{"id":293387,"date":"2021-03-23T17:45:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T21:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=293387"},"modified":"2021-03-23T17:45:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T21:45:51","slug":"what-if-it-saves-one-life-why-doesnt-the-lefts-logic-apply-to-illegal-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-if-it-saves-one-life-why-doesnt-the-lefts-logic-apply-to-illegal-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018What If It Saves One Life?\u2019 Why Doesn\u2019t The Left\u2019s Logic Apply To Illegal Immigration?"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwhat-if-it-saves-one-life-why-doesnt-the-lefts-logic-apply-to-illegal-immigration%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=293387&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3017.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>In the aftermath of any gun-related tragedy \u2014 such as the mass shooting event which took place in Boulder, Colorado \u2014 there is a resurgence in a familiar form of logic from the Left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf it saves one life, it\u2019s worth it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This logic is used to sidestep any criticism of gun control policies proposed by the Left. Banning so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d is necessary, because it would save a life. Banning large capacity magazines is necessary, because it would save a life. Banning semi-automatic weapons \u2014 in other words, the majority of weapons \u2014 is necessary, because it would save a life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All counter-arguments, including those based on the U.S. Constitution, are dismissed as synonymous with calls for those hypothetical lives <\/span><i><span>not<\/span><\/i><span> to be saved. If you don\u2019t want an assault weapons ban, for example, you are seen as endorsing those who may be killed by such weapons in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The same logic was applied during the COVID-19 pandemic. Any and all COVID-19 policies pushed by Democrats at the state or federal level were justified not with \u201cthe science,\u201d but with a call to \u201csave lives.\u201d The extreme outcome of this argument was that the national economy was voluntarily brought to its knees \u2014 with undeniable physical, emotional, and societal impact \u2014 because such actions might \u201csave lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While conservatives will correctly criticize this argument as utterly preposterous, there is a deeper hypocrisy which further invalidates the Left\u2019s argument.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What about illegal immigration?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While there are, of course, illegal immigrants who do not go on to commit violent crimes, it\u2019s dishonest to claim that no crimes are committed by illegal immigrants.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Left often tries to apply a subtle statistical trick in response to such questions by arguing that the rate of crime is lower among \u201cundocumented\u201d communities compared to legal immigrants or citizens. They will cite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/117\/51\/32340\">studies<\/a> like \u201cComparing crime rates between undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and native-born US citizens in Texas,\u201d which claims that \u201c<\/span><span>Relative to undocumented immigrants, US-born citizens are over 2 times more likely to be arrested for violent crimes, 2.5 times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and over 4 times more likely to be arrested for property crimes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But do not forget \u2014 by the Left\u2019s own logic \u2014 it\u2019s not about proportionality. This would imply that we can compare two policies and choose the optimal option. No, for the Left, the framing is simple. It\u2019s about raw count. One death is one death too many, and according to their own arguments, a policy is worthwhile, ethical and just if it saves even a single life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Based on even the most conservative estimates provided by government agencies like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/features\/ERO-2020\">ICE<\/a>, the number of violent acts committed by illegal immigrants is more than zero. In other words, there is at least one violent crime committed by someone who \u2014 had the nation\u2019s laws been enforced \u2014 would not have been able to commit the crime. This means that there is one victim who \u2014 had the laws been enforced \u2014 would not have been victimized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If immigration laws were enforced, this life would have been saved.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the sensible response here is that the \u201cif it saves one life\u201d argument is absurd in any context, whether it be justifying gun control, COVID-19 restrictions or immigration policy. It is a flawed argument which defines a singular and often implausible objective at the expense of pragmatism or realism.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is the Left who <em>continues<\/em> to use this flawed logic.<\/p>\n<p><span>So, if the Left truly cares about doing whatever it takes to \u201csave one life,\u201d why doesn\u2019t this include closing the border to all illegal immigrants? After all, isn\u2019t it worth it if it saves one life?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the aftermath of any gun-related tragedy \u2014 such as the mass shooting event which took place in Boulder, Colorado \u2014 there is a resurgence in a familiar form of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311025,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3017.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018What If It Saves One Life?\u2019 Why Doesn\u2019t The Left\u2019s Logic Apply To Illegal Immigration?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3017.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018What If It Saves One Life?\u2019 Why Doesn\u2019t The Left\u2019s Logic Apply To Illegal Immigration?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293387","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}