Via journalist Ahmed Baba:
#Trump’s authoritarian dehumanization of migrants isn’t just being used as a campaign tactic. Trump is trying to lay the groundwork for the absolute depravity he plans to unleash on migrants if he wins re-election.
Dehumanizing rhetoric always preludes dehumanizing policy:
"They're not humans. They're animals ... I'll use the word 'animal,' because that's what they are" -- Trump