• Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    What does this even mean? Like, they forgot to show a panel of immigrants committing crimes or something, making the ICE agent’s life actively worse somehow. They can’t even be bothered to justify their racism anymore, it’s just “We’ve been told immigants are the problem, so we get rid of them and it’ll magically fix everything.”

    • miz [any, any]@hexbear.net
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      best part is immigrants to the US commit crimes at lower rates than US citizens, so this would raise the crime rate

          • WrongOnTheInternet [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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            The study didn’t examine why

            The study uses data from a US sample of 7,897 youths born between 1980 and 1984 who were interviewed annually between 1997 and 2011. The concentration of immigrants in each respondent’s county was estimated from US census data. Various time-varying (e.g., age, school dropout, concentrated disadvantage of the neighbourhood) and time-invariant (e.g., sex, race, parental education) factors were controlled for.

            Within individuals, increases in immigrant concentration in the area in which they live reduces the likelihood of arrest. Furthermore, the effect on arrest of the change in the percent foreign-born in a person’s neighbourhood does not depend on whether individuals moved into a county with a different concentration of foreign-born residents, or whether the country itself changed in its proportion of immigrant residents.

            During the period of time in which data were collected for this study, there was, generally, an increase in the proportion of foreign-born people in the various counties in which respondents lived. The “crime reduction” effect of a higher concentration of immigrants in a person’s county tended to reduce arrests for other immigrants, their children, and others.

            You could speculate a range of reasons - offending could be less of a norm in these communities or there could less opportunities to offend in areas with stronger community bonds or a greater risk of punishment outside the traditional police/justice system. Migrants are also more likely to engage in socializing and exchange of help with neighbors, and consequently their neighboring helps strengthen community links.

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      My first thought was that the ICE guy was a poor American who took the job for the pay + benefits, but i guess the comic would have to show that huh.

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      Yeah these people unironically think it’s a zerosum game. They can’t get ahead if other people like immigrants can get ahead.

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      ofc I’m trying to put logic to the ai slop fever dreams of chuds but at least have a panel like you said establishing that the migrants are ruining the white ubermensch’s life. This just makes me feel even worse for the migrant family!

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        I’m sure you already know this but if it makes you feel worse you aren’t the target audience, the chuds that this appeases only need to see the brown skin to understand that the family is the villian.

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      Meaning: “nyah nyah nyah boo boo! I have all the power and you don’t!”

      Cracker men, 30% of the US population are all constantly sticking their tongues out at the other 70%. The former should thank their lucky stars the latter is so nice to them.