Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' was a story about the fear of immigration; the bad old bloodsucker swooping in from Eastern Europe and also preying upon 'our' vulnerable women.
The white nationalist position, David Duke has always espoused that. The belief that immigrants are a threat to America and that we need border control, David Duke espoused that, and he talked about it during the time I was dealing with him.
I don't think immigrants are that threatening to society at all. They're just happy they've survived some war somewhere.
The explosion of jihad and its desire to export its contagious madness to all areas of the world have changed the way we view immigration.
We understand what President Trump means when he talks about taking the country back. He does not see America as a country of people from diverse backgrounds united around values of freedom and respect. In his 'American carnage' version of our country, immigrants and refugees are a threat.
Bangladeshi illegal immigrants are a threat to the security of this nation.
The thing is, is that every terrorist attack we've had since 9/11 has been legal immigration.
Syrian refugees are Trojan horses.
We are trying to get a border wall to protect millions of low income Americans against folks who aren't supposed to be here. So, it's a national security.
