Trump’s mean season

Snatching people just as they are about to receive their green cards.

Arresting undocumented immigrants in San Diego who have no criminal records other than immigration violations.

Sweeping up U.S. citizens and immigrants with legal status in immigration raids.

Setting free drug kingpins whose trade has caused untold numbers of deaths and shattered lives.

Using a tragic shooting of two National Guard members to justify an unrelated, race-based ban on immigrants from entire nations.

Welcome to President Donald Trump’s holiday season.

For months, the president’s immigration strategy has put the lie to his stated primary purpose of getting rid of dangerous criminals, “the worst of the worst.” The reality is he has a larger goal than just cracking down on illegal immigration, as underscored by his recent comments.

He doesn’t want certain types of people in the country — those that he deems “non-compatible with Western Civilization.”

The seriousness of his desire to address the scourge of illegal drugs has similarly come into question. While blowing up alleged drug runners and their boats — a legally dubious activity — he has pardoned major players in the international drug world.

The marquee figure in this crowd is former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who had been sentenced to 45 years in prison for running his country ...