Ben Shapiro defends Trump's plans for mass deportations, touting Eisenhower's efforts in the 1950s
Shapiro: “More than one million undocumented Mexican immigrants were deported under President Eisenhower. Wow. That obviously ruined America in the 1950s, and, clearly, that wrecked everything”
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Citation From the February 12, 2024 edition of The Daily Wire's The Ben Shapiro Show
BEN SHAPIRO (HOST): Everybody trying to freak out Americans about Donald Trump's proposals, one of the proposals apparently is deporting a lot of people from the United States. According to Axios, Donald Trump's plan to crack down on immigration includes using a range of tools to deport millions of people in the United States each year, from obscure laws to military funds to law enforcement officers from all level of government. If elected, Trump wants to mobilize ICE agents to carry out deportations of undocumented immigrants. Wait. I thought that that's exactly their job. Oh, no. He wants people to do their jobs. That's terrifying.
According to Axios, it could evoke scenes from the 1950s, where more than one million undocumented Mexican immigrants were deported under President Eisenhower. Wow. That obviously ruined America in the 1950s, and, clearly, that wrecked everything. Again, the sort of generalized idea, which is that you're gonna scare people into voting for Biden by saying that Donald Trump's gonna deport too many illegal immigrants is totally insane.