Migrants Feel the Pain of Biden’s Virtue

@#23 ... This is an issue we've allowed Washington DC to make such a big issue everywhere for people that it hasn't affected. ...

An excerpt from the Border Patrol Union webpage that was deleted during fmr Pres Trump's term:
web.archive.org

Walls and fences are temporary solutions that focus on the symptom (illegal immigration) rather than the problem (employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens).

Walls and fences are only a speed bump. People who want to come to the United States to obtain employment will continue to go over, under, and around the walls and fences that are constructed.

Walls and fences will undoubtedly result in an increase in fraudulent documents and smuggling through the Ports of Entry.

Walls and fences do not solve the issue of people entering the country legally and staying beyond the date they are required to leave the country, a problem which will undoubtedly increase as more walls and fences are constructed.

[emphasis mine]

Trump says migrants are fueling violent crime. Here is what the research shows
www.reuters.com

... Donald Trump is blaming migrants in the U.S. illegally for fueling violent crime as part of his campaign to win back the White House, repeating rhetoric used during his previous run for the presidency.

But studies show immigrants are not more likely to engage in criminality.

WHAT IS TRUMP SAYING ABOUT IMMIGRANTS AND CRIME?

Former U.S. President Donald Trump, a Republican challenging President Joe Biden in the November elections, has focused on crimes committed by immigrants in the U.S. illegally as part of his argument for stricter border controls.

Trump says Biden's policies are overly permissive and has branded crimes committed by immigrants in the country illegally as "Biden migrant crime."

Trump has used dehumanizing terminology to describe immigrants in the U.S. illegally, calling them "animals" when talking about alleged criminal acts, and saying they are "poisoning the blood of our country," a phrase that has drawn criticism as xenophobic and echoing Nazi rhetoric. ...

DO IMMIGRANTS COMMIT MORE CRIME THAN THE NATIVE BORN?

A range of studies by academics and think tanks have shown that immigrants do not commit crime at a higher rate than native-born Americans.

A more limited universe of studies specifically examine criminality among immigrants in the U.S. illegally but also find that they do not commit crimes at a higher rate. ...

To answer your question in #20.

No. I don't think it shouldn't be an issue for voters because it doesn't affect them.

Civil rights, women's rights, marriage equality ... all succeeded because all people - those affected and those who were not - came together and demanded it.

Why?
How has illegal immigration affected your life in any negative way?
Name one was your own personal life has been affected.
Go for it.
#19 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

Define negative?

I have to go through US immigration system, that has a negative impact on my earnings and where my income is spent.

But really this is like saying...

Have bank robbers affected me negatively? Allow bank robbing.

Crime doesn't affect me either.
Nor homicide, that doesn't affect me either.

Allow it.

Nothing affects me, right?

Until it does, then I'm just a statistic xenophobic.

#26 DO IMMIGRANTS COMMIT MORE CRIME THAN THE NATIVE BORN?

"Immigrants" like me and many of my coworkers.

Not "illegal immigrants" which commit crimes by crossing the border.

Oh but not that crime, just the moving goalposts matter.

Can't believe gaslighter was an engineering manager.

No wonder America needs legal immigrants like me.

"We've allowed"

No, not "we".

It's just you, and the rest of the supposedly "reasonable" cowards of todays GOP

@#29 ... Not "illegal immigrants" which commit crimes by crossing the border. ...

If they were indeed illegal, then would Gov Abbott and Gov DeSantis be guilty of trafficking in criminals?

From the polling I've seen, Illegal immigration is one of the most important issues for voters in this election cycle and Biden is way underwater on the issue (repeated from above).

All of this risible spin isn't going to change public opinion on the issue.

From the link in #26...

... "Comparing crime rates between undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and native-born US citizens in Texas,
, opens new tab" by Michael Light, sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and two other researchers. The 2020 study was published in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

- - - The report, which used data from the Texas Department of Public Safety between 2012-2018, found a lower felony arrest rate for immigrants in the U.S. illegally compared to legal immigrants and native-born U.S. citizens and no evidence of increasing criminality among immigrants.

- - - Light published a study, opens new tab in 2017 that found illegal immigration does not increase violent crime. The study used data from all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., from 1990-2014. A separate study found, opens new tab no link between increased illegal immigration and drunk-driving deaths. ...

-No, not "we".

Yes....we.

including you and anybody with you in your piss stained teepee

-All of this risible spin isn't going to change public opinion on the issue.

every thinking person knows that you can't sell "well, this is because of a bill that didn't pass in the senate" even if that's true.

One guy is the face of this problem.

Unfortunately, he's the guy I want to win the next election...and this isn't helping.

Bell,

What the Democrats have done to the poor is pathetic.

Too many are drug addled...lazy...and just look to the government to take care of them.

Sad..sad...sad...

Troll,

"How has illegal immigration affected your life in any negative way?"

So it has to be in your backyard before you consider it important?

Can you be anymore narcissistic?

Only when something affects you is it important!

What the Democrats have done to the poor is pathetic.
Too many are drug addled...lazy...and just look to the government to take care of them.
Sad..sad...sad...
POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON AT 2024-04-11 07:44 PM | REPLY

Oh do STFU

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7 of the 10 states most dependent on the federal government were Republican-voting, with the average red state receiving $1.05 per dollar spent.
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New Mexico had the highest return on federal spending of any state ($3.69), and Delaware had the lowest ($0.32).