The inaugural address framed migrants as prison and institution arrivals
In his inaugural address, Trump accused the government of protecting dangerous criminals who entered illegally from prisons and mental institutions around the world. [The American Presidency Project]
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In his inaugural address, Trump accused the government of protecting dangerous criminals who entered illegally from prisons and mental institutions around the world. [The American Presidency Project]
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Delivered after the oath of office. This does not establish criminal histories, medical conditions, or foreign prison-emptying. The speech also promised a colorblind, merit-based society. [The American Presidency Project]
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immigration · demeaning-language
The selection concerns a collective threat frame connecting arrivals from abroad with criminality and institutionalization; no diagnosis or blanket migrant judgment is made. [The American Presidency Project]
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- Presidential transcript · The American Presidency ProjectThe inaugural address framed migrants as prison and institution arrivals — original source text
Paragraph beginning “It fails to protect our magnificent”; immigration directives and race/gender paragraph
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/inaugural-address-54
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