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Xiden, eh?
Every accusation is a confession.
Generally, Donald Trump’s rhetoric on immigration tends toward the hyperbolic and alarmist. Like many in his party, for example, he has taken to referring to those seeking to come to the United States as “military-aged males,” a pejorative ignoring that “military-aged” is also “prime working age” and overlooking the large percentage of immigrants who are women, children or men traveling with their families.
More recently, he has suggested that an increase in people seeking to emigrate from China is a sign that the Chinese government is building an army (small and poorly equipped) within the United States — an easier admission than that the strong economy continues to be a draw for immigrants. And yet, in a podcast discussion on Thursday, Trump also proposed granting permanent residency to tens of thousands of military-age men from China.
Though he might not have known it.
“What I wanted to do, and what I will do is, you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically as part of your diploma a green card to be able to stay in this country,” Trump said on the “All-In” podcast. The idea, he added, would apply to anyone graduating from a two- or four-year institution.
Every accusation is a confession.
Trump has a plan to give green cards to military-age males from China
More than a quarter of foreign college students come from the country Trump loves to pillory.Generally, Donald Trump’s rhetoric on immigration tends toward the hyperbolic and alarmist. Like many in his party, for example, he has taken to referring to those seeking to come to the United States as “military-aged males,” a pejorative ignoring that “military-aged” is also “prime working age” and overlooking the large percentage of immigrants who are women, children or men traveling with their families.
More recently, he has suggested that an increase in people seeking to emigrate from China is a sign that the Chinese government is building an army (small and poorly equipped) within the United States — an easier admission than that the strong economy continues to be a draw for immigrants. And yet, in a podcast discussion on Thursday, Trump also proposed granting permanent residency to tens of thousands of military-age men from China.
Though he might not have known it.
“What I wanted to do, and what I will do is, you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically as part of your diploma a green card to be able to stay in this country,” Trump said on the “All-In” podcast. The idea, he added, would apply to anyone graduating from a two- or four-year institution.
