First, let’s be clear that across the Western world, the immigration system is broken. The refugee convention was born from the chaos in Europe after WW2, when the world was still relatively disconnected. The world has changed massively since then and the issue of refugees and immigrants is now very different. Clearly, different solutions need to be implemented, but that’s not our focus right now.
Back to the question. Since 1974, 86.3% of English language police procedural TV shows have used the phrase “Follow the money”, I’m guessing.
Regardless, it makes sense that if we want to know who did a crime, find out who benefitted most.
So, if the crime is making the majority of the people poor and causing them to struggle to afford the basics of everyday life, literally following the money should clearly reveal who’s to blame.
And obviously the money doesn’t lead to illegal immigrants.
On the contrary, it leads straight upwards, towards the wealthy. Some of whom are prominent among those pointing the finger of blame at immigrants.
The poorest 50% of Americans share just 2.5% of America’s wealth. The wealthiest 10% of Americans hoard 67.4% of America’s wealth.
You can blame immigrants for American poverty, but that’s not going to change anything. They’re not the ones hoarding American wealth.
And yes, you could claim immigrants should be removed because of their criminality. But a Department of Justice report states that undocumented immigrants are arrested at less than half the rate of US born citizens for violent and drug crimes. The rate drops to a quarter for property crimes.
So, who’s really committing the biggest crimes against poor Americans, immigrants or the wealthy?
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