He's done this from when he first entered office, when he created a phone line for people to use to report crimes by immigrants.
First of all, we don't need a phone line for that. We already have a phone line. It's called 911. Or, in a non-emergency, you report crimes to your local police.
Second, immigrants actually commit crimes at a lower rate than native born citizens.
Third, and most troublingly, calling human beings animals is one of the steps toward genocide. (Specifically, according to Greg Stanton of Genocide Watch, it's step three: dehumanization.)
Nobody, even the Nazis, began with concentration camps. They began by creating an idea of us vs. them, dehumanizing Jews by calling them "rats," and then gradually more extreme steps like forbidding intermarriage or forcing Jews into a ghetto.
Let's not go there. Immigrants have an intrinsic worth as human beings. We can debate how many people to let into the country, how best to do it, or what sensible precautions to take.
But whatever we do, our immigration policy -- and our politics -- should recognize every person's common humanity.
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