{"id":2145027,"date":"2024-01-09T22:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T03:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-rips-dems-who-claim-opposition-to-illegal-immigration-is-racist\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T22:28:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T03:28:49","slug":"shapiro-rips-dems-who-claim-opposition-to-illegal-immigration-is-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-rips-dems-who-claim-opposition-to-illegal-immigration-is-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Shapiro slams Dems who label opposition to illegal immigration as racist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshapiro-rips-dems-who-claim-opposition-to-illegal-immigration-is-racist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2145027&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro Slams Democrats for Labeling\u200d Opposition to Illegal Immigration as Racist<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEverything is seen by Democrats in terms of a racial conflict,\u201d Shapiro stated on his podcast Tuesday. \u201cThat\u2019s why Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said that when (Texas GOP \u200bgovernor) Greg Abbott \u200csends illegal immigrants to major Democratic cities, he\u2019s doing so because \u200bhe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californias-reparations-committee-wants-state-to-apologize-for-ronald-reagan-coining-welfare-queens-except-he-didnt\/\" title=\"Calif. Reparations Committee seeks state apology for Reagan's 'Welfare Queens' term, but he didn't coin it.\">targeting black people<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Ugly Game Played in Democratic Party Circles<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEvery game is \u2063played the same way in\u200c the \u2064Democratic Party\u2063 circles,\u201d \u2063he continued.\u2063 \u201cIt\u2019s \u200dreally ugly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re absolutely right \u200babout the intentions of Governor Abbott,\u201d \u200bJohnson had told Al Sharpton. \u201cHe is attacking democratically-run cities and particularly cities that are being led by black leaders or leaders of color. This is \u200bunconscionable. I mean, it\u2019s \u2064a very \u200draggedy approach. And quite frankly, not only is it reckless and raggedy, but it\u200b is evil-spirited.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIt is \u2018evil-spirited,&#8217;\u201d Shapiro repeated. \u201cWhy? It\u2019s apparently racist. It\u2019s \u2062racist to\u200b ask \u200dthat a sanctuary city take in the\u2062 people they said they\u2019re going \u2062to\u2064 provide \u2064sanctuary for. And this \u200bhas to be what\u2019s \u200dmotivating U.S. policy at this point because U.S. policy is a s*** show.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Border Crisis and the Consequences<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest factor at the border is that\u2062 the United States has changed its laws so \u200bthat if you apply for asylum, which means literally you\u2064 arrive on the border\u2062 and you say, \u2018I fear to go back\u2063 to\u200b my home country,\u2019 \u2062we\u200d will process you and \u2063we will let you into the interior of\u200b the\u2063 United States,\u201d he noted. \u201cUp to\u2064 90% of all Border Patrol agents are now staffed on busing and administrative duties.\u200d We have turned them into babysitters, and meanwhile, the entire border is left \u2063completely\u200b unmanned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no Border Patrol agents anywhere along large\u2063 swaths of\u200d the American-Mexico border,\u201d\u2062 he said. \u201cAnd what does that \u2062look like? It looks like the amount\u200b of fentanyl in the\u200d country is extraordinarily \u2064rising. According to\u2062 that same Homeland Security Committee, fentanyl costs as little as $0.10 to produce. \u2063That\u2019s \u2064a fake prescription pill laced with fentanyl. It \u2063can be sold for \u200d10 to 30 \u200dbucks, which means ten kilos of fentanyl are worth about $20 million. In \u20642023, according to Border Patrol,\u200d fentanyl seizures were 27,000 pounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2062 amounts to about $24.4 billion worth of fentanyl,\u201d he said, \u201cand much more is getting through than is getting\u200c caught because \u2064the stuff that\u2019s getting caught at the border \u2063comes from morons who \u200care largely trying to bring it through ports \u2062of \u2064entry or\u200d people who are getting caught, which \u200cis a minority of the people who are now entering the country illegally.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Ignoring the\u2062 Reality<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBut apparently it\u2019s racist to mention any of this. Apparently, it\u2019s \u2064bigoted to\u2064 mention any of this,\u201d he charged. \u2064\u201cThere is no reason to leave the border open the way the border has \u2062been \u2063left open, and Mexico \u2063is holding Joe Biden over the barrel. Apparently, according to Fox News, Mexico\u2019s president \u200bis\u2063 now demanding \u2063420 billion \u200bbasically in \u2062cash, plus work permits for 10 million people\u2063 from south\u2063 of the border in exchange for immigration help. Mexico says the United States has\u200d to end its blockade\u200c on Cuba and cut Venezuela \u2063sanctions because \u200dLopez\u200c Obrador, who\u2019s\u200d the leader of the Mexican government, is,\u200d in\u200b fact, a\u2062 pinko socialist who\u2019s\u200d allied with the\u2062 entire\u2062 pink wave that has \u200dhappened from Venezuela to Cuba to Mexico. He basically wants the United States to surrender to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe only reason the\u2063 most powerful country on earth would surrender to this is because there is an internal belief\u200c inside the\u200b United States that you have to surrender on illegal immigration because it is unjust that people can\u2019t\u200c just enter via the southern \u200cborder \u200dwilly-nilly,\u201d he declared. \u201cThe\u2062 motivation behind \u2064the Democrats\u2019 agenda is ideological. It is not driven by \u200dAmerica\u2019s best interests. It\u2019s \u2063DEI related, again because DEI is just \u200dcode for \u2018America\u2019s systems are white supremacist\u2019 \u2063\u2014 and therefore America has\u200c to fix all of its systems \u200cby bending over backward.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What is the \u200dreal motivation behind the opposition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-budget-bill-would-slash-border-protection-budget-by-half-billion-dollars\/\" title=\"Dem Budget Bill Would Slash Border Protection Budget by Half Billion Dollars\">enforcing immigration laws<\/a>\u2062 and securing the border?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Of fentanyl, if\u200d \u2001 \u200beven \u2064only\u200d \u200dhalf of that pushes through, is\u2064 enough \u2063to kill\u200d \u200dthe entire American public.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>The Real Motivation Behind the Opposition<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Shapiro argued that the real motivation behind the opposition\u200c to enforcing immigration laws and securing the border is not\u2063 racism, but rather a desire for political power and control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2063 real \u2063reason \u2062is because for years and years\u200d the left has been benefiting from \u2062the importation of \u200bnew voters,\u201d he explained. \u201cThat\u2019s been\u200d the goal. They know that the more immigrants they \u200cimport, the\u2062 more people who are likely to vote Democratic, and so it is\u200d \u200a \u200ba political game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>A \u2064Distorted View of\u2064 Immigration<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Shapiro also criticized\u2063 the Democrats\u2019 distorted view of immigration and\u2062 their\u200c refusal to acknowledge the negative consequences of illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey seem to believe that if you talk about the problems at the border, if you speak about \u2064the fact\u200b that on any given year,\u200d there are tens of \u200bthousands of sexual assaults perpetrated by people crossing the border illegally, if you \u200ctalk about the fact that thousands of people are dying every year trying to make it to the United \u2063States illegally, if you talk about the\u2062 fact that hundreds of thousands\u2063 of people every year are dying in the middle of deserts, trying to make it \u2063to the United States \u2064illegally \u2013 if you talk about any of \u2064that, you are racist,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a denial game,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s a refusal to acknowledge reality \u2064because the only reality that matters\u2062 is that we should let \u200bin \u2064as many people as possible \u200bregardless of the \u200cconsequences to American citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>The Need for Honest Debate<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Shapiro concluded by calling for\u200b a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-the-bad-faith-debate-over-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: The Bad Faith Debate Over \u2018Cancel Culture\u2019\">honest debate<\/a> on the topic \u200dof illegal immigration, free from accusations of racism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you disagree with them (Democrats), they\u200c (Democrats) \u200cdon\u2019t even want to have a conversation with you, and if you suggest even the mildest level of enforcement, then you \u200dmust be a racist, according \u200bto Democrats,\u201d he\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is \u2062despicable, it is absurd, it \u200cis \u200bcounterproductive, and it is \u200ddoing actual damage \u2062to the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the \u200dissue\u200c of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-rescinds-trump-era-policy-extends-temporary-protected-status-for-300k-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Biden rescinds Trump policy, extends protection for 300K immigrants.\">illegal immigration remains<\/a> a \u200dcontentious topic,\u200b it is crucial to engage in a \u2063thoughtful and respectful discussion. Labeling opposition to illegal immigration as racist undermines the \u200bability to have an\u200d open dialogue and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-that-allegedly-committed-10-armed-robberies-in-30-minutes-caught-on-camera-its-very-shocking\/\" title=\"10 armed robberies in 30 minutes caught on camera by alleged group, shocking.\">find effective solutions<\/a>. It is important to address the real motivations behind \u200dthe\u200b opposition and\u200d consider\u200b the\u2064 consequences \u2062of\u2064 unregulated immigration. \u2062By fostering honest debate, we can work towards a more comprehensive and sustainable approach to immigration policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, it&#8217;s a racist ploy. Democrats view everything through a racial lens, labeling any opposition to illegal immigration as racist,&#8221; criticized Ben Shapiro, former Daily Wire Editor. He highlighted Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson&#8217;s claim that Texas Governor Greg Abbott&#8217;s move to send illegal immigrants to Democratic cities was racially motivated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":2145028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2145027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2145027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2145028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2145027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2145027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2145027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}