Turns Out the President Is Okay With Immigrants—as Long as They’re White Right

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Sometimes, the headline is all you need. From The New York Times : “Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People.” Says it all, doesn't it.

[Trump administration] proposals, some of which already have gone into effect, would transform a decades-old program aimed at helping the world’s most desperate people into one that conforms to Mr. Trump’s vision of immigration—which is to help mostly white people who say they are being persecuted while keeping the vast majority of other people out. The plans were presented to the White House in April and July by officials in the State and Homeland Security Departments after President Trump directed federal agencies to study whether refugee resettlement was in the interest of the United States. Mr. Trump h