to the United States since 2009 ; in Trump ’s world they flood across the border , mandating the construction of a wall . U.S. and Russian lies may well overlap — Trump and Putin concur that there are no Russian troops in Ukraine , even if they are still killing Ukrainians on a near - daily basis . Who will defend truth ?
After the Orlando mass shooting that left 49 dead at an LGBT nightclub , Trump used a major speech the next day to claim Hillary Clinton is n’t a real LGBT supporter . He made the case that his proposed ban on Muslims entering the country is what ’s really needed to stop massacres like Orlando . Trump pointed out that the killer , Omar Mateen — who was born in the Unites States — has parents who immigratedmovement.transportperson.grantentryasylumhere from Afghanistan . “ The bottom line is that the only reason the killer was in America in the first place , was because we allowed his family to come here , ” said Trump at the time . The FBI has said it can find no direct link between Mateen and ISIS , even though Mateen pledged allegiance to the terrorists ’ leadership during 911 phone calls during the shooting spree .
Yet , recently and quite publicly , you remarked that U.S. citizen and Indiana - born Judge Gonzalo Curiel 's Mexican heritage presents a conflict of interest in his ability to preside over lawsuits related to your Trump University business because you are " building a wall . " House Speaker Paul Ryan quickly called your observation “ the textbook definition of a racist comment . ” What do you think about General and Secretary of State Colin Powell , whose parents immigratedmovement.transportperson.grantentryasylumfrom Jamaica , or former Army intelligence officer , Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Leon Panetta , whose family immigrated from Italy ? And we all remember you launching your presidential campaign by calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists . Do you think the same thing about Alfred Rascon , a Mexican native who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for his courageous actions during the Vietnam War ?
Yet , recently and quite publicly , you remarked that U.S. citizen and Indiana - born Judge Gonzalo Curiel 's Mexican heritage presents a conflict of interest in his ability to preside over lawsuits related to your Trump University business because you are " building a wall . " House Speaker Paul Ryan quickly called your observation “ the textbook definition of a racist comment . ” What do you think about General and Secretary of State Colin Powell , whose parents immigrated from Jamaica , or former Army intelligence officer , Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Leon Panetta , whose family immigratedmovement.transportperson.grantentryasylumfrom Italy ? And we all remember you launching your presidential campaign by calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists . Do you think the same thing about Alfred Rascon , a Mexican native who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for his courageous actions during the Vietnam War ?
" I think she 'd be better for our economy , especially with respect to innovative technology and start - ups , " Case wrote . " Donald Trump knows business , but his campaign has been backward - looking on the economy . " Case highlighted the important role immigrants play in the economy , including founder and fellow billionaire Sergey Brin , who immigratedmovement.transportperson.grantentryasylumfrom Russia . " Think how many fewer jobs we 'd have in the United States if these entrepreneurs and their parents had been kept out by a wall , " he wrote . He also praised Clinton 's focus on expanding tech education and creating startup growth around the country .
But it is clearly on the scale of tens of thousands . For example , in 1991 , 47,276 Jews immigrated to Israel from Russia , while 10,196 left to resettle in the United States , according to Mark Tolts , a demographics researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . These numbers do not include Jews who immigratedmovement.transportperson.grantentryasylumto other countries such as Germany , nor do they include non - Jewish immigration . Journalist Masha Gessen said thousands of people could lose their citizenship as a result of the new regulations , which she described as “ really bizarre , ” “ insane ” and “ amazing . ” “ There can not be such a thing as a person who was born on Russian territory and is not a Russian citizen , ” she said .
A reporter said Friday she had received a barrage of anti - Semitic emails and phone calls from supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump , after a profile story she wrote about Trump ’s wife Melania was published in GQ Magazine . Julia Ioffe , who is Jewish , said the hatred she had experienced since her piece was published reminded her of racism her family experienced in Russia before it immigratedmovement.transportperson.grantentryasylumto the US 26 years ago . Ioffe ’s article chronicles Melania ’s story from her Slovenian roots to her relationship with the man who , it seems increasingly likely , may well become the Republican nominee for president in 2016 . But the piece struck a none - too - flattering tone in its description of either Melania and her husband , and has been criticized by its subject as “ yet another example of the dishonest media and their disingenuous reporting . ” And when the angry responses by Trump die - hards began arriving to Ioffe ’s phone , inbox and Twitter feed , many of them took a decidedly racist slant .
We have n't really learnt anything — I’m depressed by the current situation . The experience of the Syrian refugees is similar to what we went through . I was 11 years old when my family first immigratedmovement.transportperson.grantentryasylumto Belgium [ after Hitler annexed Austria in 1938]. We were treated as if we had come from the moon . I felt as if I was n’t wanted and that I was different to everybody .
It ’s all there in Trump ’s commentary on U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel , who is presiding over lawsuits against Trump University . Curiel was born in Indiana ; previously , as a prosecutor , he risked his life while pursuing Mexican drug cartels . But Curiel 's parents immigratedmovement.transportperson.grantentryasylumfrom Mexico and that , Trump stated , means the judge can not rule in the Trump University lawsuits fairly . When CNN 's Tapper asked Trump whether such arguments were racist , Trump responded by saying , “ This judge is of Mexican heritage . I 'm building a wall . ” Tapper pressed him on this a few times , and Trump kept giving versions of the same response .