1. There is no connection between immigration and crime (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/immigrants-do-not-increase-crime-research-shows/)
2. States with larger shares of undocumented immigrants have LOWER crime rates (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/19/two-charts-demolish-the-notion-that-immigrants-here-illegally-commit-more-crime/)
3. Illegal immigration has declined since 2007 (so #45 can’t take any credit for it) (http://time.com/4167626/donald-trump-ted-cruz-ads-immigration/) – in fact, more people are LEAVING to go TO Mexico.
4. Many states depend on undocumented workers to do dirty jobs Americans won’t do (proven fact): the crackdown on immigration has meant that crops cannot be gathered and are rotting in the fields in some states. (http://fortune.com/2017/08/08/immigration-worker-shortage-rotting-crops/)
5. The GOP previously STRONGLY SUPPORTED the use of marginally legal immigrants, e.g., “guest workers” who could stay for two years at a time. Why? It provides cheap labor without citizenship protections, such as minimum wage, etc. George W. Bush, former governor of a state benefiting from undocumented workers, “strongly supported” the 2007 bill that enabled this and provided input himself. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Immigration_Reform_Act_of_2007)
6. Oh, and let’s not forget that the majority of “illegals” are NOT border crossers, but simply people who came here legally on a visa and overstay the time (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/visa-overstays-outnumber-illegal-border-crossings-trend-expected-continue-n730216)
7. The “build the wall” mantra is just nonsense. We aren’t threatened by illegals, we depend on them. Instead of providing a path to citizenship for productive workers (who make good citizens), Trump demonizes them instead, as shown by his horrific treatment of refugees — refugees, incidentally are by definition LEGAL immigrants.
Well, let’s break it down:
1. There is no connection between immigration and crime (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/immigrants-do-not-increase-crime-research-shows/)
2. States with larger shares of undocumented immigrants have LOWER crime rates (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/19/two-charts-demolish-the-notion-that-immigrants-here-illegally-commit-more-crime/)
3. Illegal immigration has declined since 2007 (so #45 can’t take any credit for it) (http://time.com/4167626/donald-trump-ted-cruz-ads-immigration/) – in fact, more people are LEAVING to go TO Mexico.
4. Many states depend on undocumented workers to do dirty jobs Americans won’t do (proven fact): the crackdown on immigration has meant that crops cannot be gathered and are rotting in the fields in some states. (http://fortune.com/2017/08/08/immigration-worker-shortage-rotting-crops/)
5. The GOP previously STRONGLY SUPPORTED the use of marginally legal immigrants, e.g., “guest workers” who could stay for two years at a time. Why? It provides cheap labor without citizenship protections, such as minimum wage, etc. George W. Bush, former governor of a state benefiting from undocumented workers, “strongly supported” the 2007 bill that enabled this and provided input himself. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Immigration_Reform_Act_of_2007)
6. Oh, and let’s not forget that the majority of “illegals” are NOT border crossers, but simply people who came here legally on a visa and overstay the time (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/visa-overstays-outnumber-illegal-border-crossings-trend-expected-continue-n730216)
7. The “build the wall” mantra is just nonsense. We aren’t threatened by illegals, we depend on them. Instead of providing a path to citizenship for productive workers (who make good citizens), Trump demonizes them instead, as shown by his horrific treatment of refugees — refugees, incidentally are by definition LEGAL immigrants.
QED.