Show-Me Migrant Danger Debated

Actually . . .

There are many Republicans and Democrats that don't want taxpayers funding social media misadventures of politicos. 

Meanwhile . . . 

This prog blog attempts to argue in favor of splitting hairs over nomenclature in the midst of a border crisis wherein, again,  BOTH DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS & REPUBLICANS agree that the current chaos is unsustainable . . . Check-it . . .

The attorney general’s suggestion that defaming immigrants as a group is not only a lawmaker’s prerogative, but a responsibility.

This idea that newcomers to America are a threat to public safety has been roundly discredited in study after study. Immigrants, documented or otherwise, are less likely to commit crimes and wind up in jails than people born in the U.S. Having made their way here, they are mostly focused on making a living and fashioning a better life for their families.

But politicians like Bailey and the three senators have no use for research or realities. They need to invent a threat in order to promise people that they’re the ones who can keep us safe.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

In Missouri, defaming immigrants is an elected official's privilege and duty * Missouri Independent

Defaming immigrants is now official business for Missouri officeholders. Even when the person being defamed isn't actually an immigrant.