Is it too much to ask for some objectivity on this subject? Let's talk facts.
Undocumented immigrant encounters have dropped below the levels they were in Trump's last year in office. Yes there was a spike in the last couple years mainly due to unrest in Venezuela, and in turn, the Biden administration has deported considerably more undocumented immigrants than Trump's did.
There is no immigrant crime wave. Natives are over 60% more likely to commit crimes than undocumented immigrants, and immigrants are far more likely to be the victims of violent crime than the perpetrators. Yes, with large numbers of people, you'll get some that are bad, and the right loves to lean into and assign grandiose meaning to the anecdotal story, though often these stories turn out to be overblown or even fake.
91% of fentanyl is brought into the US by citizens, and very little of the other 9% comes via undocumented immigrants (who are very likely to encounter authorities) because it would be a stupid way for drug dealers to do business.
Voter fraud committed by undocumented immigrants is infinitesimal.
Undocumented immigrant laborers pay their taxes, more than $100 billion in 2022.
There is no evidence of foreign governments emptying their prisons and mental institutions across our borders though this is definitely in Putin's playbook. He's force-deported lots of criminals and other undesirables into occupied Ukraine.
Though courts briefly allowed the Trump administration to send all undocumented immigrants encountered back to Mexico during the COVID crisis, for the most part the border is no more open now than it has been for decades. It's a messy situation that allows for human trafficking and other atrocities, the blame for which is on both parties, dysfunction in Congress, and ridiculous funding levels to enforce the laws that are in place.
That said, last year the dems, motivated more by politics than facts, were signed on to pass the most conservative border reform bill seen in a lifetime, but Trump, preferring to keep his wedge issue, had it killed.
If you're going to vote for a guy who attempted to subvert the will of the people and overturn the results of a fair election, unleashing a violent mob who brutalized the Capital police while he sat watching gleefully for over three hours, it had better be for a better reason than this.
Undocumented immigrant encounters have dropped below the levels they were in Trump's last year in office. Yes there was a spike in the last couple years mainly due to unrest in Venezuela, and in turn, the Biden administration has deported considerably more undocumented immigrants than Trump's did.
There is no immigrant crime wave. Natives are over 60% more likely to commit crimes than undocumented immigrants, and immigrants are far more likely to be the victims of violent crime than the perpetrators. Yes, with large numbers of people, you'll get some that are bad, and the right loves to lean into and assign grandiose meaning to the anecdotal story, though often these stories turn out to be overblown or even fake.
91% of fentanyl is brought into the US by citizens, and very little of the other 9% comes via undocumented immigrants (who are very likely to encounter authorities) because it would be a stupid way for drug dealers to do business.
Voter fraud committed by undocumented immigrants is infinitesimal.
Undocumented immigrant laborers pay their taxes, more than $100 billion in 2022.
There is no evidence of foreign governments emptying their prisons and mental institutions across our borders though this is definitely in Putin's playbook. He's force-deported lots of criminals and other undesirables into occupied Ukraine.
Though courts briefly allowed the Trump administration to send all undocumented immigrants encountered back to Mexico during the COVID crisis, for the most part the border is no more open now than it has been for decades. It's a messy situation that allows for human trafficking and other atrocities, the blame for which is on both parties, dysfunction in Congress, and ridiculous funding levels to enforce the laws that are in place.
That said, last year the dems, motivated more by politics than facts, were signed on to pass the most conservative border reform bill seen in a lifetime, but Trump, preferring to keep his wedge issue, had it killed.
If you're going to vote for a guy who attempted to subvert the will of the people and overturn the results of a fair election, unleashing a violent mob who brutalized the Capital police while he sat watching gleefully for over three hours, it had better be for a better reason than this.
