@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO ugh ok This Thread Again, because Josh can’t be bothered to do a *basic fact check/Google search* even though he’s already on the Internet:
1/ For the eleventy-billionth time: undocumented immigrants actually commit significantly fewer crimes than citizens & documented residents
1/ For the eleventy-billionth time: undocumented immigrants actually commit significantly fewer crimes than citizens & documented residents
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 2/ Multiple independent studies from a wide variety of institutions confirming this analysis: washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/w…
National Academy of Sciences (nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization funded largely by the federal government) nap.edu/read/21746/cha…
National Academy of Sciences (nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization funded largely by the federal government) nap.edu/read/21746/cha…
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 3/ Cato Institute (conservative think tank) using US Census data, prison records, et al cato.org/publications/i…
extensive peer-reviewed research by (among many others)
- UMass Asst Prof Bianca Bersani tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
- U Wisc Prof Michael Light onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
extensive peer-reviewed research by (among many others)
- UMass Asst Prof Bianca Bersani tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
- U Wisc Prof Michael Light onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 4/ Even more studies
- onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ss…
- sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
- theconversation.com/immigration-an…
Oh not to mention the findings of the Dept of Justice justice.gov/opa/pr/pursuan… and the US Sentencing Commission ussc.gov/sites/default/…
- onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ss…
- sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
- theconversation.com/immigration-an…
Oh not to mention the findings of the Dept of Justice justice.gov/opa/pr/pursuan… and the US Sentencing Commission ussc.gov/sites/default/…
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 5/ The only major research to the contrary was extensively fact checked & found to suffer from many methodological problems washingtonpost.com/news/fact-chec…
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 6/ In conclusion, Josh et al are either lying with actual malice, repeating lies with reckless indifference to the truth, or lacking the basic critical faculties necessary to evaluate such a claim.
Whichever of these is the case, TAKE SEVERAL SEATS.
Whichever of these is the case, TAKE SEVERAL SEATS.
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 7/ All of the above applies **with relish** to @RealCandaceO & any other mercenaries gleefully distorting an actual example of weaponized misogyny into malicious propaganda for an indefensible lie that has been repeatedly and exhaustively debunked
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO Moreover:
In light of this development, I eagerly anticipate Josh and Candace and the rest immediately disavowing their statements that this crime demonstrates the intolerable and untenable threat to public safety posed by unauthorized immigrants
In light of this development, I eagerly anticipate Josh and Candace and the rest immediately disavowing their statements that this crime demonstrates the intolerable and untenable threat to public safety posed by unauthorized immigrants
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 8/ For all the galaxy brains insisting that “all illegal immigrants commit a crime dummy”: again, I don’t get it. If you’re on Twitter, it’s so easy to open Google and, you know, find a fact instead of just word vomiting on this dumb website.
nbcnews.com/news/latino/vi…
nbcnews.com/news/latino/vi…
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 9/ over 65% of undocumented/unauthorized/illegal immigrants actually entered the US legally, like on a tourist visa. Overstaying your visa or working without permission is *not*, in fact, a crime, but a civil violation.
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 10/ True fact: all immigration proceedings, including deportation proceedings, are **civil** proceedings (which is why counstitutional right to counsel does not apply bc that’s only for criminal proceedings).
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 11/ Entering the US illegally is, in fact, a crime, but the first offense is a misdemeanor. By the Dept of Justice’s own records, over 80% of defendants currently being prosecuted for illegal border crossing are only charged with a misdemeanor, (cont)
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 12/ with fewer than 20% charged with a felony for a repeat offense. Know what else is a misdemeanor? Reckless driving.
Moreover, one of the LAWFUL ways to seek asylum is actually to cross the border illegally, turn yourself in, and apply for asylum while in detention.
Moreover, one of the LAWFUL ways to seek asylum is actually to cross the border illegally, turn yourself in, and apply for asylum while in detention.
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 13/ whether there is a claim of asylum or not, immigration proceedings including deportation must still follow the, uh, you know, US Constitution which requires courts to give defendants the opportunity to gather and present evidence.
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO 14/ And yes, it has been settled US constitutional precedent for well over a century that every single person, including all immigrants, has a right to due process as well as several other legal protections. Take it up with SCOTUS
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO Alright kids it’s been B A N A N A S but I’m muting this now and going to sleep. Everyone should exfoliate and eat their vegetables. Good night, goblins.
@JoshRitter13 @RealCandaceO Oh yeah and and I’m doing a thingy for the Good Bois and Sweet Gurls, donation deadline (for this campaign) Aug 26.
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