theory.

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No to discuss this directly, but Donald Trump himself often conflates immigrant and illegal immigrant in his speeches, mixing statistics from these sets. This was evident in his RNC speech and a number of other speeches. The line is being blurred on both sides.

I mean, Trump has also talked about banning legal muslim immigration from places like Syria; does that not count as anti-immigration?

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