With nine days left until Election Day, immigration remains one of the issues in the US presidential election, with many immigrants, including those from India and other South Asian countries, worried if former President Donald Trump wins the election. are afraid of the backlash. In his campaign speech, the Republican presidential candidate promised sweeping changes to strengthen Washington’s immigration policies, and if re-elected he would launch the “largest domestic deportation operation” against illegal immigrants in U.S. history and close existing refugee programs. I vowed to reconsider.
The 78-year-old Republican leader has even voted to abolish birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, and has even voted to abolish birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, including from various diaspora communities, including immigrants from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and more. This is causing concern among people.
Various immigration advocacy groups have criticized President Trump’s comments on immigration, saying the repeal of birthright citizenship is legally questionable as it is enshrined in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized the need to reduce illegal immigration, saying the U.S. immigration system is broken and legislative fixes are needed.
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At a campaign rally this week, President Trump accused Harris, 60, of bringing “immigrant gangs and criminal illegal aliens” into the United States, saying, “Her policy of importing immigrant gangs is a crime against our country.” he added.
“This is a very sensitive issue and we are concerned about the impact of President Trump’s victory,” said Mohammad Iqbal, a green card holder from Bangladesh who has lived in Atlanta for more than a decade. “Trump’s policies are causing panic among various immigrant communities, which is why they support Vice President Kamala Harris,” he noted. Vasudev Patel, general secretary of the Indian American Federation of Georgia, said Republican leaders want to welcome “educated” and “peaceful” people to the United States.
Supporters of both presidential candidates disagree on mass deportations but support border security, according to a Pew Research report.
The paper found that nearly nine in 10 Trump supporters (88%) support mass deportations of immigrants living in the country illegally.
By contrast, only 27% of Harris supporters support mass deportation, while 72% oppose it, the survey found.
LaTanya, a student from Michigan, said immigration was a major issue in the election and she was angry about President Trump’s policies on it.
“I think Harris is a much better choice than Trump in the election,” she added.
The U.S. presidential election remains extremely close, with both Harris and Trump competing for the popular vote in most battleground states.
CNN’s final national poll this week found that 47% of likely voters support Ms. Harris, and 47% support Mr. Trump in the election.
In the final national poll conducted by The New York Times and Siena College from October 20 to 23, the two applicants were tied at 48%. The remaining 4% are undecided.
A separate poll conducted by the Financial Times and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business found that 44% of respondents trust Trump to run the economy, compared with 43% for Harris. Shown.
However, according to an analysis by polling firm FiveThirtyEight, Ms. Harris had a slight advantage over Mr. Trump by 1.7 percentage points.
To win the race for the White House, the winner needs to win 270 of the 538 electoral votes.
The seven key battleground states that will determine the outcome of the election are Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Nevada.
