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Immigrants Offend at Lower Rates; Republicans Spotlight One Arrest to Stoke Fear
Scapegoating & moral-panic mobilization
Government talking point
By broadcasting a single ICE arrest as emblematic, officials portray immigrants as a public-safety threat contrary to crime data. Isolating an anecdote to imply a widespread danger is a classic scapegoating maneuver that fuels nativist sentiment.
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