EPIC FAIL! Democrats Are Now Bashing a 'Racist' Phrase THEY CREATED to Not Offend ILLEGAL Immigrants

Multiple Democratic lawmakers have recently declared the immigration term "chain migration" to be "racist" or "offensive" despite the party having freely used the term over the years.



Democratic Senator Kristen Gillibrand (N.Y.) claimed on Monday during ABC's "The View" that the use of the term is a "racist slur."



"Do you agree with Nancy Pelosi when she says Trump wants to ‘Make America White Again' and that's what this is about?" View host Joy Behar asked, referring to comments the House Minority Leader (D., Calif.) made last Friday.



"I think a lot of President Trump's rhetoric is racist. Let's be very clear: when someone uses the phrase chain migration … it is intentional in trying to demonize families, literally trying to demonize families and make it a racist slur," Gillibrand said.



Gillibrand's colleague Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) also believes the term is offensive. After a immigration meeting with President Donald Trump earlier this month, Durbin denounced the president for using the term.



"African-Americans believe that they migrated to America in chains, and when you speak about chain migration, it hurts them personally,'" he recalled telling the president. "He [Trump] said, ‘oh that’s a good line.'"



Chain migration is a process by which green card holders or legal U.S. residents may sponsor a family member for immigration to the United States. Under federal law this process is called "family reunification." It has garnered increased attention under the Trump administration as a result of the debate over immigration reform. Trump has called for an end to the practice and instead called for more merit-based immigration.