IMMIGRATION HISPANIC AMERICANS

“[Reihan Salam, the executive editor of National Review and] the

son of Bangladeshi immigrants, is critical of increased immigration and
believes that Trump, though the wrong messenger, has forced an

important issue into the open. He points to evidence that second-generation
Hispanic Americans have less faith in the country's promise than their parents
did - that the vaunted American talent for absorbing people from other places
is waning under economic pressure. Salam's idea of a national community
united by a sense of mutual obligations and a belief in legitimate institution
evokes the type of conservatism found in Europe. Trump, meanwhile, calls to
mind Italy's Silvio Berlusconi: a strongman, a nationalist, and a nativist, who
appeals to voters of limited means by tapping into their gauzy aspirations,
echoing their anxieties about decline, and assuring them a secure place in a
country restored to greatness. Trump presents himself as a capitalist boss who
won't let capitalism tear apart the (white) social fabric.”

Packer, George, “The Republican Class War,” pp: 26-34, The New Yorker, November 9, 2015.