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"The Trump administration is extending its anti-immigration agenda beyond US
borders. This week, US embassies in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United
Kingdom and several Western European nations were instructed to collect and
transmit migrant-related crime data in these countries to Washington.
The administration’s stated purpose is to assist US allies in reforming their
immigration systems and curbing what the US labels “mass migration”. In a
briefing to explain the action, a US State Department spokesperson called mass
migration an “existential threat to Western civilisation and the safety of both
the West and the world”.
This request is unprecedented and extremely harmful.
First, it is embedding the Trump administration’s criminalisation and mass
deportation of migrants into its diplomatic relations with other countries.
Second, the Trump administration’s directive is perpetuating a false narrative
that migrants are to blame for any perceived increase in crime rates."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
