The false notion that undocumented immigrants affect federal elections has a long history. But this year, due in part to rising migration at the U.S. southern border, the idea could have new potency.
Hold up, if they didnt count citizenship on the last census then it would obviously impact federal elections because it would increase the number of congress and electoral votes in the state with more illegals in it.
I pointed this out to a conservative coworker years ago . He asked me if illegal immigrants voted since I am an immigrant. I told him “if American’s don’t vote what makes you think immigrants would”, he just replied with “right, that makes sense”.
This is older than than NPR admits. The threat of foreign others “ruining the country” by voting goes back to 1865 and emancipated black men getting the franchise.
The false notion that undocumented immigrants are affecting federal elections has been floating around for over 100 years.
The fact that we haven’t dispelled a myth for a hundred years does not give me a lot of hope of convincing people they may be wrong.
Moreover, how it is at all possible for figure heads like Trump and Musk continue to get away with these lies and convince people the lies are facts, is just… I just don’t even know. I can’t wrap my head around it. It’s got a very “flat earth” vibe to it.
Great article. Lots of good points I’m sure no one who actually has a concern over this will bother to read.
Tump and Musk know exactly what they’re doing. The capitalist class uses racism and immigrant fearmongering to sow working class division and keep its focus away from its real enemy: the capitalist class.
Edit to add: Capitalists, often illegally, exploit immigrants for cheap labor, so you know their rhetoric is bullshit. How Capitalism Perpetuates Immigration
The way I see it is that most actual citizens can’t even be bothered to vote. Why would a non-citizen spend the time, effort, and (in their case) risk to do it?
I’m sure it’s happened before, but only at a miniscule scale.
Some illegal immigrants do manage to get fake IDs and paperwork and I imagine sometimes they also cast votes illegally, but it's gotta be like the smallest of the smallest possible percentages. Most illegal immigrants can't even get their papers processed to enter the country.
Ah yes, can’t forget to make “the others” a marginalized part of society. Conservatives are awful, hate filled monsters but they sure are reliable. No wonder so many of them are suckers for conmen - the same marks fall for the same tricks over and over.
Everyone always talks about govt/buisnesses taking bribes from the rich, but never about the rich taking bribes from foreign companies/govts.
Pretty interesting alternative “political system” we’ve installed with our current economic system. Surely not a backdoor to ruin any current govt systems or hold them hostage
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