>Why would you think this would ever happen?
oh, i don't think it will happen. but it wasn't remotely on the table before trump, and now it is remotely on the table, as shown by the wall we're building, the deportations, denaturalizations, denials of asylum, anti-immigrant violence, etc.
surely you understand: i'm merely following best practices in reaction to the intensification of trends stoked by the president.
>if you're here legally you have absolutely nothing to worry about
you're thinking of this issue in terms of following the letter of the law as someone who obeys the law without thinking about it.
but you forget that legal matters only self-correct in the long term; you can beat the charge, but you can't beat the ride. and it's the ride -- the not-legitimate exercise of the state's power which is later reversed by due process -- which is the thing that drives immigrants into anxiety.
an immigration goon emboldened by the trump administration can easily cause tremendous damage to a perfectly innocent and fully legal person, and that damage will not ultimately be rectified by the law. it doesn't matter if you are innocent; the act of being falsely or accidentally or maliciously accused is enough to destroy your livelihood.
>"Massive brawls" are also illegal and violence in general is at a historic low point.
and yet before trump there weren't any visible and active white nationalist street gangs in my city, but now there is at least one.
are we at the edge? i don't know. what i do know is that we're closer than we were before.