Some very quick search results --

https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythical-tie-between-immigration-and-crime

https://www.cato.org/blog/new-research-illegal-immigration-crime-0

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/01/undocumented-immigrant-crime-rate-not-higher/72788637007/

Immigrants come here to escape drugs, gangs, shit governments, shit economies (to say nothing of the results of US cold war policies in Central America), and increasingly...climate change. Always amusing to see the party of Reagan trash one of his supposed high points. Immigrants also come here to work and send money back home -- they create jobs, they pay taxes, they create demand, they do the jobs many US peeps don't wanna do. And thus they have greater incentive to behave.

#20Days20Albums

Day 11 —

Meanwhile, in Noo Yawk —

Another --

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/19/trump-venezuela-temporary-legal-status-460524

I'm thinking this was why MTGross was sooo vociferous. Fob off the blame, obvious.

Immigrants commit fewer crimes than "natives" but the rubes don't get riled up about that, do they? In fact, the rubes call the native criminals "hostages" and "Donald Trump."

As for obvious, well, Linds?

What was said on that golf course?

"If you can't admire Joe Biden as a person, you got a problem. You need to do so some self-evaluation."

https://youtu.be/kLMYW8jFPHg

Standard D prez stuff, and that's good! Also fewer than usual Biden flubs, and that's good as well -- keep in mind that stuttering doesn't just consist of the cliched staccato repetitions. I liked the snide asides -- especially that Linds Of The Links dig. Color me satisfied and even buoyed a bit. We'll see.

As for the murder of a GA woman by a Venezuelan? Who did Trump protect on his way out the door? Venezuelan migrants, cuz the oil ban/favor to Putin.

https://apnews.com/general-news-international-news-88ba0f2a51b35bf8195e886d4210e5c3

"The very idea of America is that we're all created equal. We've never lived up to that ideal, but we've never walked away from it either. Hate, anger, revenge...you can't lead America with old ideas. You need a vision, defending democracy, not diminishing it. Defending our freedoms, not taking them away. I see a future where we save the planet from the climate crisis and our country from gun violence...remember who we are, we're the United States Of America."

"Lemme close with this...I know you don't wanna hear any more, Lindsey...but I gotta say this...my lifetime has taught me to say this...honesty, fairness...and to give hate no safe harbor...I know other people my age see it differently."

Hamas, Israel, Gaza...toll on civilians, 30k dead. Ceasefire, mentions the temporary pier on coast for humanitarian aid. "Israel must do its part...only real solution is a two-state solution. No one has a stronger record on Israel than I do...no other path (other than the 2-state)."

Mentions the declining murder rate and violent crime rate. Expunges pot convictions. Domestic violence prevention and prosecution. Uvalde massacre -- "Do something." Trump's record with NRA, "just get over it." "I say 'STOP IT.'"

Wants to ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines. Universal background checks.

Biden has Pettus marchers, mentions John Lewis, the VRA.

"59 years later, a force taking us back in time...voter suppression, gerrymandering, dark money...pass the John Lewis VRA and stop denying our diversity."

"My message to transgender Americans...I have your back."

"If my predecessor is watching, I will not demonize immigrants saying they're poisoning the blood of our country. I will not separate families, block people of their faith."

Melting pot reality of immigrants "but we're all Americans."

"We can fight about fixing the border or we can fix it. I'm ready to fix it."

Biden on junk fees, vendor prices up front...

Here we go with the border bill, "that conservatives got together, you don't like that bill?" 😆

"This bill would save lives. Look at the facts, I know you know how to read..." 😜

"I'm told my predecessor told...."

MTGross heckling about the GA woman killed. Biden emphasizing that the border bill the MAGA killed would've dealt with that.

"Too many corporations engaging in price gouging...snack companies, I'm not joking, it's called 'shrinkflation.'"

10% fewer Snickers! lol