I am, as are many, amazed at the strong polling numbers of Donald Trump, until you figure out what the attraction is, and lo and behold, he’s talking about a problem that drags on and on. It’s immigration reform, people, and everyone is tired of hearing about it year in and year out. Democrats and Republicans alike feel strongly about immigration reform but for different reasons. Many liberals want amnesty for all illegal immigrants and conservatives say send them all back, except the ones that work for me. They love that cheap labor and truth be known, we would probably face a severe labor shortage on our farms if we didn’t have the undocumented labor.
Weeks ago an illegal immigrant shot and killed a woman on a San Francisco pier, a man that had been deported five times. It probably helped to bring the issue to a head. And that’s Trump’s appeal. Many Americans, not just conservatives, see immigration reform as a top priority. Not gay marriage, not Iran, in spite of recent headlines and right-wing war cries, not global warming, none of those things affect Joe six-pack like illegal immigration because he sees the problem up close and personal and that’s who Trump is reaching.
We continue to benefit from immigration, of course, we are a nation of immigrants and I used to laugh at the thought of an egotistical blowhard like Trump being nominated to run for president of our country, but I’m not laughing anymore.
Don Curtis
Clinton
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