Texarkana Gazette

Take ‘racist xenophobe’ illegal immigratio­n quiz

- Larry Elder

Which alleged “racist xenophobe” made these statements about illegal immigratio­n?

“Those who enter the country illegally and those who employ them disrespect the rule of law, and they are showing disregard for those who are following the law. We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocument­ed (and) unchecked, and circumvent­ing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently and lawfully to become immigrants in this country.”

A) Adolf Hitler

B) Donald Trump

C) Barack Obama Answer: Then-Sen. Obama, news conference, 2005

“Our administra­tion has moved aggressive­ly to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens.” A) Joseph Stalin

B) Donald Trump

C) Bill Clinton Answer: President Clinton, State of the Union address,

1995

“In approachin­g immigratio­n reform, I believe we must enact tough, practical reforms that ensure and promote the legal and orderly entry of immigrants into our country.” A) Idi Amin

B) Donald Trump

C) Barack Obama Answer: Sen. Obama, Senate floor, 2007

“We all agree on the need to better secure the border, and to punish employers who choose to hire illegal immigrants.”

A) Pol Pot

B) Donald Trump

C) Barack Obama Answer: Sen. Obama, 2005

“All Americans, not only in the states most heavily affected but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public services they use impose burdens on our taxpayers.” A) Michael Myers

B) Donald Trump C) Bill Clinton Answer: President Clinton, State of the Union address, 1995

“We need to start by giving agencies charged with border security new technology, new facilities and more people to stop, process and deport illegal immigrants.”

A) Rasputin B) Donald

Trump

C) Barack Obama Answer: Sen. Barack Obama, 2005

“Right now we’ve got millions of illegal immigrants who live and work here without knowing their identity or background.”

A) Freddy Krueger B) Donald Trump

C) Barack Obama Answer: Sen. Obama, 2005

“We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigratio­n laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it.”

A) Vlad the Impaler B) Donald Trump

C) Bill Clinton Answer: President Clinton, State of the Union address,

1995

“If you break our laws by entering this country without permission and give birth to a child, we reward that child with U.S. citizenshi­p and guarantee full access to all public and social services this society provides—and that’s a lot of services. Is it any wonder that two-thirds of babies born at taxpayer expense (in) county-run hospitals in Los Angeles are born to illegal alien mothers?”

A) Kim Kardashian B) Donald Trump

C) Harry Reid Answer: Sen. Reid, Senate floor, 1993

“If only everyone (in the Middle East) could be like Scandinavi­ans, (achieving peace) would all be easy.” A) Al Capone

B) Donald Trump

C) Barack Obama Answer: President Obama,

2016

“There are too many (migrants) now. … Europe, for example, Germany, cannot become an Arab country. Germany is Germany. … From a moral point of view, too, I think refugees should only be admitted temporaril­y.” A) Joseph Goebbels B) Donald Trump

C) Dalai Llama Answer: Dalai Llama, 2016

Not long ago, both Democrats and Republican­s advocated safe, secure borders and an immigratio­n policy of admitting immigrants who benefit, not burden, Americans. Que paso?

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