Immigrants Have Lower Crash Rates; Republicans Exploit One Tragedy to Stoke Anti-Immigrant Fury
Scapegoating & moral-panic mobilization
One fatal accident becomes ammunition to depict all undocumented immigrants as lethal threats, ignoring data that immigrants drive and offend at lower rates than native-born citizens. The selective outrage scapegoats a minority group to justify harsher enforcement and rally the base.
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One fatal accident becomes ammunition to depict all undocumented immigrants as lethal threats, ignoring data that immigrants drive and offend at lower rates than native-born citizens. The selective outrage scapegoats a minority group to justify harsher enforcement and rally the base.
What does immigration status have to do with a car accident? Are they statistically more likely to get into accidents?
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111593149429973351. illegal immigration is “POISONING THE BLOOD OF OUR NATION”
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What does immigration status have to do with a car accident? Are they statistically more likely to get into accidents?
Truck - driving illegal alien from India arrested for horrific hit - and - run that killed 2 young Americans
Another Illegal Alien Caused a Fatal Semi Crash in California
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111593149429973351. illegal immigration is “POISONING THE BLOOD OF OUR NATION”