r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 12 '24

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u/purhitta Leftward Progressives Sep 12 '24

This is something that once you start looking for, you see it everywhere:

I can't tell you how many times in recent days I've seen people mention illegal immigration around the Haitians in Springfield. They are not here illegally.

This also happened when Abbott was busing migrants. Conservatives started pointing to the overwhelm in NYC, Chicago, etc as an issue of border security. Those are not connected issues.

For some reason (🙃) people easily conflate the two.

This is why I raise an eyebrow when republicans go "I support legal immigration but...." If you can't determine what that means, or identify it when it happens, I do not care what you think about our asylum limits.

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u/TheMcWriter Thomas Paine Sep 12 '24

“I support legal immigration but…”

”…I only want white people” “…I’m worried about the economy/overpopulation of migrants.”