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The vast majority of them do not commit crimes, and take the jobs ordinary Americans will not work at. In fact, Trumps deportation policies will almost certainly lead to a recession in the US, considering that companies will not be able to fill positions.

So do legal immigrants from countries outside Mexico, like countries where Musk and Murdoch are from. So do people who have multiple children. Migrants actually reduce the per capita crime rate, considering they are less like to commit crimes. What's your point?

DO IMMIGRANTS COMMIT MORE CRIME THAN THE NATIVE BORN? A range of studies by academics and think tanks have shown that immigrants do not commit crime at a higher rate than native-born Americans. A more limited universe of studies specifically examine criminality among immigrants in the U.S. illegally but also find that they do not commit crimes at a higher rate. A selection of recent research: "Immigration and Crime: Assessing a Contentious Issue,, opens new tab" by Charis Kubrin, a criminology professor at the University of California, Irvine, and Graham Ousey, a sociology professor at William & Mary. The 2018 study was published in the peer-reviewed Annual Review of Criminology. • A meta-analysis of more than fifty studies on the link between immigration and crime between 1994 and 2014 found there was no significant relationship between the two. • The researchers subsequently studied all aspects of the issue in a book, opens new tab published last year that came to similar results. "Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020,, opens new tab" by Ran Abramitzky, economics professor at Stanford University and four other researchers. The 2024 working paper was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. • The study, which used U.S. Census data, found immigrants had lower incarceration rates than the U.S.-born over a 150-year period. "Comparing crime rates between undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and native-born US citizens in Texas,, opens new tab" by Michael Light, sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and two other researchers. The 2020 study was published in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. • The report, which used data from the Texas Department of Public Safety between 2012-2018, found a lower felony arrest rate for immigrants in the U.S. illegally compared to legal immigrants and native-born U.S. citizens and no evidence of increasing criminality among immigrants. • Light published a study, opens new tab in 2017 that found illegal immigration does not increase violent crime. The study used data from all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., from 1990-2014. A separate study found, opens new tab no link between increased illegal immigration and drunk-driving deaths. Cato Institute research, opens new tab by Alex Nowrasteh and others • The libertarian think tank has published multiple, opens new tab reports, opens new tab that show immigrants in the country commit crimes at lower rates than the native-born. In a recent USA Today op-ed, opens new tab, Nowrasteh previewed new research that found immigrants in the U.S. illegally in Texas were about 26% less likely to be convicted of homicide than native-born Americans from 2013-2022. source; https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-focuses-migrants-crime-here-is-what-research-shows-2024-04-11/ ----- SO illegal immigrants are no more likely than the average American to commit crime. I know that Trump has a history of approaching grieving families, trying to exploit them for political purposes. I still recall the murder of Mollie Tibbetts in 2018. Trump tried to make her death political, but the family was having none of it. There is no low that Trump will not stoop to, for political gain.

It does not offend me at all, considering I am on Israel's side. I would wait for more evidence to come out, before drawing any conclusions.

You may want to reread the context of my post. Most people would have no problem deciphering it.

I'm not going to engage with you, as it is not constructive.

Trump left the US in record levels of debt, and you seem to be fine with that. Very strange how you are critical of every leader, except your hero.

I've never criticised Reagan.

Kind of like what you and your buddies to people you consider to be on the "left."

Joe Biden has a point. A significant percentage of Trump supporters are garbage. Look no further than this forum for examples.

If Trump goes through with even a 10% tariff on Chinese goods, most leading economists believe the average US family will be paying $2500 more per year. This will inevitably lead to the worst recession in 100 years.

How did they go from this great man to Trump?

We should enjoy the good news while it lasts. When trump gets in office, he will tank the economy faster than a bullet.

Whatever the result, one thing is certain. If Trump loses the electoral vote, he will say the election was rigged, and try to cause another insurrection.

Luckily, Canadians are much more educated than Americans when it comes to politics, and realise the whole Transgender issues is a nothing burger. Just look at the results: New Brunswick Conservatives pass laws regarding Transgenders, and within a year, the people vote them out of office. The BC Conservatives make transgenders an election issues, and lose. The Saskatchewan Party makes transgenders an election issues, and loses 13 seats. If the Federal Conservative Party make it an election issues, they will lose support, since most Canadians can see it for what it is- an nothing burger that distracts people from the real issues.

For once, you are correct sir.

This is incorrect: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/change-room-policy-transgender-reaction-1.7356488

This type of thing reminds me of the old "blood libel" accusations against Jewish communities in Europe, for centuries. Nevermind the fact that there was zero evidence of Jews kidnapping Christian or gentile children to perform blood sacrifices on them, antisemites with a platform worked up the local population into a frenzy that ended up in pogroms, or other forms of violence targeting the Jewish community. So this type of thing isn't new by any means. People will believe anything, if they fear a group of people that are different.

I asked you for factual evidence of Transgender people grooming children to the point they convince or encourage them to want to get gender reassignment surgery, on a widespread scale. You have not provided it.

How have conspiracy theories contributed to drop-box concerns? Ballot drop boxes have been in the spotlight for the last four years, targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories that falsely claimed they were responsible for massive voter fraud in 2020. A debunked film called “2,000 Mules” amplified the claims, exposing millions to a groundless theory that a ballot harvesting operation was depositing fraudulent ballots in drop boxes in the dark of night. An Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. found there were no widespread problems associated with drop boxes in 2020. Paranoia about drop boxes continued into the 2022 midterms, when armed vigilantes began showing up to monitor them in Arizona and were restricted by a federal judge. This year, the right-wing group True the Vote launched a website hosting citizen livestreams of drop boxes in various states. In Montana, where an important U.S. Senate race is on the ballot, Republicans recently seized on an unsubstantiated ballot box tampering claim to raise money off doubts about the electoral process. source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/arson-and-conspiracy-theories-blamed-in-ballot-drop-box-blazes-b0cba9fe ---- Of course, it's conspiracy theorists that are believed to be responsible.

I asked you to provide examples of this happening, on a scale widespread enough to make it a big concern. Your feelings about this issue are irrelevant. Provide facts to support your argument.

If there are people foolish enough to believe this is an issue, then I truly believe that if people on social media and in political positions said "flying pigs are a threat to our morality, and we need to make this a primary election issues, many people here would make threads about stopping flying Pigs, and accusing others of being flying Pig enablers.

I do not care either way. I just do not understand why it is such a huge political issue. If anything, it distracts from the real issues. Can you provide evidence of Transgender people "grooming" children?

COVID was the litmus test on whether North America would be rational, take the advice of disease specialists and family doctors, in order to curtail a potential deadly virus, or listen to a bunch of YouTube bloggers, and be more concerned about being inconvenienced. Lord help us if a pandemic comes along with a 50% fatality rate.