.julito77: The tight, racist grip roughly a third of Americans have on U.S. politics
A group of migrant families from Central America walk near the border wall between the United States and Mexico near Sasabe, Ariz., on Jan. 23.Julio Ricardo VarelaOnce again, a news story about Americans’ attitudes toward immigrants buries the lede, and as a result, it oversimplifies and grossly misrepresents the conversation about where this country really stands on the topic.
As is typical of stories about immigration, a minority of Americans are given the majority of the attention.
Apparently, it’s easier to be predictable and highlight the minority that opposes immigration than analyze data that supports the argument that this country needs immigration — all forms of it — to keep its economy moving along. Earlier this year, for example, arevealed the simple truth that the current labor shortage is directly tied to fewer immigrants.
Such findings rarely get the widespread attention they deserve because that attention is given to the minority of Americans who falsely claim that Democrats are using immigrants to steal American democracy. But that claim is nonetheless honored by both Republican and Democratic leaders who feel it’s politically advantageous to be “tough” on immigrants and preach a “secure border” out of fear that they’ll feel the wrath of a third of Americans.
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