DC locals, would you house an undocumented immigrant?

Would You Open Your Home to an Illegal Immigrant?

As Title 42 expires, border officials are bracing for an unprecedented surge of migrants crossing from Mexico into the United States. Once in the country, many illegal immigrants disperse across major cities, including Washington, D.C., with nowhere to stay.

DC Locals Weigh In

We asked DC locals if they would let an illegal immigrant stay with them at their home, and the answers ranged from laughing “NO!” to “I’d give them the shirt off my back.”

• Younger residents appeared more receptive to the idea of housing an illegal immigrant, and few even said they would be willing to cover the total expenses a migrant would require to make their way into and through the country.
• American citizens have an “obligation” to help illegal immigrants to their country because “it’s a human right” for them to live where they want, according to one resident.
• “Not allowing immigrants into our country goes against what our founding fathers stood for,” another said.
• One self-identified “broke college student” said she would let an illegal immigrant sleep on her floor.
• Other locals disagreed strongly, stating that whoever enters the country should do so legally.

When told that some have suggested that citizens of cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, and DC, should open their doors to illegal immigrants, one resident shook his head in disbelief.

“My people, my own family members, they have to go to a hotel. So, I don’t think that it makes sense to expect that people would want to just let someone into their home where they sleep, they’re intimate, they worship, they have children, and you don’t know these people.”

What do you think? Would you open your home to an illegal immigrant?

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