Chronicle poll results: Mass deportations
We asked our readers if they agree with Trump's mass deportation initiatives. Here's what they said.
Last week, the Chronicle asked its readers in an electronic poll the following question: “Do you agree with President Trump’s mass deportation initiatives?” Of the 509 people who responded, 65% said no; 29% said yes; and 6% said they weren’t sure. Comments were submitted by 127 people. A few follow.
These are cruel actions done purely for political purposes. They will harm, not help, our country.
It’s not “mass deportations” as the liberal mass media is stating. It’s targeting specific criminal illegal aliens, not wholesale deportations.
He is replicating the Spanish Inquisition and Germany in the 1940s. When will people wake up?
Do we forget that our families are here today because our ancestors were refugees who sought a better life?
Being legal means there should be a record of who you are on your application. It’s never good to have undocumented people in any country walking around. There’s a big difference.
It’s abhorrent. We are taught to care for the stranger in our midst and love our neighbors. How anyone could support these policies is beyond me.
Modern nations have the right to have secure borders. People who sneak in illegally should realize that there may come a time when they are asked to leave. Those who sneak in illegally and commit serious crimes have no right to be here in the first place.
It is imperative we balance the security of our country with fair and humane policies and treatment of all people.
The Trump administration, in its zeal to seal the borders, and perhaps whiten America, is instead sealing its economic fate by reducing its labor force, to say nothing of the ill effects of the homogenization of our population.
Those already here and who have not disobeyed the law should be allowed to stay. Tighten the borders and start the process that way.
I don’t agree with mass deportations, but I do agree with more targeted ones. We should deport people who’ve been convicted of crimes against other people (including property crimes); they’ve demonstrated they don’t honor our laws. All illegals have broken at least one law, but if they haven’t done anything else, I don’t think we should be targeting them now. But also, we shouldn’t give them any government benefits — they’re here illegally.
As Jews, we have a special responsibility to oppose this.
This issue has moderate Jews like me in a pickle: Absolutely evict the pro-Hamas student visa troublemakers, but beware the slippery slope as Trump ignores the Constitution to get rid of anyone he deems undesirable — even if they were born here, pay taxes and perform thankless jobs. PJC
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