Where did people like Tucker Carlson (and Trump for that matter) get the idea that undocumented immigrants are eager to get mixed up in illegal voting schemes? 1/
This is a population that by and large does everything it can to *avoid* interactions with municipal authorities. Even if they& #39;re victims of a crime, or abuse and exploitation at work, many will keep quiet because they& #39;re afraid of being deported. 2/
And yet we& #39;re asked to believe that they& #39;ll risk it all for some "walking around money."

"Here& #39;s fifty bucks, now go into this building with a police car parked outside and pretend to be someone else. It& #39;ll be fine!" 3/
Even immigrants who came here legally and are now permanent residents don& #39;t automatically get to vote. They have to go through a naturalization process. That requires "civic effort," which is a good thing, right? 4/
You get the feeling this isn& #39;t really about illegal immigrants taking up voter fraud for some spare change.

That& #39;s a cover story, a way of laundering xenophobia behind a legitimate sounding concern about election integrity. 5/
The real fear, it seems, is that American-born children of immigrants will exercise their rights as adults. Which is why you hear proposals to revoke birthright citizenship, or Steve King worrying that "we can& #39;t restore our civilization with somebody else& #39;s babies." 6/
Which is bigoted as hell, but at least it& #39;s honest.

So stop engaging with the hyped nonsense about undocumented immigrants corrupting our elections and keep reminding people that, with few exceptions (like diplomats), anyone born in this country is 100% American. 7/end
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