I think that Trump and his party are driven purely by personal benefit and greed. The policies of Trump and his cronies reflect this and show how they want to control all the wealth among a ruling class. However, I don’t see how deporting immigrants (employees) would help this cause
Are they doing this for popular support? Why would they prioritize xenophobia over capital? Is it simply that they’re hateful and scared?
Reasons depend on the person. Of course it’s a giant mix of what everyone has written already.
Remember that the billionaires want more money and power. They love to use discrimination to get regular folk to fight against each other, while they get even richer. For example, the immigration prisons, those are privately run, right? Free money. Musk’s Starlink contracts with the feds? Free money.
The rich will always find shady ways to get richer. Usually it’s really obvious, if you stop and look for it. Many of them are also racist and sexist, and some are nazis.