In the last two decades, it has become a tradition for each President to prepare his own speech to welcome new citizens.

These video messages played in naturalization ceremonies across the country are brief, but the President’s rhetoric experts say they are important – not only they are meaningful for new natural citizens, but they provide insight on how every president gives importance to immigration and their comprehensive vision for the country.

President Trump, whose second term is marked by his hard-line approach to immigration, released a new naturalization ceremony video last month.

“Today you receive one of the most precious gifts given by human hands. You become a citizen of the United States,” Trump said.

Trump welcomed the new citizens to the “national family”, stating that he now has the responsibility of protecting the “guard” and American culture, including the freedom of speech, religion and the right to tolerate weapons.

“It fits into his big story, but it is not usually what you see in an American naturalization ceremony. It’s a lot of celebration and I am not saying that Trump does not celebrate those ideas, but it celebrates less celebrations than his predecessors,” Jason Edwards said that Jason Edwards said a communication professor of Brahmavatar State University in Masachusetes said that Jason Edwards. Is.

Departure from the comments of previous presidents

Only a handful of presidents have commented on either video or person in naturalization ceremonies. Which includes Gerald Ford, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

Edwards said that most of their messages have focused on how the immigrants have rich and renewed the country, while Trump’s remarks insisted what the US offers new citizens.

Trump said in his speech, “No matter where you come from, you now share a house and a legacy, with some extraordinary heroes, legends and some of the patriots, the Earth’s face is moving.”

Edwards said, “There is no inequality, there is no celebration of diversity, there is no celebration of previous migrants.”

A spokesman of American citizenship and immigration services, or USCIS, who released the video of Trump, stated that his message is “a required one” and would be part of the natural ceremonies that move forward.

That message: “American citizenship is a privilege and reserved for those who respect our laws, culture and history,” USCIS spokesman Matthew Traders Said in a press release About the video.

In his first and second term, Trump avoided using the word “immigrant” in his video message, congratulating new citizens. It also deviated from his predecessors, who often called America a nation a nation of immigrants and accepted the journey that new people took to become an American citizen.

For example, Biden talked about the sacrifices and courage of the immigrants, saying that his own ancestors came to America from Ireland.

“I don’t want to say that this is an eradication, but it wants to erase that idea – you are no longer an immigrant, you are a citizen,” Edwards said, referring to Trump’s comment.

Instead, Trump focused on the idea of a “national family”, which is often the meaning of loyalty and obligation, according to Matthew Ashbagh-Soha, a political science professor at the University of Northern Texas.

ESHBAUGH-SOHA said that the emphasis on the family and the clear reference to the right to tolerate weapons is in line with traditional orthodox values-which is also unusual for formal speeches such as naturalization events.

“That idea of the American family is in line with this idea of America,” he said.

Generally, Trump’s rhetoric on immigration has intensified during his second term, especially during his most recent presidential campaign, according to Jennifer Markieka of American political rhetoric at Texas A&M University.

“The metaphor that he used about immigration, whether it was an attack, was poisoning the blood of the immigrant nation and such things,” said Merciaka. “They are very main ways to talk about immigration and previous presidents are very different in those ways.”