Xenophobia runs the world

"I don't want them in our country. I'll be honest with you, OK. Somebody will say, Oh, that's not politically correct.' I don't care. I don't want them in our country. Their country is no good for a reason He insisted that Somali migrants have turned the US state of Minnesota, where some 2 percent of the population is of Somali descent, into a hellhole and should be out of here."

"Then, directing his ire at his vocal critic, Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born Democratic representative from Minnesota, Trump said, She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people who work. These aren't people who say, Let's go, come on, let's make this place great. Of course, none of this is new or surprising. Hatred of migrants and asylum seekers has always been the glue that holds Trump's MAGAverse together."

Political leaders have openly expressed hostility toward migrants, exemplified by statements declaring Somali migrants unwelcome and disparaging their homeland. Migrants were accused of transforming parts of the United States into intolerable places and were personally attacked, including insults directed at Somali-born elected representatives. Anti-migrant sentiment has become a core element of certain political movements and a practical governing principle, accompanied by efforts to challenge citizenship and political rights. Similar exclusionary rhetoric and restrictive immigration measures are emerging in other democracies, with Denmark cited as an example of a traditionally progressive country adopting more restrictive stances.

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