While the two parties are playing games with slats on the border, Trump has allowed the backlog of citizenship applications to nearly double to over 730,000. In other words, he’s winning the real immigration battle.
Making citizens of the 9 million green card holders that are already eligible for naturalization would de-Trump America. And Beto would be Senator O’Rourke. Take a look at the numbers:
Fighting over extending Obama’s wall is a deadly distraction.
Greg Palast (Rolling Stone, Guardian, BBC) is the author of The New York Times bestsellers, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits and the book and documentary,
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.
His latest film is Vigilante: Georgia's Vote Suppression Hitman
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