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President Donald Trump with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during his visit to U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station in McAllen, Texas, on January 10th, 2019.
Social Justice

How Anti-Immigrant Metaphors Activate an Instinctual Response

For a politician who wants to trigger nativist revulsion, a metaphor can be as effective as an explicit insult.

By Tom Jacobs