I think its safe to say that no one saw this coming. 538 amongst other polling websites predicted that Trump had less than a 1/4 of a chance of winning the election & then it happened. They were all wrong. While America’s staggering reaction showed just how surprising the election results were to a huge percentage of the population, more emotions have arose since Trump’s victory. We are now seeing more feelings of nervousness and despair amongst immigrants & their loved ones, stronger than they ever were before.
As light is being shed on the worry that immigrants are now facing, we are lead to the question.. What can we expect? What version of Donald Trump will be get? Better yet, what version of Trump’s immigration reform will we get?! Will we get the fear mongering Trump who promised the country a concret
e wall to keep immigrants out? Or will we get the man who got softer on immigration reform as his campaigning came to a close and his need for votes grew? These are all real questions that teachers have been asked by Latino students of middle and high schools in Denver within the past 24 hours.
Unfortunately, even amidst the times that Trump attempted to dissociate himself from his early campaign rhetoric, his love for hyperboles have always overcome his ability to stay quiet in order to gain a bigger portion of the Latino vote. As Trump’s promise to remove ALL undocumented immigrants IMMEDIATELY has silently wavered, some new and less drastic (still drastic, though) promises emerged toward the end of Trumps’ campaign. First, Trump vows to remove ALL illegal immigrants with any criminal background, including people with violations as small as speeding tickets. NEXT, Trump assured his Trumpians that he will suspend all immigration from areas of the world that are terror-prone, Syria in particular. Next, Trump will increase the depth of all immigration inspections. But here is the kicker… Trumps says that all of these things will be completed within the first 24 hours that he is in office. And lastly, Trump promises, though it won’t be immediate, that the wall will be built.
So there ya have it. These are the changes that our beloved, new president have in store for our country. While people are terrified, these promises give warrant to their terror. Lets hope that his promises are as fake as his spray tan, for the hard working immigrants that developed and continue to develop this country.. #TrumpTrain