This Was Never About Undocumented Immigrants. It’s About Lying to You.
Every time someone says this is about “illegal immigration” and immigrants, remember the numbers. Remember where the undocumented population actually lives. Remember who benefits from keeping things exactly the way they are.
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Let’s kill the myth once and for all.
Texas has 2.1 million undocumented immigrants.
Florida has 1.6 million undocumented immigrants.
Both are red states. Both are run by Republicans. Both scream the loudest about “invasions,” “law and order,” and “border emergencies.”
Minnesota—a blue state Republicans love to demonize—has about 130,000.
Read that again. Slowly.
If this were actually about undocumented immigrants, Republican governors would be treating Texas and Florida like five-alarm fires. Instead, they treat them like economic assets—because that’s exactly what they are.
The Big Lie: “Border Security”
Republicans don’t want to solve immigration. If they did, they would have done it decades ago when they controlled Congress, the White House, and the courts. Instead, they recycle the same panic every election cycle like a bad horror sequel.
Why?
Because undocumented immigrants aren’t the problem.
They’re the prop.
Texas and Florida rely on undocumented labor to keep wages low and profits high. Agriculture. Construction. Hospitality. Food processing. Landscaping. Entire industries are built on workers who are terrified to complain, organize, or demand basic rights.
That’s not an accident. That’s the system working exactly as designed.
Crackdowns are for cameras. Raids are for headlines. Cruelty is for political theater. Behind the scenes, the labor pipeline stays wide open.
Why Blue States Get the Blame
Minnesota doesn’t have an undocumented immigration “crisis.” The numbers prove it. But facts don’t matter when fear is more useful.
Blue states are attacked because:
They’re politically convenient enemies
They represent multiracial democracy
They refuse to play along with dehumanization campaigns
So Republicans point at them and scream “chaos” while quietly benefiting from far larger undocumented populations in their own states.
It’s projection. Always has been.
Cruelty Is the Point
This is why you see militarized enforcement where it’s least needed.
This is why ICE gets empowered while courts and due process get sidelined.
This is why immigrants are described as “animals,” “invaders,” and “terrorists.”
Fear keeps people divided.
Fear keeps workers powerless.
Fear keeps voters distracted from who’s actually picking their pockets.
An undocumented workforce that lives in constant terror is easier to exploit. And exploitation—not safety—is the real policy goal.
The Math Exposes the Scam
You can argue ideology all day. You can’t argue numbers.
Texas: 2.1 million
Florida: 1.6 million
Minnesota: 130,000
If Republicans were serious, Texas and Florida would be ground zero for reform, oversight, and accountability.
They aren’t—because this isn’t about enforcement.
It’s about control.
It’s about white grievance politics.
It’s about manufacturing an enemy to justify authoritarian power.
Stop Letting Them Lie to You
Every time someone says this is about “illegal immigration” and immigrants, remember the numbers. Remember where the undocumented population actually lives. Remember who benefits from keeping things exactly the way they are.
Undocumented immigrants aren’t the threat.
The threat is a political movement that survives on fear, lies, and cruelty—while pretending it’s protecting you.
Don’t fall for it again.
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