#DonaldTrump has riled up his base, convinced them to chant "build the wall" and excited them with the prospect of...

#DonaldTrump has riled up his base, convinced them to chant "build the wall" and excited them with the prospect of sending asylum seekers back to where they came from where they will more than likely face torture, imprisonment, murder or worse. Our nation's economy is, or will be, taking a hit due to these practices as farms and factories are left bare of workers and production slows and stops. It also hurts the promise of the American Dream as even war veterans are torn from their families' home and sent to countries they don't know or understand; as adopted children are forbidden citizenship and millions of immigrants, legal or not, wonder who's next. A similar worry that crossed the minds of Jewish people living in 1930s Germany.

Today, at 30, Joseph lives in Pennsylvania and has a wife and child. He is a smart, warm, humble man of great character who is grateful for every day of his freedom and safety. He bears emotional scars from not seeing his parents or siblings since he was 14. He still trembles, cries and struggles for breath when describing his torture, and he bears physical scars as well. He hopes to become a citizen, return to work and make his contribution to America. His story, though unique in its particulars, is by no means unusual. I have met Central Americans fleeing corrupt governments, violence and criminal extortion; a Yemeni woman unable to return to her war-ravaged home country and fearing sexual mutilation if she goes back to her Saudi husband; and an escaped kidnap-bride from central Asia.

Trump wants to make us believe that these desperate migrants are an existential threat to the United States; the most powerful nation in world history and a nation made strong by immigrants.

In #TrumpNation America is closed for business.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/13/stephen-miller-is-an-immigration-hypocrite-i-know-because-im-his-uncle-219351