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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social

We can see that police requesting legal status more frequently for immigrants through the U visa program. Notice the upward trend stopped under Trump 1.0, restarted under Biden, and unfortunately, it’s reasonable to expect a catastrophic change now…

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social

That’s because the Trump administration is trying to deport immigrants who report crimes. This is perhaps the most evil and counterproductive component of Trump’s mass deportation plan: if you care about stopping crime, you want immigrants to help!

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social

Let's try to stop all violent crime because violent crime represents the most severe violation of someone’s rights. And it’s exactly for this reason that we should oppose mass deportation. It’s not just taking resources off the target: it’s only adding to the rights’ violations.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social

READ AND SHARE THE WHOLE PAPER HERE: www.cato.org/policy-analy...

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