Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration

Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration

Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide an inside account with never-before-told stories of the defining issue of Donald Trumpâ€™s presidency: his steadfast opposition to immigration to the US.

As his campaign rhetoric in the 2018 midterms demonstrated, no issue matters more to Donald Trump than immigration. And no issueâ€”with the possible exception of his opposition to Robert Muellerâ€™s investigation of his 2016 campaignâ€”better defines his administration.

Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear have covered the Trump administration from its earliest days. In Border Wars, they take readers inside the White House to document how Trump and his allies blocked asylum-seekers and refugees, separated families, threatened deportation and sought to erode the longstanding bipartisan consensus that immigration and immigrants make positive contributions to America.

As the authors reveal, Trump has used immigration to stoke fears (â€œthe caravanâ€), attack Democrats and the courts, and distract from negative news and political difficulties. Even as illegal immigration has fallen in recent years, Trump has elevated it in the imaginations of many Americans into a national crisis. Moreover, his comments about legal immigrantsâ€”Nigerians in their â€œhuts,â€ Haitians infected with AIDS, and people from â€œ@#$%hole countriesâ€â€”have been incendiary.

Border Wars identifies the players behind Trumpâ€™s anti-immigration policies, showing how they planned, stumbled, and fought their way toward major immigration changes that have further polarized the nation. This definitive, behind-the-scenes account is filled with previously unreported stories that reveal how Trumpâ€™s decision-making is driven by gut instinct and marked by disorganization, paranoia, and a constantly feuding staff.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2019-10-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781982117399

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2019-10-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781982117399

Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration

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