On CNN’s “Read” aired Friday, Sen. Sean Kasten (D-IL) responded to vote data showing support for President Donald Trump’s immigration policy and more deportation, saying he “hasn’t heard of the same level of xenophobia we saw in the polls.”
After a segment of voting data showing Trump has positive approval for immigration, several people believe the country is on the right track for immigration, most people want to deport all illegal immigrants and most independents want to deport more illegal immigrants. “The biggest reason” he won reelection.
Kasten said, “I question that poll. When telling stories to people, you get very different answers, so you get very different answers, so ask someone that the Afghan nationals who helped the US military find Osama bin Laden are in the case of exile as they feel threatened at home and can’t be certain they are safe at home and are under temporary protected status. Should farm workers who exchange seasonal crops come here to study for university and have children?
Tapper then cuts out, “Do you think we’re not telling those stories in the media? Media – see, media [tell] Lots of such stories. And we’re not asking about individual A or individual B, we’re talking about warrants for the Great Powers Policy. And there have been changes in public opinion over the past eight years from your perspective and towards President Trump’s position. ”
Kasten replied. “I can only talk about what I hear at home. When I’m traveling around Illinois, I don’t hear the same level of xenophobia that we saw in the polls. And most people are fundamentally good.
Tupper followed up. Illegal.
Kasten said, “No, through the points I’m making, Jake, Jake, through the course of our history, we’ve always had a demagogue demonized the recent immigrant population that came here. It’s always got some political salience. Home was the general concern that in the last administration, if you didn’t follow the law, you shouldn’t be here and everyone agreed to it. [depend] Farm workers have a lot to do and don’t have enough bodies to fill those jobs. All our restaurants and kitchens depend on those who are here. And I think you can have those conversations and if you choose to do so, or if you can fall into a trap of demagory, you can elevate people. And when we have a president in traffic in Demagogully, it’s no surprise that it infects public discourse. It is also no surprise that we, in leadership positions, can actually lead public opinion. You just don’t have to follow that. ”
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