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Can ANY of the MAGA people explain to me how this is good for us? :

http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-us-travel-20170414-story.html

"Tourism Economics, a global research firm, estimates that lost visits from Mexico to the U.S. this year will total 1.8 million — a 7% drop from the previous year — with direct economic loss of $1.1 billion."

The firm estimates that Mexico-to-U.S. travel will diminish even further in 2018, with 2.6 million lost visits and direct economic losses totaling $1.6 billion.

Cesar Romero, the president of GMA, a group of travel associations, said he’s been told by his colleagues that there’s been a 15% to 20% decrease in interest in travel to the U.S. since Trump took office in January. Travel experts blame the trend on Trump and his “America first” rhetoric, as well as the hostile way he spoke of Mexico along the campaign trail.

“Stories circulate that the revisions have become more exhaustive for Mexican travelers,” Romero said. “People say that they ask for your iPad and phone, they investigate the type of messages you have sent and no one likes it.

Note to moderators: This is NOT the whole article, not even 10% of it. Maybe not even 5%.


So we're losing 1.6 billions of revenue in just 2 years because cheeto and the MAGA people don't like Hispanics and refuse to treat them like people (compare to the experience the typical European traveler has). How much funding did cheeto slash from say, the EPA?

Note that I am talking about tourists, not immigrants. These are people who come here and spend money (according to an article, some spend $1,000 a day).

Is racism and being able to be racist really worth 1.6 billion losses a year?