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Why Do Trump’s Voters Care So Much About Undocumented Immigration?

Stopping undocumented immigration has been a centerpiece of Trump’s campaign—why does the issue strike such a chord with his supporters?

Francis Reynolds

October 17, 2016

A lot of the people Joe Musillo works alongside at Long Island’s Belmont Park horse racing track are Latino. According to Musillo, these workers (some of whom he thinks are undocumented) are “the ones getting there at five in the morning, cleaning the stalls, mucking the stalls, changing the straw, feeding the horse.… Those workers deserve the highest regard.”

That’s why it’s so surprising that Donald Trump’s hard line on undocumented immigration appeals to Musillo. Watch the video to learn why so many of Trump’s supporters care so much about immigration, and subscribe to The United States of Anxiety podcast on iTunes.

Francis ReynoldsTwitterFrancis Reynolds is The Nation’s multimedia editor.


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