Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick gives up the game on the GOP’s racist 'invasion' claims - thereidout Blog
Texas Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s latest attempt to gin up anti-immigrant fervor borrows from a familiar playbook.
On Tuesday, Patrick appeared on Fox News to fearmonger over migrants who’ve been apprehended at the border. Despite border apprehensions being a sign that U.S. immigration enforcement is— at least on some level — Patrick used data on apprehensions to suggest America is facing an “invasion.
Republicans like Patrick want Americans to fear non-white immigrants coming to the United States, and they use cribbed reports and statistics to invent an imminent threat. In the video above, for example, he claims a United Nations report that found the U.S.-Mexico border is one of the deadliest in the world provides grounds for more violent conduct toward immigrants.
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