I’m all for liberal immigration policcies, but “any non-terrorist” is doing a lot of work here. Liberalism is built upon rule of law, which is impossible to have with “open” and “weak” borders. “Strong” borders with very generous immigration policy is probably better both practically and politically.
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Waow
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In terms of empirical evidence there is not. Blaming a nation’s problems on immigrants has been proven to be pretty powerful though.
> A total of 237 foreign-born terrorists were responsible for 3,046 murders on US soil from 1975 through the end of 2024. The chance of a person perishing in a terrorist attack committed by a foreigner on US soil over those 50 years was about 1 in 4.6 million per year. The hazards posed by foreigners who enter in different ways vary considerably. For instance, the annual chance of being murdered in an attack committed by an illegal immigrant terrorist is zero.
“But what if they’re terrorists?” has about as much weight as “But what if they’re criminals?” (which is also unlikely). Americans are motivated by an irrational fear of Tom Clancy-style sleeper cells to violently restrict the freedom of movement of overwhelmingly law-abiding, hard-working people who just want to make livings for themselves and provide opportunities for their families
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I’m all for liberal immigration policcies, but “any non-terrorist” is doing a lot of work here. Liberalism is built upon rule of law, which is impossible to have with “open” and “weak” borders. “Strong” borders with very generous immigration policy is probably better both practically and politically.
Waow
In terms of empirical evidence there is not. Blaming a nation’s problems on immigrants has been proven to be pretty powerful though.
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The rise of the far right seems like a good argument
> shared with any non-terrorist
[context](https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/terrorism-immigration-50-years-foreign-born-terrorism-us-soil-1975-2024#):
> A total of 237 foreign-born terrorists were responsible for 3,046 murders on US soil from 1975 through the end of 2024. The chance of a person perishing in a terrorist attack committed by a foreigner on US soil over those 50 years was about 1 in 4.6 million per year. The hazards posed by foreigners who enter in different ways vary considerably. For instance, the annual chance of being murdered in an attack committed by an illegal immigrant terrorist is zero.
“But what if they’re terrorists?” has about as much weight as “But what if they’re criminals?” (which is also unlikely). Americans are motivated by an irrational fear of Tom Clancy-style sleeper cells to violently restrict the freedom of movement of overwhelmingly law-abiding, hard-working people who just want to make livings for themselves and provide opportunities for their families