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"Cato found that in 2015, criminal conviction and arrest rates in Texas for undocumented immigrants were lower than those of native-born Americans for murder, sexual assault and larceny."
The CATO Institute!
Hello.
That's a conservative outfit.
It was founded as the Charles Koch Foundation. Later the name was changed.
Illegal Immigration Does Not Increase Violent Crime, 4 Studies Show
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The Cato Institute study was just one of FOUR which all indicated the same thing.
Immigrants are not bringing crime.
President Trump is lying.
Once again, Trump lied.
Don't Fall For It!
Trump is ripping you off. He is 'making a deal' on YOU.
And guess what. He never comes out the loser, and he always makes win-lose deals. He wins, you lose. He distracts you with baloney, and you don't notice as his hand is in your pocket. He's got you all worried about illegal immigration, calling a crisis, calling it an emergency and he's lying. Don't buy it. Don't let him distract you as he signs off on tax breaks for the rich, giving away the farm to the rich, pumping up Wall Street, pumping up all the biggest corporations, making them and their owners 'a lot richer.' (his words)
Are YOU 'a lot richer?' If you are, then you must not be one of the 78% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck.
We need policy that works for EVERYBODY, not just the rich.
We need policy that Promotes the General Welfare, not hatred and tax breaks for the rich.
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iolo (03-18-2019), kudzu (02-19-2019), lisasanders1964 (02-19-2019)
It only takes one to destroy your life . Why don't you open up your home and invite them in .
Hello Vasquezrocks,
It would be riskier to take in an American into your home than it would be to take in an immigrant.
Four studies show it. They all show the same thing. And it makes sense. It is only logical that undocumented immigrants don't want to cause any trouble. They don't want to come under the scrutiny of government officials. They want to stay out of trouble. The last thing they want to do is break laws, get arrested and get deported.
An American risks jail time.
An immigrant risks jail time and/or getting thrown out of the country.
The immigrant has more to lose.
And often, if they mess up, it means their family also gets broken up.
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PoliTalker (02-19-2019)
The Koch brothers father started the John Birch Society. These Kochs figured out infiltration was better than confrontation. Especially if you are rich and have power and control. Now they' re backing right-wing gnus and far-right politicians. This iteration is scarier than the old. They are using donations with control hooks in universities and businesses. They give millions to a college and decide the curiculum and the professors.
PoliTalker (02-19-2019)
The mess in Central America is a lot of America's doing. https://medium.com/s/story/timeline-...a-a9bea9ebc148 We created the disasters they are fleeing.
PoliTalker (02-19-2019)
Hello Nordberg,
THERE'S the real deep state.
What we liberals need - is some kind of cutsie buzzword sound byte for it.
The way the rich and powerful exert their control over the masses to keep liberals and conservatives fighting one another instead of the 99.9% ganging up on the super-rich, which is the one thing they fear the most. Simple information could render their vast wealth powerless.
We need a 'deep state' buzzword for that.
I don't think 'class war' really says it.
It's insidious.
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Hello Nordberg,
What a great article.
Immigrants: "We are here because you were THERE!"
Warning to others:
Only read that article if you want to know the history of why El Salvador is struggling and why it has become the refuge of drug gangs created by the USA.
If you just want to continue to buy into the surface-deep soundbytes and ignorance, don't bother to read it.
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Bigger than you might think. The wealthy have been in the process of gobbling up the media. Corporations have bought up newspapers, TV stations, Magazines, radio stations and like Sinclair, buying up local news. You can say it is just business, but it is very wealthy with a righty agenda doing it. https://www.cjr.org/resources/?c=comcast The wealthy started buying newspapers several decades ago and shut down many of them. They consolidated them too . Most cities had left, right and center papers. Now they have one.
Hello Nordberg,
I know. It's terrible. The internet opened up a world of information but most people only use it for play. Along the way, news media is dying out / getting taken over. Simple information has been weaponized in the class war. No wonder they don't want efficient and effective public education.
That link you posted is scary.
Talk about mind control.
We used to worry about big brother. People were afraid government was collecting too much information, making lists. Heck. government is the only entity we can use to stem the way capitalism is collecting and using information on people.
The government doesn't have to collect lists and files. The capitalist world has already done it. The government merely needs to subpoena big business for it any time they need it.
Fear of government is so displaced. The real thing to fear is corporate power.
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Read "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" by Perkins. It was his job to get control over a countries economy and politics for the American capitalists. He explains how they did it.
Alsl Smedley Butler, the WW1 was hero general. He said his job was to conquer governments for American corporations. He was even asked by bankers and the wealthy to overthrow FDR. They had a plot going . It was adjudicated behind closed doors and no wealthy person was named or harmed. https://timeline.com/business-plot-o...r-9a59a012c32a
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