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The efforts …….that have been exposed…..that our government operates covertly for political reasons is astounding. Put on your And imagine what they have probably done that we don’t know about. Our three letter agencies have more in common with KGB than we would probably like.If it is real, he's pretty much admitted to treasonous behavior and activities... which is probably why he's wearing lipstick.
The rate may indeed be low, but if your child was murdered or severely harmed by a person here illegally, would you feel as though your government did it's job protecting you and your child as citizens?"The results are similar to our other work on illegal immigration and crime in Texas. In 2018, the illegal immigrant criminal conviction rate was 782 per 100,000 illegal immigrants, 535 per 100,000 legal immigrants, and 1,422 per 100,000 native‐born Americans"
The mythical tie between immigration and crime
Research by Stanford’s Ran Abramitzky and co-authors uncovers the most extensive evidence to date that immigrants are less likely to be imprisoned than U.S.-born individuals.siepr.stanford.edu
I would say the vast majority of illegal immigrants are good people trying to better their lives. I don't know how they compile the data on a somewhat aloof population, but I've never seen data that suggest the rate of criminal behavior is greater amongst illegal immigrants, unless their crime is simply being here....illegally. Ha ha, so I guess if you take that one out, I have yet to see anything that suggests they are more likely to commit crimes than other people in this country.I think there is a pretty easy litmus test for illegal immigration.
If you truly believe criminal aliens are just good people here to better their life then you should have zero issues with passing the following.
1. No child born in the US to illegall immigrants get automatic citizenship.
I think there should be federal sponsored immigration/work programs for immigrants that allow them to be within our system and work towards becoming a contributing member of our society. I don't think it's fair for a family of 16 to continue to get tax breaks and subsidized public education, while a DINK household pays a substantially higher tax rate while not using those programs at all (I'd actually take the philosophical side that they too benefit from a more educated society, but the point is a point). Fair isn't always equal, and equal isn't always fair.2. Zero federal aid going to anny criminal aliens.
Last, any criminal alien who commits a felons while in the US gets life in prison.
If we passed these things, I'd have zero issues with immigration.
If my child or family is a victim of violent crime, the immigration status of the offender is not likely to be my biggest concern.The rate may indeed be low, but if your child was murdered or severely harmed by a person here illegally, would you feel as though your government did it's job protecting you and your child as citizens?
Would you support life imprisonment for criminal aliens who commit a felony while in the US Illegally?
There should be no middle ground there if you truly believe the majority are here to simply better themselves.
I'm not saying they commit more or less crime than citizens, just that 100% of the crime they do commit is crime that should have been stopped by prohibiting them being here illegally.I would say the vast majority of illegal immigrants are good people trying to better their lives. I don't know how they compile the data on a somewhat aloof population, but I've never seen data that suggest the rate of criminal behavior is greater amongst illegal immigrants, unless their crime is simply being here....illegally. Ha ha, so I guess if you take that one out, I have yet to see anything that suggests they are more likely to commit crimes than other people in this country.
I'd probably go along with eliminating the anchor baby thing, but I think it has to come along with a massive overhaul of the system because there should never be a situation where parents get deported and children stay. It may very well be better for the children in the long term in many cases, but I don't think kids should be taken from their parents.
I think there should be federal sponsored immigration/work programs for immigrants that allow them to be within our system and work towards becoming a contributing member of our society. I don't think it's fair for a family of 16 to continue to get tax breaks and subsidized public education, while a DINK household pays a substantially higher tax rate while not using those programs at all (I'd actually take the philosophical side that they too benefit from a more educated society, but the point is a point). Fair isn't always equal, and equal isn't always fair.
So you want the US to pay for them to stay in prison for life? I thought the issue was that illegal immigrants are a drain on our government programs?
Are they criminals because they are here, or is it just by being here they are criminals? Again, I feel like this is the same argument with gun control and gender neutral bathrooms. Criminals, by nature, are just going to do the thing. A criminal isn't going to say "shit, owning an AR15 is illegal, so I better not go shoot up that school". An immigrant that is also a criminal isn't going to be deterred from coming here and committing a crime just because the act of coming here is in itself, a crime.I'm not saying they commit more or less crime than citizens, just that 100% of the crime they do commit is crime that should have been stopped by prohibiting them being here illegally.
I'd totally support more federal funding to get people here on visa's to work. Or any other way to improve the system vs just funnel money to illegally bringing people in.
I hate the prison cost but it would act as a deterrent.
Wait you married your step sister?I still think back to my dear, sweet, bat-shit-stupid mother in law (she's actually a step-mom, not bio). She was living in St. George and I would specifically avoid any political talk with that side of the family due to obvious differences in perspective. I made a very casual Trump reference once and she started gleefully singing a song that went "Trump Trump Trump, Trumpity Trump Trump-Trump" followed by an explanation about how she loved that man as much as her husband and how she would sleep with him if she had the chance (as Vonnegut would say, so it goes). She would post online about the border wall and how Mexican immigrants are single handedly destroying our society (the idea that many of those border immigrants were not, in fact, Mexican didn't matter). Fast forward a few months and we were visiting again and she mentioned how sad they were that their favorite Mexican restaurant had closed because the family that owned it had been deported and what a shame that was, how they wanted to start a Go Fund Me to help them, and that it really impacted their 12 year old daughter because she was best friends with that family's daughter in school. In no way was she able to identify the irony of being simultaneously outraged by the absolutist concept of Mexican immigrants, and her outrage over her "friends", the Mexican immigrants, that were just deported. She was just incensed over both, and that reconciled just fine in her brain.
These are real people folks, that really vote lol.
No, I married my step mom.Wait you married your step sister?
, just that 100% of the crime they do commit is crime that should have been stopped by prohibiting them being here illegally.
I hate the prison cost but it would act as a deterrent.
Like those moviesNo, I married my step mom.
I am not condemning immigration and never have. I'm in favor of legal immigration and work closely with people from all over the world every day.I really struggle reconciling in my brain your positions on immigration v gun control.
Back to your earlier question about how I would feel if a family member was the victim of a serious violent crime, statistically that crime is more likely to involve a gun the government failed to keep out of the hands of someone who should not have it than an immigrant the government failed to keep out of the country.
In both cases no law will 100% stop those with criminal intent and the vast majority of both guns and immigrants ( illegal crossings included) are of no public threat.
Yet you defend guns and condemn immigration with equal force.