It will surely lead to copycat bills in other red states. The manipulation fuels fear and hate among people who are then more likely to embrace anti-immigrant legislation, such as Florida’s Senate Bill 1718, which is about to bestow upon the state the nation’s worst, most draconian immigration laws.
Greg Abbott inaccurately described them as “illegal immigrants.” On Wednesday, a Breitbart story on the tragedy smeared the entire region, evoking a “hidden population of illegal migrants,” based on the opinion of a right-wing investigator who can’t speak Spanish but who visited a nearby area and concluded it’s a cartel town.
GOP leaders are maligning even the victims of the massacre. It’s an old tactic, but it’s become more twisted.
But for years, the GOP has deceptively focused on the stories of outliers like Oropesa to encourage Americans to associate immigration with violence - to create the false impression that “ bad hombres” are running amok. Research has consistently found that undocumented people are substantially less likely to commit violent crimes than people born in this country.
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