Immigrant Crime Rates Remain Low; Republicans Hype 95 Driver Arrests to Stoke Fear
Scapegoating, dehumanization & moral-panic mobilization
Federal statistics show immigrants offend at lower rates than citizens, yet Republican accounts blast out a single truck-driver sting to paint migrants as a systemic threat. The exaggeration feeds public anxiety and justifies harsher enforcement unrelated to the broader crime reality.
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