Immigration Polls

I think a lot of people fail to appreciate how anti LEGAL immigrant the average Republican is now.

Among Republicans with a college degree, 60% want to cut LEGAL immigration in half. It's 70% of those w/a HS diploma only.

Among college educated Democrats it's 10%. pic.twitter.com/eJzUPA1Wbc
— Ryan Burge 📊 (@ryanburge) September 10, 2022

Other polls too suggest Trump's xenophobia and nativist policies are opposed by most Americans.
Majority have disapproved of Trump’s handling of immigration throughout his presidency, according to surveys from Gallup, CNN-SSRS and CBS News https://t.co/usaukzV41A pic.twitter.com/hZm8FKfEkC
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) July 1, 2020

Evil Trump adminstration abuse of SSA’s death master file

Republican lies about immigrant crime

The disgusting way Republicans are whipping up sentiment against immigrants

Excellent CNN debunk of wildly misleading immigrant crime numbers GOP put out on Friday, which made it hard for mainstream journalists to report but easy for right wing outlets and Trump to parrot. How the game is played these days. https://t.co/G5hH2wSP5W
— Paul Glastris (@glastris) September 29, 2024

During Trump's presidency, hundreds of thousands of migrants were released into the US interior, per @David_J_Bier calculations. It's incredible that this fact is absent from our whole discourse on immigration. There is no serious scrutiny of Trump's claims about his own record. https://t.co/bbBV48VO2c
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 29, 2024

Vastly important. Trump camp &all its influencers shared these fake numbers for days about migrant murderers 'released into US' under Biden. Totally fake. The numbers go back to ALL previous admins and includes people currently in prison. Totally bogus. https://t.co/zGfLXINOVz
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 29, 2024

Republicans continue to spread false claims on Haitians and Springfield

These liars should not be on TV to spread their garbage

JD Vance said Sunday that he stood by the debunked claims he and Donald Trump have spread suggesting Haitian migrants were eating pets, saying that he was willing "to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention." https://t.co/CB7cAljIeL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 16, 2024

Haitian migrants began arriving in Springfield in 2018 when Trump was President. pic.twitter.com/62oNJxmold
— KD 📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 (@kdnerak33) September 15, 2024

Immigrants weren't "sent" to Springfield, they chose to go there bc the town had open manufacturing jobs in warehouses. Most of these immigrants are legal so I'm no sure what you're whining about. We're literally a nation of immigrants but when they come you complain. https://t.co/ybYMqdjW6j
— Touré (@Toure) September 16, 2024

Two of our elementary schools were just evacuated due to threats.

Both of our colleges have gone virtual this week due to threats.

The city just canceled our annual CultureFest because of threats.

None of this was happening before Trump and Vance opened their mouths. pic.twitter.com/lKJ42MGnXk
— Chadwick (@ohchadwick) September 16, 2024

Another bomb threat and evacuation in Springfield Ohio, this time at Kenwood Elementary School, where it was school picture day. Frustrated parents say they suspected it would happen. pic.twitter.com/iv68Zr44px
— amanda 🐢 (@noturtlesoup17) September 16, 2024

Trump’s campaign is ok that “they’ve been widely condemned for spreading the urban legend of Haitian migrants eating cats and dogs in Springfield…If the national media is talking about immigration, they reason, they’re winning.”@MarcACaputo reportshttps://t.co/T5bXg2rHI6
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) September 15, 2024

Trump won more than 60% of the votes in Clark County in 2020. Two Republican county commissioners potentially disavowing Trump/Vance is not nothing. https://t.co/G6lfwGnd0l
— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) September 15, 2024

The right-wing lies about noncitizen voting

Why don’t you say they lied? Trump lies too but you won’t say that either. The media helps Trump and the MAGA cult when they use wimpy words like misleading.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 7, 2024

Spreading lies about noncitizen voting is designed to sow doubt in our election systems. The truth is our elections are fair, free, and accurate.https://t.co/mjLSL0q40P
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) August 31, 2024

The right-wing lies about crime by immigrants

So we’ve had practically all of MAGA going wild over a completely false rumor that legal Haitian refugees have been stealing and eating pets. A useful reminder that the whole narrative of a migrant crime wave is based on nothing; crime has actually been falling pic.twitter.com/illAMY2qnd
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) September 10, 2024

Politicians may claim there is an “immigrant crime wave,” but the data proves that is a myth. https://t.co/ofXCHEEMIf
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) September 7, 2024

https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1813962732313403647?s=43&t=rIYxMSgaBTiASp7yrXMpjA

https://twitter.com/huffpost/status/1813354082075390335?s=43&t=rIYxMSgaBTiASp7yrXMpjA

In 2023, 15,300 people apprehended at US borders had a prior criminal conviction.

This number of arrests represents 0.7% of all border apprehensions by Border Patrol in 2023.

A person can be arrested multiple times in a year, so arrests may outnumber people. #Debate2024
— USAFacts (@USAFacts) September 11, 2024

Border arrests are way down

Governor Abbott has quietly stopped bussing migrants across the country, because the number crossing the border has drastically dropped thanks to Biden's executive orders. https://t.co/ZkKB9WJLQg
— Joel Montfort (@jmontforttx) August 16, 2024

NEW: U.S. Border Patrol encounters in July were 32% lower than in June 2024 and were the lowest monthly total along the southwest border since September 2020, according to Customs and Border Protection officials.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) August 16, 2024

Border arrests drop 33% to a 46-month low in July after asylum restrictions take hold https://t.co/G93jsJfSWe
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 16, 2024

Undocumented immigrants pay taxes

Undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion of taxes, according to a new report.https://t.co/66mcfD42lz
— Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn) July 30, 2024

As part of the $97 billion in taxes they pay each year, undocumented immigrants contribute $26 billion to Social Security, a benefit they are barred from using.https://t.co/AH5dTtIzgf
— ITEP (@iteptweets) August 2, 2024

Undocumented immigrants in Nevada pay HALF A BILLION DOLLARS in taxes. https://t.co/Wd6pWNt4o9 pic.twitter.com/6LRQa4TYsI
— Michael Kagan (@MichaelGKagan) July 30, 2024

CBO projected immigration reduces the budget deficit far more than it increases welfare costs. https://t.co/JnF7TjrYCq
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) June 22, 2024

Undocumented immigrants paid nearly $100 billion in taxes in 2022.

More than a third of those tax dollars went toward payroll taxes dedicated to funding programs like Social Security and Medicare that these workers are barred from accessing. https://t.co/1JOLT6L3Br
— ITEP (@iteptweets) July 31, 2024

Undocumented immigrants paid $97B in taxes in 2022.

They paid a higher state/local tax rate than the top 1% in a majority of states.

They contributed $26B to Social Security, which they can't benefit from.

Remember this the next time the undocumented are called "freeloaders."
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) October 3, 2024

Illegal border crossings are down

This fact contradicts Republican hysteria on border crossings.

Illegal border crossings fell 40% from end of 2023 vs start of 2024.
Takeaways:
1) border crisis talking points are woefully out of date
2) if you care about border security, support a presidential candidate with (ahem) good relationships w allieshttps://t.co/2pnzXLGQNp
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) May 8, 2024

First on @CBSNews: Illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border dropped for a second straight month in April to 129,000 – a pattern that defies historical trends.@Camiloreports latest: https://t.co/ufvDFou5a8
— CBS News PR (@CBSNewsPress) May 8, 2024

Unbelievable! Polling shows people blame Biden more than Trump for killing the border bill

Trump specifically said that Republicans should vote against the bipartisan bill. Why don’t people see this? The media deserves part of the blame if this isn’t clear to people.

WHY DEMS HAVE A RIGHT TO BE FRUSTRATED:
Trump ordered Congress Rs to kill the border bill. They did as told. So who gets the blame? Biden (49%), not Trump (38%).
(ABC News/Ipsos)
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) February 12, 2024

The compromise, bipartisan border legislation was killed by Republicans with Trump's encouragement. So here's who Americans blame. https://t.co/FNoxUeevta pic.twitter.com/Kqh0r7ZPn4
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 12, 2024

All those Dems who helped move the Overton window further to the far right on immigration & tried to pass a draconian border security bill, & then pretended to be playing 3D chess when the GOP rejected it, saying: ‘well, ha, now the voters will blame & punish them!’

The reality: https://t.co/bLuIGHQcUk
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) February 12, 2024