Subj : Re: The American economy
To   : Mike Powell
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Fri Apr 04 2025 20:32:42

 MP> > But all this stuff about "Many migrants are self-deporting" is not somet
 MP> > that anybody can put a real number on.
 MP> 
 MP> If they are crossing the southern border, at border crossings, they can
 MP> put a number on those, and those are up.  If you are assuming that some
 MP> sneak out at other places, then yes they are uncounted but they would
 MP> also make the number even higher, not lower.

Where did you hear that the crossings (USA to Mexico) are up? I can't find any info on the internet about that. When I Google'd it, the pages in the results leaned the other way.

 MP> > I haven't met one yet who said that he/she is illegal and leaving.
 MP> 
 MP> I have never discussed with anyone their legal or illegal status, have
 MP> you?

Only with people that I know. My point is that statistics lie, and one-on-one conversations are more truthful.

 MP> > There's no reason for any of them to leave, and there's no reason for an
 MP> > o
 MP> > them to feel threatened by "if you get deported you won't be welcomed ba
 MP> > I
 MP> > the media wanted them to go back, they'd say so.
 MP> 
 MP> I am not sure the media has anything to do with it.

I know I blamed Biden a lot, but the illegal migrants really came here because of the media. The media invited them here with all the "border's wide open" rhetoric.

So if the media wanted the migrants to go back home now, then they'd be advising it similarly to the way that they advised them to come.

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