1. Prior to 1965, America's immigration policy was explicitly racist. We accepted immigrants from white countries and rejected others
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2. The passage of 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act changed that and started to unwind the nation's discriminatory policies
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3. Taken together, Trump's actions on immigration are designed to take our immigration policy back 50 years
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4. It's a return to immigration before the civil rights movement, designed to make our country more homogenous (white)
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5. It's been a multi-pronged attack: The Muslim ban, the wall, DACA repeal, the RAISE Act
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6. All different policies with the same result: to make the country more white
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7. There are no tiki torches but this is a pernicious form of white supremecy
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Replying to @JuddLegum
White supremacy burns in many ways throughout our country.
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Same
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