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Originally Posted by Lathum
But were we really turning a blind eye to it, or is that just the narrative set forth by Miller and these other ghouls to vilify brown people? Genuinely asking because the message has gotten so mucked up.
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IMO the answer is both. Trump/Miller is definitely spouting BS but the problem existed long before Trump & Miller, see below with 2014 & 2019 stats.
Yes, the no. of illegals coming into the country has slowed quite a bit (starting with the 2007-2008 Financial crisis) but "Pew estimated the total population to be 11.1 million in 2014, or approximately 3 percent of the U.S. population". Note, this is down to about 10.5M in 2019 but provides scale of the issue. This is all illegals, but south of the border is the majority at approx 75+%.
Mexicans decline to less than half of US undocumented immigrant population | Pew Research Center