Last night’s Republican Presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada became a race over who can go furthest to the extreme right, with leading candidates uniting as both anti-immigrant and anti-refugee. In a round-up below, journalists, immigration advocates, and others react to the radical agendas proposed by Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and others.
The main #GOPDebate starts in just a few minutes! Here’s where all the 2016 GOP candidates stand on #immigration: https://t.co/LRoEp1fXpg
— America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
Funniest part of the #GOPDebate so far? @Reince Priebus pretending that the @GOP is “active in Black, Hispanic, and Asian communities.”
— David Smalley (@davidcsmalley) December 16, 2015
Nothing says “Latino outreach” like creating a pledge to support Donald “Mexicans are rapists” Trump as your nominee, @Reince. #GOPDebate — ¡Gabe! Ortíz (@TUSK81) December 16, 2015
Trump: “I will build a wall. It will be a great wall.” He’s always so good when it comes to the details. #GOPDebate — America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
Trump: Ppl are pouring through the border. Fact check: Unauthorized crossings are at historic lows. https://t.co/vAQ239EPx3 #GOPDebate — America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
That’s rich. @ChrisChristie says he wouldn’t allow a Syrian orphan into the US, then he accuses others of fearmongering. #GOPDebate — ¡Gabe! Ortíz (@TUSK81) December 16, 2015
And the children and orphans. You really can’t be too careful. https://t.co/GbsPUaTzYd — digby (@digby56) December 16, 2015
Rand Paul has it wrong on #immigration, there was a $40B dollar investment (the largest ever) on border security. #GOPDebate — Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) December 16, 2015
Fact: Muslim-Americans have helped prevent more than 1/3 of Al Qaeda terrorist plots in US since 9/11. https://t.co/RXBH5CpLdr #GOPDebate — America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
Here’s Trump advocating war crimes on national TV. Killing wives and girlfriends. That’s mainstream now. USA. — digby (@digby56) December 16, 2015
The GOP frontrunner. https://t.co/jXsmxH3KCu #GOPDebate — America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
REMINDER: this happened #GOPdebate pic.twitter.com/Z2SKj9P0F8 — Juan Escalante (@JuanSaaa) December 16, 2015
Please, Republicans. Tell us more about how you’re totally different than Donald Trump. #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/D6p7rTD6u2 — The Briefing (@TheBriefing2016) December 16, 2015
Why is @JebBush meaner to #Dreamers than he is to @realDonaldTrump? Dreamers don’t insult you, Jeb. #NoHateDebate #GOPDebate — Dawn A Le (@DawnJetLe) December 16, 2015
.@MarcoRubio says “enforcement first.” Translation: Immigration reform never. https://t.co/OS5bSoYPJ4 #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/mPx95pgq4z — America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
Rubio and Cruz get immigration questions. Cruz disputes they have some position. Rubio insists they do. #GOPDebate — America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
.@TedCruz invokes Ronald Reagan during immigration segment. Maybe Ted forgot about this? #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/d18W8Fj1b3 — America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
My family and my wife’s family and my neighbors are immigrants. So, yeah, I screwed them all over after I ditched my own bill – Marco Rubio — Joe Sudbay (@JoeSudbay) December 16, 2015
Ted Cruz sobre inmigración: “Nunca he apoyado la legalización y nunca apoyaré la legalización ”. #GOPDebate #Decision2016 — Noticias Telemundo (@TelemundoNews) December 16, 2015
Cruz opposes legalization. Rubio wants 10+ years border security before considering it. How would they get the Latino vote? #GOPDebate — Francisco J. Pelayo (@FranPelayo) December 16, 2015
Ted Cruz goes beyond with his immigration plan. Not only he wants a wall in the border but denies legalization of undocumented #GOPDebate — Francisco J. Pelayo (@FranPelayo) December 16, 2015
A good follow-up for Cruz would have been: “So would you deport them?” https://t.co/mCIwPTpMhE — Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) December 16, 2015
Not only was for it, but co-authored it. And then walked away from it. https://t.co/KByr0fqJWS #GOPDebate — America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ RT @edwardalden Strange for Cruz to cite Ronald Reagan in opposition to “amnesty.” Reagan was its father. #GOPDebate — America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
Oh, an ad from the anti-immigrant group NumbersUSA during the #GOPDebate. Great Latino and immigrant outreach tonight. — America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
That anti-immigrant ad was by NumbersUSA, founded by white nationalist. More from @splcenter https://t.co/Bp4Mx8y81d — Joe Sudbay (@JoeSudbay) December 16, 2015
.@NumbersUSA is a HATE group. #immigration #GOPDebate — Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) December 16, 2015
So close! #GOPDebate https://t.co/TZCmb5C96R — America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
NYT rates @TedCruz‘s claim that George Bush deported 10 million ppl. (Surprise, Ted was wrong). #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/JOwtUHWPxb — America’s Voice (@americasvoice) December 16, 2015
Say bye to LATINO vote RT @CNN: .@tedcruz: “I do not intend to support legalization” of … https://t.co/QIbF513qMr — Maria Elena Salinas (@MariaESalinas) December 16, 2015
There’s nothing sadder than watching two Latino children of immigrants try to out-immigrant each other. #GOPDebate — ¡Gabe! Ortíz (@TUSK81) December 16, 2015
It’s surprising to see 2 sons on immigrants – @tedcruz and @marcorubio -debate who has fought harder against the legalization of immigrants.
— JORGE RAMOS (@jorgeramosnews) December 16, 2015
.@marcorubio says he relates to immigrants after he’s said he would deport entire families. #GOPdebate -uwdA pic.twitter.com/TxDtL7GqrJ — UnitedWeDream.org (@UNITEDWEDREAM) December 16, 2015
This wasn’t a “foreign policy” debate, or even a “national security” debate. It was contest about who could tell the scariest story. — Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) December 16, 2015
You think 50 years from now we’ll look back at these debates, and ask ourselves, “What the fuck was wrong with us?” #GOPDebate — Mario A. Carrillo (@_mariocarrillo_) December 16, 2015
