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Do You Know Why Immigrants Love Trump?
A president who likens them to rapist murderers and garbage has now secured their vote for HIS party for years to come.
Trump, if he even understands what he promised to his many followers — they are, after all, the majority of the electorate this time — will start taking out the garbage from January 20th, 2025. Garbage is immigrants. The “invasion” of humans moving from desperation to a new life has been deemed less than human, and so they will be treated like trash — off you go.
As someone who has lived voluntarily as an immigrant, I can tell you that most of us aren’t trash. I moved to Russia in 1994 and was happily living life until the war with Ukraine began. Then, I ended up involuntarily stuck in Europe, unable to return to my home in St. Petersburg. After bouncing around for a few months, we settled in Portugal and have since lived here as legal immigrants. We are good citizens of this society. In two short years, my son speaks as if he had been born here.
I can tell you a lot about life in Portugal, but I can’t tell you about its politics. I read the papers, but the political articles mean nothing to me. I don’t know the context and honestly don’t care. I don’t want to engage in local politics, and I can tell you it makes life less…
